Page 4: Historical Events In March - 24

1895  On this day in history arthur Murray, dancer (Arthur Murray's Dance Party)   

1896  On March - 24 gianna Manzini, writer   

1897  Charles Eyck, Dutch painter/sculptor on this day in history.   

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 March - 24 billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies   

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

1900  June [Algeria Junius] Clark, musician trumpet on March - 24.   

1902  Thomas E Dewey, Oh, 1st Catholic Pres candidate 1944, 1948 (R) on this day in history.   

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

1905  Jules Verne the father of science fiction was died on this day in history.   

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  "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world - how things will change! on March - 24.   

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

1906  On this day in history john Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman (Timex) [OS]   

1907  The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published on this day in history.   

1907  Janet Harmon Bragg, US pilot/columnist (Chicago Defender) on March - 24.   

1909  On March - 24 clyde Barrow, bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 March - 24.   

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

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

1920  On March - 24 uS coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC)   

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1188  On this day in history birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I   

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

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

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on March - 24.   

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

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

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on this day in history.   

1381  On this day in history death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

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

1471  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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