Historical Events In March - 24
Friday, 29 March 2024
1945 On this day in history cpl. Frederick G. Topham (1st Cdn. Parachute Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Diersfordt Wood, Germany
1945 On this day in history general Eisenhower, Montgomery &Bradley discuss advance in Germany
1945 On March - 24 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 On March - 24 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 On this day in history 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 The birth of Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad) on March - 24.
1949 On March - 24 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 this day in history.
1949 On this day in history 21st Academy Awards
1949 On March - 24 21st Academy Awards: "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier &Jane Wyman win
1950 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman on March - 24.
1950 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on March - 24.
1950 On March - 24 gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship
1952 Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa on March - 24.
1953 On March - 24 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1953 Felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74 on March - 24.
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 this day in history.
1955 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service on March - 24.
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 March - 24 uS appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene
1960 Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70 on March - 24.
1961 On March - 24 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 March - 24 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 this day in history.
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