Page 6: Historical Events In March - 24

1945  On this day in history cpl. Frederick G. Topham (1st Cdn. Parachute Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Diersfordt Wood, Germany   

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

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  J S Nicklin, Lt-Col/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies on March - 24.   

1945  Operation Varsity: British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine on March - 24.   

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

1947  Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency on this day in history.   

1947  John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN on March - 24.   

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 March - 24 walter &John Huston become first father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor &director of "Treasure of Sierra Madre")   

1949  On this day in history 21st Academy Awards   

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

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  On March - 24 gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship   

1952  On March - 24 great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa   

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

1953  On this day in history felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74   

1955  British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)   

1959  Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact on March - 24.   

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

1960  On March - 24 paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70   

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

1962  On March - 24 benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later   

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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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on March - 24.   

1441  On March - 24 birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)   

1494  On March - 24 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  On March - 24 birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)   

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on March - 24.   

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

1693  On this day in history birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

0809  On March - 24 harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44   

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on this day in history.   

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  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1471  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on March - 24.   

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