Page 7: Historical Events In March - 24

1964  On March - 24 kennedy half-dollar issued   

1964  Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US actor (Maltese Falcon, Raven), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1965  On March - 24 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 on this day in history.   

1966  On March - 24 selective Service announces college deferments based on performance   

1967  On March - 24 u of Mich holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam   

1967  On this day in history marc Lavry, composer, dies at 63   

1968  Mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational on March - 24.   

1968  On March - 24 howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61   

1969  On this day in history joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55   

1970  Dutch cartoonist Frans Piët ends "Sjors &Sjimmie" strip on March - 24.   

1970  On this day in history dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors & Sjimmie" strip   

1972  Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland on this day in history.   

1973  On March - 24 professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile   

1973  Harley Race beats Dory Funk Jr in Kansas City, to become NWA champ on this day in history.   

1974  Uganda crushes coup attempt against President Idi Amin following machine-gun and mortar battle with rebels on March - 24.   

1974  36th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: NC State beats Marquette 76-64 on March - 24.   

1974  Doris Deane, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1975  Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 to retain the heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1975  Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title on March - 24.   

1975  Muriel Hutchinson, actor (Another Thin Man), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1976  Argentine President Isabel Perón deposed by country's military on March - 24.   

1976  British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery dies. He defeated the Germans at El Alamein on this day in history.   

1976  Argentine Pres Isabel Peron deposed by country's military on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history bernard L Montgomery, British general, defeated Rommel, dies at 88   

1977  Former Australian cabinet minister Don Chipp resigns from the Liberal Party; later he establishes the Australian Democrats on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history saburo Moroi, composer, dies at 73   

1978  On this day in history wings release "With a Little Luck"   

1978  On this day in history brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], author (Ginger Star), dies at 62   

1979  On March - 24 columbia flown on aircraft carrier lands at Kennedy Space Center   

1979  On this day in history first appearance as Australian cricket captain for Kim Hughes   

1979  Yvonne Mitchell, writer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1980  ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline" on this day in history.   

1980  Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks on this day in history.   

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1188  On March - 24 birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I   

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

1494  On this day in history birth of georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)   

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on this day in history.   

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  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on March - 24.   

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  On March - 24 death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

1396  On March - 24 death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

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 this day in history 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