March 24, 1909 (Wednesday)
- U.S. President William Howard Taft and the Attorney General gave their approval for the language of a proposed bill to create a federal income tax.
- Clyde Barrow was born on a farm near the town of Telico, Texas, in Ellis County, the fifth child of Henry and Cumie Barrow. With Bonnie Parker, he would become a legendary criminal, dying in 1934.
- Born: Clyde Barrow, legendary gangster (Bonnie and Clyde), in Ellis County, Texas (killed 1934)
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“At the earliest ending of winter,
In March, a scrawny cry from outside
Seemed like a sound in his mind.
He knew that he heard it,
A bird’s cry, at daylight or before,
In the early March wind.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)