Historical Events In March - 24

1920  1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) on March - 24.  

1920  On March - 24 gene Nelson, [Berg], Seattle Wash, actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma)  

1921  On March - 24 deodat de Severac, composer, dies at 48  

1922  On this day in history grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish  

1923  On this day in history in China a 7.3 earthquake resulted in 5,000 dead. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.  

1923  On this day in history greece becomes a republic.  

1924  Greece becomes a republic on March - 24.  

1925  On March - 24 kSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions  

1926  On this day in history the Beehive in the Hague opens first escalator in Netherlands  

1926  On this day in history the first Safeway's Supermarket opens in Maryland, USA  

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 March - 24.  

1927  On this day in history dutch first Chamber condemns Belgian &Netherlands' Wielingen Treaty  

1927  Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie on March - 24.  

1930  On March - 24 planet Pluto named  

1930  The birth of Steve McQueen, American actor on this day in history.  

1930  1st religious services telecast in US (W2XBS NYC) on this day in history.  

1932  On March - 24 1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)  

1932  On March - 24 george Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies  

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

1934  On this day in history uS declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945  

1935  On this day in history major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network  

1936  On March - 24 red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins & 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0  

1937  On this day in history bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem IL)  

1937  On this day in history national Gallery of Art established by Congress  

1937  Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois) on March - 24.  

1941  On this day in history british troops defeat British Somalia  

1941  German troops occupy El Agheila Libya on March - 24.  

1941  Glenn Miller begins work on his first movie for 20th Century Fox on this day in history.  

1944  On this day in history 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) later made into a movie  

1944  On March - 24 811 British bombers attack Berlin  

1944  On this day in history 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  150 bombers fly from Italy to bomb Berlin on this day in history.  

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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 March - 24.  

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 March - 24.  

0809  On March - 24 harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44  

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on March - 24.  

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

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  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  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.