π March 24 Β· Robert Koch, History of the New York City Subway, 1921 Women's Olympiad,β¦
March 24 in history: β’ 1882 β German physician Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis. β go there β’ 1900 β Robert Anderson Van Wyck, mayor of New York City, broke ground for a new underground Rapid Transit Railroad that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn. β go there β’ 1921 β The inaugural Women's Olympiad (cover pictured), the first international women's sports event, opened at the International Sporting Club of Monaco in Monte Carlo. β go there β’ 1939 β Members of the German National Movement in Liechtenstein attempted to overthrow the government and provoke Liechtenstein's annexation into Nazi Germany. β go there β’ 2015 β The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 deliberately crashed the aircraft, an Airbus A320, in a mass murderβsuicide in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board. β go there Born 1494: Georgius Agricola β go there Died 1926: Phan ChΓ’u Trinh Wiki link Born 1976: Peyton Manning Wiki link Died 2016: Johan Cruyff Wiki link Pictured: Cover of the 1921 Women's Olympiad.
