Page 8: Historical Events In March - 24

1984  IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics.   

1984  Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93   

1985  Golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero claims).   

1985  Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah).   

1986  58th Academy Awards "Out of Africa", William Hurt and Geraldine Page win.   

1986  In this year, NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status"   

1986  Suriname army Captain Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling.   

1986  US and Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra.   

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

1986  58th Academy Awards: "Out of Africa", William Hurt and Geraldine Page win   

1987  inaugural Soul Train Music Awards Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win   

1987  Western Australia win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria   

1987  inaugural Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win.   

1988  Quarterback Dan Fouts retires   

1989  Mary Martin in "Peter Pan", inaugural 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   

1990  Indian troops leave Sri Lanka.   

1990  Alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies   

1991  11th Golden Raspberry Awards Ford Fairlane and Ghosts Can't Do It win   

1991  In liberated Kuwait, banks reopen   

1991  Wrestlemania VII in Los Angeles, Hulk Hogan pins Sergeant Slaughter for championship.   

1991  11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane and Ghosts Can't Do It win   

1992  inaugural 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.   

1993  Ezer Weizman elected President of Israel.   

1993  Erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35   

1994  "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 322 performances.   

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

1994  Robert F Kennedy Jr divorces Emily Black.   

1994  Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist, dies at 81   

1995  Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman, dies at 88   

1996  16th Golden Raspberry Awards Showgirls claims   

1996  Eastenders star Michael French is reported to be a homosexual.   

1996  In this year, Laura Davies claims LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament   

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1188  Ferrand of portugal: Earl of flanders/son of sancho i   

1441  Ernst i: Elector of saxon (1464-86)   

1494  Georgius agricola: Germany, mineralogist (de re metallica)   

1607  Michiel a de ruyter: Dutch rear admiral (st vincent, dune)   

1628  Sophie amalie of brunswick-lüneburg: Queen of denmark and norway   

1630  Jose saenz d'aguirre: Spanish cardinal   

1657  Arai hakuseki: Japanese writer and politician   

1693  John harrison: British clockmaker   

0809  Harun al-rashid: Caliph of the abbasid empire (786-809),   

1284  King hugh iii of cyprus: King hugh iii of cyprus   

1381  Death of Saint catharine of sweden: Swedish saint   

1396  Death of Walter hilton: English mystic   

1400  Death of Florens radewijns: Dutch priest/leader modern devotion,   

1455  Nicholas v: [tommaso parentucelli], italian pope (1447-55),   

1471  Death of Thomas malory: Author (le morte d'arthur),   

1558  Death of Anna van buren: Countess of egmond/buren/lingen,