Page 4: Historical Events In March - 24

1895  Arthur Murray, dancer (Arthur Murray's Dance Party) on March - 24.   

1896  Gianna Manzini, writer on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history charles Eyck, Dutch painter/sculptor   

1898  On March - 24 the first recoreded sale of an automobile   

1898  1st automobile sold on March - 24.   

1898  Dorothy Stratton, organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard) on March - 24.   

1899  On this day in history billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies   

1900  On this day in history new York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.   

1900  On March - 24 june [Algeria Junius] Clark, musician trumpet   

1902  On March - 24 thomas E Dewey, Oh, 1st Catholic Pres candidate 1944, 1948 (R)   

1903  Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939) on March - 24.   

1905  Jules Verne the father of science fiction was died on March - 24.   

1905  On March - 24 andre Christiaens, Flemish writer (Unfindable Country)   

1905  Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77 on March - 24.   

1906  On this day in history "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world - how things will change!   

1906  On March - 24 "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world   

1906  On March - 24 john Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman (Timex) [OS]   

1907  The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published on March - 24.   

1907  Janet Harmon Bragg, US pilot/columnist (Chicago Defender) on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history clyde Barrow, bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame)   

1909  John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1910  83ºF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March on March - 24.   

1910  83°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March on this day in history.   

1910  Jacques Chailley, composer on March - 24.   

1911  On March - 24 herman W "Fritz" Liebert, US OSSer/librarian (Yale curator)   

1911  On this day in history matthew Stanley Robison, president (Cardinals), dies   

1913  Netherlands soccer team's first victory over England on this day in history.   

1913  Netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England on this day in history.   

1914  On March - 24 lilli Palmer, Posen Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil, Sebastian)   

1916  Enrique y Campina Granados, Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48 on March - 24.   

1918  Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter on March - 24.   

1918  Theophile Ysaye, composer, dies at 53 on March - 24.   

1919  On this day in history lawrence Ferlinghetti, US, beat poet (Coney Island of the Mind)   

1920  US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) on March - 24.   

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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 March - 24.   

1494  On March - 24 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 March - 24.   

1657  On this day in history birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

1693  On this day in history birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

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

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

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

1396  On March - 24 death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

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

1455  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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.