Historical Events In March - 24

1945  Cpl. Frederick G. Topham (1st Cdn. Parachute Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Diersfordt Wood, Germany on this day in history.  

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

1945  On this day in history largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports &1300 gliders  

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

1945  On March - 24 uS minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa  

1945  Gen Eisenhower, Montgomery & Bradley discuss advance in Germany on March - 24.  

1945  On March - 24 j S Nicklin, Lt-Col/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies  

1945  Operation Varsity: British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine on March - 24.  

1946  Alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53 on March - 24.  

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

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

1949  On this day in history 21st Academy Awards  

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  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on this day in history.  

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  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1953  On March - 24 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  The first seagoing oil drill rig placed in service on March - 24.  

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

1958  On this day in history elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)  

1959  On March - 24 iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact  

1960  On this day in history uS appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene  

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  Benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later on March - 24.  

1962  On this day in history mick Jagger &Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue &Blue Boys  

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

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1607  On March - 24 birth of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)  

1628  On this day in history 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  On March - 24 birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)  

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 this day in history death of king Hugh III of Cyprus  

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

1396  On this day in history death of walter Hilton, English mystic  

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