Page 5: Historical Events In March - 24

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

1920  On this day in history gene Nelson, [Berg], Seattle Wash, actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma)   

1921  On this day in history deodat de Severac, composer, dies at 48   

1922  Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish on this day in history.   

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  Greece becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1924  Greece becomes a republic on March - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1926  The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands on this day in history.   

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

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

1927  On this day in history cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie   

1930  Planet Pluto named on this day in history.   

1930  On March - 24 the birth of Steve McQueen, American actor   

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

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

1932  George Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies on this day in history.   

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

1934  On March - 24 uS declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945   

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

1936  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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 March - 24.   

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

1944  811 British bombers attack Berlin on this day in history.   

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 March - 24.   

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on this day in history.   

1441  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on March - 24.   

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

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On March - 24 birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)   

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

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.