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  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  On this day in history uS minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa   

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

1945  On this day in history 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 March - 24 congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency   

1947  John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN on this day in history.   

1947  The birth of Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad) on March - 24.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship on March - 24.   

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  On March - 24 british Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years   

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

1958  On March - 24 elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)   

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  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  Mick Jagger &Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue &Blue Boys on March - 24.   

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

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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 March - 24 birth of georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)   

1607  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 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 March - 24.   

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

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on March - 24.   

1455  On this day in history 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 March - 24 anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies