Historical Events In March - 24

1964  On March - 24 kennedy half-dollar issued   

1964  On this day in history 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 on March - 24.   

1965  US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus on March - 24.   

1966  Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance on this day in history.   

1967  U of Mich holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam on March - 24.   

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

1968  On this day in history mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational   

1968  Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61 on March - 24.   

1969  Joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55 on March - 24.   

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

1970  Dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors & Sjimmie" strip on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland   

1973  On this day in history professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile   

1973  On March - 24 harley Race beats Dory Funk Jr in Kansas City, to become NWA champ   

1974  Uganda crushes coup attempt against President Idi Amin following machine-gun and mortar battle with rebels on this day in history.   

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

1974  On March - 24 doris Deane, dies at 74   

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

1975  On March - 24 muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title   

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

1976  On this day in history argentine President Isabel Perón deposed by country's military   

1976  British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery dies. He defeated the Germans at El Alamein on March - 24.   

1976  Argentine Pres Isabel Peron deposed by country's military on March - 24.   

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

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

1977  Saburo Moroi, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1978  On March - 24 brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], author (Ginger Star), dies at 62   

1979  Columbia flown on aircraft carrier lands at Kennedy Space Center on this day in history.   

1979  On March - 24 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 March - 24.   

1980  Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks 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  On this day in history birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)   

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 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 this day in history.   

1657  On this day in history birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

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  On March - 24 death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on March - 24.   

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on March - 24.   

1400  On this day in history florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies   

1455  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on March - 24.   

1471  On March - 24 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