Top Historical Events That Happened on March 24

1947  Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency   

1947  John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN   

1947  Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad) is born   

1949  21st Academy Awards "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier and Jane Wyman win   

1949  Walter and John Huston become inaugural father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor and director of "Treasure of Sierra Madre")   

1949  21st Academy Awards.   

1950  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman   

1950  In this year, Gracie de Moss claims LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship   

1952  Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa   

1953  Felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74.   

1955  British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years   

1955  Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances.   

1955  The inaugural seagoing oil drill rig placed in service.   

1955  1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service.   

1958  Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)   

1959  Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact   

1960  US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene   

1960  Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70.   

1961  NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows.   

1962  Benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later   

1962  Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue and Blue Boys   

1962  24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59   

1964  Kennedy half-dollar issued.   

1964  Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US actor (Maltese Falcon, Raven), dies at 59.   

1965  US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of crater Alphonsus   

1965  US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus.   

1966  Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance   

1967  U of Mich holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam.   

1967  Marc Lavry, composer, dies at 63.   

1968  In this year, Mickey Wright claims Port Malabar Golf Invitational   

1968  Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61   

1969  Joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55.   

1970  Dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors and Sjimmie" strip.   

1972  Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland.   

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1188  Ferrand of portugal: Earl of flanders/son of sancho i   

1441  Ernst i: Elector of saxon (1464-86)   

1494  Georgius agricola: Germany, mineralogist (de re metallica)   

1607  Michiel a de ruyter: Dutch rear admiral (st vincent, dune)   

1628  Sophie amalie of brunswick-lüneburg: Queen of denmark and norway   

1630  Jose saenz d'aguirre: Spanish cardinal   

1657  Arai hakuseki: Japanese writer and politician   

1693  John harrison: British clockmaker   

0809  Death of Harun al-rashid: Caliph of the abbasid empire (786-809),   

1284  Death of King hugh iii of cyprus: King hugh iii of cyprus   

1381  Death of Saint catharine of sweden: Swedish saint   

1396  Walter hilton: English mystic   

1400  Florens radewijns: Dutch priest/leader modern devotion,   

1455  Nicholas v: [tommaso parentucelli], italian pope (1447-55),   

1471  Thomas malory: Author (le morte d'arthur),   

1558  Anna van buren: Countess of egmond/buren/lingen,