Historical Events In March - 24

1945  Cpl. Frederick G. Topham (1st Cdn. Parachute Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Diersfordt Wood, Germany on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history general Eisenhower, Montgomery &Bradley discuss advance in Germany   

1945  Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports &1300 gliders on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history operation Varsity British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine   

1945  On this day in history uS minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa   

1945  On this day in history gen Eisenhower, Montgomery & Bradley discuss advance in Germany   

1945  On March - 24 j S Nicklin, Lt-Col/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies   

1945  Operation Varsity: British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine on this day in history.   

1946  Alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53 on March - 24.   

1947  On this day in history congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency   

1947  On this day in history john D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN   

1947  On March - 24 the birth of Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad)   

1949  21st Academy Awards "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier &Jane Wyman win on March - 24.   

1949  On this day in history walter &John Huston become first father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor &director of "Treasure of Sierra Madre")   

1949  21st Academy Awards on this day in history.   

1949  On March - 24 21st Academy Awards: "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier &Jane Wyman win   

1950  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman on this day in history.   

1950  On March - 24 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

1950  Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship on this day in history.   

1952  Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa on this day in history.   

1953  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74   

1955  British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years on March - 24.   

1955  Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances on March - 24.   

1955  The first seagoing oil drill rig placed in service on March - 24.   

1955  On March - 24 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service   

1958  On this day in history elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)   

1959  On March - 24 iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact   

1960  US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene on this day in history.   

1960  Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1961  NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows on this day in history.   

1962  On March - 24 benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later   

1962  On this day in history mick Jagger &Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue &Blue Boys   

1962  On March - 24 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59   

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1188  On this day in history birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I   

1441  On March - 24 birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)   

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.   

1607  On this day in history birth of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)   

1628  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

1630  On March - 24 birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  On March - 24 birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

1693  On March - 24 birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1284  On this day in history death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

1381  On this day in history death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

1396  On this day in history death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on this day in history.   

1455  On March - 24 nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57   

1471  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.