Historical Events In March - 24
Wednesday, 31 May 2023
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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