Historical Events In March - 24

1945  Cpl. Frederick G. Topham (1st Cdn. Parachute Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Diersfordt Wood, Germany on March - 24.   

1945  On this day in history general Eisenhower, Montgomery &Bradley discuss advance in Germany   

1945  Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports &1300 gliders on March - 24.   

1945  On this day in history operation Varsity British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine   

1945  On this day in history uS minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa   

1945  On March - 24 gen Eisenhower, Montgomery & Bradley discuss advance in Germany   

1945  J S Nicklin, Lt-Col/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies on March - 24.   

1945  On this day in history operation Varsity: British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine   

1946  On March - 24 alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53   

1947  Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency on March - 24.   

1947  John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN on March - 24.   

1947  On March - 24 the birth of Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad)   

1949  21st Academy Awards "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier &Jane Wyman win on this day in history.   

1949  Walter &John Huston become first father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor &director of "Treasure of Sierra Madre") on this day in history.   

1949  21st Academy Awards on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history 21st Academy Awards: "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier &Jane Wyman win   

1950  On March - 24 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman   

1950  On March - 24 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

1950  Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship on March - 24.   

1952  On March - 24 great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa   

1953  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on March - 24.   

1953  On this day in history felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74   

1955  British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years on March - 24.   

1955  On this day in history tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances   

1955  On this day in history the first seagoing oil drill rig placed in service   

1955  On March - 24 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service   

1958  On March - 24 elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)   

1959  Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact on this day in history.   

1960  US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene on this day in history.   

1960  On March - 24 paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70   

1961  On this day in history nY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows   

1962  On March - 24 benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later   

1962  Mick Jagger &Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue &Blue Boys on March - 24.   

1962  24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59 on this day in history.   

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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 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  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  On March - 24 harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44   

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  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.