Page 4: Historical Events In March - 24

1895  On March - 24 arthur Murray, dancer (Arthur Murray's Dance Party)   

1896  On March - 24 gianna Manzini, writer   

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

1898  On this day in history the first recoreded sale of an automobile   

1898  On this day in history 1st automobile sold   

1898  On this day in history dorothy Stratton, organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard)   

1899  On March - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

1905  Andre Christiaens, Flemish writer (Unfindable Country) on March - 24.   

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

1906  On March - 24 "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world - how things will change!   

1906  On this day in history "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  On this day in history the first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.   

1907  On March - 24 janet Harmon Bragg, US pilot/columnist (Chicago Defender)   

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

1909  John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37 on March - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1913  On March - 24 netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England   

1914  On this day in history 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  On this day in history englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter   

1918  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.   

1607  On this day in history birth of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)   

1628  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

1630  On this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

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

1693  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on March - 24.   

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 March - 24.   

1396  On this day in history death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

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  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