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 this day in history.   

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  US minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa on this day in history.   

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  Alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history the birth of Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad)   

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

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

1949  On this day in history 21st Academy Awards   

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

1950  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman on this day in history.   

1950  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on March - 24.   

1950  Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history 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  Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances on March - 24.   

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

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

1958  Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761) on this day in history.   

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

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

1960  Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70 on March - 24.   

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

1962  On this day in history benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later   

1962  On March - 24 mick Jagger &Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue &Blue Boys   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.   

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 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  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on March - 24.   

0809  On this day in history 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  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.   

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on March - 24.   

1400  On this day in history florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies   

1455  On this day in history nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57   

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

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.