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 this day in history.   

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 March - 24 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  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  On this day in history operation Varsity: British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine   

1946  On this day in history alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53   

1947  On March - 24 congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency   

1947  On March - 24 john D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN   

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

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

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

1949  21st Academy Awards on this day in history.   

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

1950  On this day in history uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman   

1950  On this day in history uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

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

1952  Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa on this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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  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  Benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history 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   

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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  On this day in history birth of georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)   

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  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on March - 24.   

1657  On this day in history birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

1693  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on March - 24.   

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on March - 24.   

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

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

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on this day in history.   

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

1455  On March - 24 nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57   

1471  On this day in history thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

1558  On March - 24 anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies