Page 5: Historical Events In March - 24

1920  On this day in history 1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC)   

1920  Gene Nelson, [Berg], Seattle Wash, actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma) on this day in history.   

1921  Deodat de Severac, composer, dies at 48 on March - 24.   

1922  Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish on March - 24.   

1923  In China a 7.3 earthquake resulted in 5,000 dead. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes on March - 24.   

1923  On March - 24 greece becomes a republic.   

1924  On this day in history greece becomes a republic   

1925  On this day in history kSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions   

1926  The Beehive in the Hague opens first escalator in Netherlands on March - 24.   

1926  The first Safeway's Supermarket opens in Maryland, USA on March - 24.   

1926  The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands on March - 24.   

1927  Cuban chess champion, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie on this day in history.   

1927  On March - 24 dutch first Chamber condemns Belgian &Netherlands' Wielingen Treaty   

1927  Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie on this day in history.   

1930  On March - 24 planet Pluto named   

1930  The birth of Steve McQueen, American actor on March - 24.   

1930  On March - 24 1st religious services telecast in US (W2XBS NYC)   

1932  On this day in history 1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)   

1932  On this day in history george Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies   

1933  On March - 24 peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency   

1934  US declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 on March - 24.   

1935  On March - 24 major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network   

1936  Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins & 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0 on this day in history.   

1937  Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem IL) on this day in history.   

1937  National Gallery of Art established by Congress on March - 24.   

1937  Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois) on this day in history.   

1941  British troops defeat British Somalia on this day in history.   

1941  German troops occupy El Agheila Libya on this day in history.   

1941  On March - 24 glenn Miller begins work on his first movie for 20th Century Fox   

1944  76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) later made into a movie on March - 24.   

1944  On March - 24 811 British bombers attack Berlin   

1944  On March - 24 in occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians   

1944  76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history 150 bombers fly from Italy to bomb Berlin.   

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on March - 24.   

1441  On March - 24 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1657  On March - 24 birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

1693  On March - 24 birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

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

1284  On March - 24 death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

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

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

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on this day in history.   

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 March - 24.   

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