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

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  The first Safeway's Supermarket opens in Maryland, USA on this day in history.   

1926  On March - 24 the Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands   

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

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 March - 24.   

1930  Planet Pluto named on March - 24.   

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

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

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

1932  George Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies on March - 24.   

1933  On this day in history peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency   

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

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

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 March - 24.   

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

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

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

1941  On March - 24 british troops defeat British Somalia   

1941  On this day in history german troops occupy El Agheila Libya   

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  811 British bombers attack Berlin on March - 24.   

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

1944  76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) on March - 24.   

1945  150 bombers fly from Italy to bomb Berlin on March - 24.   

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1188  On March - 24 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  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  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1693  On this day in history birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

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 this day in history.   

1381  On March - 24 death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on this day in history.   

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on March - 24.   

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.