Page 5: Historical Events In March - 24

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

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  On March - 24 grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish   

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

1923  Greece becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1924  Greece becomes a republic on March - 24.   

1925  KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions on March - 24.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1927  Dutch first Chamber condemns Belgian &Netherlands' Wielingen Treaty on this day in history.   

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

1930  Planet Pluto named on March - 24.   

1930  On this day in history the birth of Steve McQueen, American actor   

1930  On this day in history 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 this day in history peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency   

1934  US declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 on this day in history.   

1935  Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network on March - 24.   

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

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 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  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 this day in history.   

1944  In occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians on March - 24.   

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

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

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1188  On March - 24 birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I   

1441  On March - 24 birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)   

1494  On this day in history birth of georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)   

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 March - 24 birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

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

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  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.