Page 6: Historical Events In March - 24
Sunday, 21 June 2026
1947 Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency 

1947 John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN. 

1947 Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad) is born 

1949 21st Academy Awards "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier and Jane Wyman win 

1949 Walter and John Huston become inaugural father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor and director of "Treasure of Sierra Madre") 

1949 21st Academy Awards. 

1950 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman 

1950 In this year, Gracie de Moss claims LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship. 

1952 Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa. 

1953 Felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74. 

1955 British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years 

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

1955 The inaugural seagoing oil drill rig placed in service. 

1955 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service 

1958 Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761). 

1959 Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact 

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

1960 Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70. 

1961 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 

1962 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue and Blue Boys 

1962 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59. 

1964 Kennedy half-dollar issued. 

1964 Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US actor (Maltese Falcon, Raven), dies at 59. 

1965 US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of crater Alphonsus 

1965 US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus 

1966 Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance 

1967 U of Mich holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam 

1967 Marc Lavry, composer, dies at 63 

1968 In this year, Mickey Wright claims Port Malabar Golf Invitational. 

1968 Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61 

1969 Joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55. 

1970 Dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors and Sjimmie" strip. 

1972 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland 

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