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  The first recoreded sale of an automobile on March - 24.   

1898  1st automobile sold on March - 24.   

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

1899  Billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history jules Verne the father of science fiction was died   

1905  Andre Christiaens, Flemish writer (Unfindable Country) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1906  John Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman (Timex) [OS] on March - 24.   

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

1907  On this day in history janet Harmon Bragg, US pilot/columnist (Chicago Defender)   

1909  Clyde Barrow, bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame) on March - 24.   

1909  On this day in history john Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37   

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

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

1910  On this day in history jacques Chailley, composer   

1911  Herman W "Fritz" Liebert, US OSSer/librarian (Yale curator) on this day in history.   

1911  Matthew Stanley Robison, president (Cardinals), dies on March - 24.   

1913  On this day in history netherlands soccer team's first victory over England   

1913  On this day in history netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England   

1914  Lilli Palmer, Posen Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil, Sebastian) on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history enrique y Campina Granados, Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48   

1918  On this day in history englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter   

1918  On March - 24 theophile Ysaye, composer, dies at 53   

1919  On March - 24 lawrence Ferlinghetti, US, beat poet (Coney Island of the Mind)   

1920  On this day in history uS coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC)   

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1188  On March - 24 birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I   

1441  On this day in history birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)   

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 March - 24.   

1628  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on March - 24.   

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on March - 24.   

1657  On March - 24 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  On this day in history death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

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

1471  On March - 24 thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

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