Page 5: Historical Events In March - 24

1920  1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history 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  In China a 7.3 earthquake resulted in 5,000 dead. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes on this day in history.   

1923  Greece becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history greece becomes a republic   

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 this day in history.   

1926  The first Safeway's Supermarket opens in Maryland, USA on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history the Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands   

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 March - 24.   

1927  On March - 24 cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie   

1930  On March - 24 planet Pluto named   

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

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

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

1932  On this day in history george Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies   

1933  Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1937  On March - 24 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  British troops defeat British Somalia on this day in history.   

1941  On March - 24 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  76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) later made into a movie on March - 24.   

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

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

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

1945  150 bombers fly from Italy to bomb Berlin on this day in history.   

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on March - 24.   

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  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  On this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  On March - 24 birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.   

1396  On March - 24 death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

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

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

1471  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1558  On March - 24 anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies