Historical Events In March - 24

1980  Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC   

1981  On this day in history bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy   

1981  Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba on this day in history.   

1982  US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia on March - 24.   

1982  On March - 24 ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83   

1984  IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics on this day in history.   

1984  On March - 24 sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93   

1985  On March - 24 golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins)   

1985  On March - 24 norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah)   

1986  58th Academy Awards "Out of Africa", William Hurt &Geraldine Page win on March - 24.   

1986  NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status" on March - 24.   

1986  Suriname army Captain Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling on March - 24.   

1986  US &Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra on March - 24.   

1986  Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1986  58th Academy Awards: "Out of Africa", William Hurt &Geraldine Page win on this day in history.   

1987  First Soul Train Music Awards Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win on this day in history.   

1987  Western Australia win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria on March - 24.   

1987  First Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win on this day in history.   

1988  Quarterback Dan Fouts retires on March - 24.   

1989  Mary Martin in "Peter Pan", first time seen on TV since 1973 on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history the worst oil spill to ever occur in U.S. territory begins after the supertanker Exxon Valdez, owned and operated by the Exxon Corporation, runs aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in southern Alaska   

1990  On March - 24 indian troops leave Sri Lanka   

1990  On this day in history alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies   

1991  On March - 24 11th Golden Raspberry Awards Ford Fairlane &Ghosts Can't Do It win   

1991  In liberated Kuwait, banks reopen on March - 24.   

1991  Wrestlemania VII in Los Angeles, Hulk Hogan pins Sergeant Slaughter for championship on this day in history.   

1991  11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane &Ghosts Can't Do It win on March - 24.   

1992  First Belgian in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space on March - 24.   

1992  On March - 24 sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens; 5-6 die   

1993  On March - 24 ezer Weizman elected President of Israel   

1993  Erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1994  "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 322 performances on March - 24.   

1994  On this day in history f-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die   

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on this day in history.   

1441  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on this day in history.   

1494  On this day in history birth of georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)   

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on this day in history.   

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

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on this day in history.   

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

1693  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on March - 24.   

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

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on March - 24.   

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on March - 24.   

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on March - 24.   

1400  On this day in history florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies   

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 March - 24.   

1558  On this day in history anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies