March 24
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March 24 is the 83 rd day of the year (84 th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 282 days remaining until the end of the year.
- 1882 - Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis).
Births
- 1820 - Fanny Crosby - American blind lyricist and political lobbyist. Crosby was best known for the over 9,000 Protestant Christian hymns that she wrote. She was also a lobbyist for the education of the blind and a teacher at the New York Institute for the Blind, now known as the New York Institute for Special Education.[1]
Deaths
- 2008 - John Slatin - Slatin was the founding Director of the Accessibility Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. John, who is blind, was also the co-chair of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group from 2005 to 2006.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Fanny Crosby:American Hymn Writer and Poetess]." New York Institute for Special Education. Accessed on March 18, 2008.
- ↑ "Dr. John M. Slatin." RampWEB, Inc. 2007. Accessed on March 25, 2008.
- ↑ Slatin, Anna. "John passed away peacefully 10pm Mon, March 24." The Leukemia Letters. Blog. March 25, 2008. Accessed on March 25, 2008.
