24 March

List of events which occurred on the 24th of March.

Events[]

1603: Queen Elizabeth I of England dies.
1874: Escape artist Harry Houdini is born.
1905: Author Jules Verne dies.
1959: Benny Russell takes his first steps outside the Queens Borough Mental Institution in six years. (DS9 - Strange New Worlds 2016 short story: "The Dreamer and the Dream")
1992: NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for mission STS-45.
2008: Actor Richard Widmark dies.
2163: Lecheb sh'Makesh is elected Governor of Alrond, and calls for Alrond colony to secede from the Federation. On Earth, Starfleet Admiral William Gardner reports the loss of an Ithenite cargo ship to Federation President Thomas Vanderbilt. (ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: A Choice of Futures)
2164: At a press conference, Vulcan Anti-revisionist Party leader T'Nol unexpectedly withdraws her candidacy for Federation President and announces her support for Federation Councilor Anlenthoris ch'Vhendreni in the upcoming election. (ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Tower of Babel)
2368: Captain Morgan Bateson fails a variant of the Kobayashi Maru scenario test at Starfleet Academy, destroying an allied Klingon starship out of instinct. (TNG - Strange New Worlds VII short story: "Future Shock")

1973: The fifth installment of TOS comic: "Spheres of War" is published in Valiant and TV21 #78.
1980: The 16th installment of TOS comic: "The Real McCoy" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
1981: The 3rd installment of TOS comic: "It's a Living" is published.
1982: The 24th installment of TOS comic: "The Wristwatch Plantation" is published.
1983: The 34th installment of TOS comic: "Send in the Clones" is published.
1999: VOY episode: "The Fight" airs.
2003: DS9 season 1 is released on DVD, region 2.
2006: TNG comic omnibus: The Battle Within is released in the United Kingdom by Titan Books.
2010: DS9 - Fool's Gold comic: "Issue 4" is released by IDW Publishing.
2015: ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Uncertain Logic is published by Pocket Books.
2017: Common Ground, the 1st "season" update to STO video game: Star Trek Online, debuts.
2020: Star Trek Magazine, Issue 202 (US #75) is released by Titan Magazines.
2022: PIC episode: "Watcher" debuts on Paramount+.