^B{^#!16!24 March^N! Feast day of St Dunchad, St Hildelith, St Macartan, St Aldemar, St Simon of Trent, St William of Norwich, St Catherine of Vadstena, and St Irenaeus of Sirmeum.
^B{1401^B} Tamerlane the Great captured Damascus. ^B{1603^B} The crowns of England and Scotland were united when King James VI of Scotland succeeded to the English throne. ^B{1877^B} The Oxford-Cambridge boat race ended in a dead heat, the only time this has happened. ^B{1922^B} Only three of the 32 horses in the Grand National Steeplechase finished the race. ^B{1942^B} The national loaf was introduced in Britain. ^B{1976^B} Isabel Per≤n, president of Argentina, was deposed. ^B{1980^B} The oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground off Alaska, spilling over 12 million gallons of oil.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}William Morris, English socialist and craftsman, ^B{1834^B}; Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, US silent film actor, ^B{1887^B}; Ub Iwerks, US animator who worked with Walt Disney on the creation of Mickey Mouse, ^B{1901^B}; Steve McQueen, US film actor, ^B{1930^B}; Malcolm Muggeridge, English writer and broadcaster, ^B{1903^B}; Archie Gemmill, Scottish footballer, ^B{1947^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Elizabeth I, queen of England, ^B{1603^B}; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet, ^B{1882^B}; Jules Verne, French novelist, ^B{1905^B}; J M Synge, Irish playwright, ^B{1909^B}; Orde Charles Wingate, British general, ^B{1944^B}; Bernard, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, British Field Marshal, ^B{1976^B}.
