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

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

1945  On March - 24 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  On March - 24 gen Eisenhower, Montgomery & Bradley discuss advance in Germany   

1945  J S Nicklin, Lt-Col/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history 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 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 March - 24.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship   

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 this day in history.   

1955  British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years on March - 24.   

1955  Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances on March - 24.   

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

1959  Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact on this day in history.   

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

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

1961  NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows on this day in history.   

1962  Benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later on this day in history.   

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

1962  On March - 24 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 March - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1630  On March - 24 birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on March - 24.   

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 this day in history death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on March - 24.   

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

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on this day in history.   

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

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