Page 8: Historical Events In March - 24

1980  On March - 24 oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass   

1981  On March - 24 "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC   

1981  On this day in history bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy   

1981  Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba on March - 24.   

1982  On this day in history uS sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia   

1982  Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1984  On March - 24 iOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics   

1984  Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93 on this day in history.   

1985  Golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins) on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah)   

1986  58th Academy Awards "Out of Africa", William Hurt &Geraldine Page win on March - 24.   

1986  NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status" on this day in history.   

1986  Suriname army Captain Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling on March - 24.   

1986  US &Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra on this day in history.   

1986  Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67 on March - 24.   

1986  On March - 24 58th Academy Awards: "Out of Africa", William Hurt &Geraldine Page win   

1987  On this day in history first Soul Train Music Awards Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win   

1987  On this day in history western Australia win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria   

1987  First Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win on this day in history.   

1988  On March - 24 quarterback Dan Fouts retires   

1989  On March - 24 mary Martin in "Peter Pan", first time seen on TV since 1973   

1989  The worst oil spill to ever occur in U.S. territory begins after the supertanker Exxon Valdez, owned and operated by the Exxon Corporation, runs aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in southern Alaska on March - 24.   

1990  Indian troops leave Sri Lanka on March - 24.   

1990  On March - 24 alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies   

1991  11th Golden Raspberry Awards Ford Fairlane &Ghosts Can't Do It win on March - 24.   

1991  On March - 24 in liberated Kuwait, banks reopen   

1991  On March - 24 wrestlemania VII in Los Angeles, Hulk Hogan pins Sergeant Slaughter for championship   

1991  On this day in history 11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane &Ghosts Can't Do It win   

1992  On March - 24 first Belgian in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space   

1992  Sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens; 5-6 die on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history ezer Weizman elected President of Israel   

1993  On this day in history erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35   

1994  On March - 24 "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 322 performances   

1994  F-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die on March - 24.   

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

1441  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on March - 24.   

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  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

1630  On March - 24 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 March - 24 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 this day in history.   

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on this day in history.   

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  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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