Page 5: Historical Events In March - 24

1920  On March - 24 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  On March - 24 grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish   

1923  On March - 24 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  On March - 24 greece becomes a republic   

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

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

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 March - 24.   

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

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  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 March - 24.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history british troops defeat British Somalia   

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

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

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

1944  On March - 24 811 British bombers attack Berlin   

1944  In occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians on this day in history.   

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 March - 24.   

1441  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 March - 24 florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies   

1455  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on March - 24.   

1471  On this day in history thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

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