Historical Events In March - 24

1863  Bushrangers Charles Robardi and Auguste Rivet stand trial at Goulburn, NSW, for murdering mail carrier Daniel Crotty. ( on March - 24.  

1866  Jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer on this day in history.  

1866  On this day in history maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies  

1867  Mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85 on March - 24.  

1868  Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms on this day in history.  

1874  On March - 24 harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Budapest, magician/escape artist  

1877  University boat race between Oxford &Cambridge ends in a dead heat on March - 24.  

1877  On this day in history university boat race between Oxford & Cambridge ends in a dead heat  

1877  Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1878  On this day in history british frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost  

1878  HMS Eurydice, a training ship, sank in a freak squall off Ventnor, Isle of Wight with the loss of 330 lives. Only 2 were saved on March - 24.  

1878  On this day in history top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff], Dutch writer  

1878  On March - 24 albin Masek, composer, dies at 73  

1880  On this day in history tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in Connecticut  

1880  On March - 24 tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in CT  

1881  On this day in history friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69  

1882  German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB on this day in history.  

1882  On March - 24 henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet died  

1882  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1883  On this day in history the first telephone call between New York &Chicago  

1883  On March - 24 1st telephone call between NY & Chicago  

1883  James I Wedgwood, British theosophist/old-catholic bishop on March - 24.  

1884  Gino Marinuzzi, composer on this day in history.  

1885  On this day in history charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08)  

1887  Oscar Straus appointed first Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey) on March - 24.  

1887  The birth of Fatty Arbuckle, American silent film actor on March - 24.  

1887  On March - 24 oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey)  

1887  Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies) on March - 24.  

1888  On March - 24 jameson Thomas, London England, actor (Farmer's Wife)  

1890  On March - 24 start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG)  

1891  Annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations) on March - 24.  

1894  On this day in history 37 miners killed at Franklin WA  

1894  On March - 24 37 miners killed at Franklin, WA  

1894  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68 on March - 24.  

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on March - 24.  

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 March - 24 birth of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)  

1628  On this day in history birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)  

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

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on this day in history.  

1693  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.  

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on March - 24.  

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

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.  

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on this day in history.  

1400  On March - 24 florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies  

1455  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on March - 24.  

1471  On this day in history thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55  

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on March - 24.