March 24, 1832 - Mormon leader and founder Joseph Smith is beaten and then tarred and feathered by a mob in Ohio.

March 24, 1900 - As the Carnegie Steel Company is incorporated, its founder, Andrew Carnegie, collects $25 million.

March 24, 1911 - Joseph Barbera, cartoonist and producer, who paired with William Hanna to create Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, and Yogi Bear was born on this day..

March 24, 1930 - Steve McQueen, actor (The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven), is born.

March 24, 1942 - Admiral Charles Nimitz is announced to be the commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific theater during World War II.
 

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March 24, 1958 - Elvis Presley becomes officially inducted into the U.S. Army.

March 24, 1965 - The first "teachin" occurs at the University of Michigan. More than 200 faculty members cancelled classes and led protests against American policy in Vietnam.

March 24, 1972 - In an attempt to legislate equality of race and gender in the workplace, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act becomes law.

March 24, 1989 - The supertanker Exxon Valdez runs aground off Prince William Sound in Alaska. Before it was completely contained, approximately 11 million gallons of oil spilled into the water.

 

"But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?" - Robert F. Kennedy