Page 6: 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  General Eisenhower, Montgomery &Bradley discuss advance in Germany on March - 24.   

1945  Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports &1300 gliders on this day in history.   

1945  Operation Varsity British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine on this day in history.   

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

1945  Gen Eisenhower, Montgomery & Bradley discuss advance in Germany on this day in history.   

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  On March - 24 john D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN   

1947  The birth of Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad) on this day in history.   

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

1949  On March - 24 walter &John Huston become first father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor &director of "Treasure of Sierra Madre")   

1949  21st Academy Awards on March - 24.   

1949  21st Academy Awards: "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier &Jane Wyman win on March - 24.   

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  On March - 24 gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship   

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

1953  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1953  Felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74 on March - 24.   

1955  On this day in history british Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years   

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

1955  On March - 24 the first seagoing oil drill rig placed in service   

1955  On this day in history 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service   

1958  Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761) on March - 24.   

1959  On this day in history iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact   

1960  US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene on March - 24.   

1960  Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1961  On March - 24 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 this day in history birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I   

1441  On this day in history birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)   

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on March - 24.   

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on March - 24.   

1628  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on March - 24.   

1630  On this day in history 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  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

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

1284  On March - 24 death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

1381  On March - 24 death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

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

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 this day in history.   

1471  On March - 24 thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

1558  On this day in history anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies