Historical Events In March - 24

1980  Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass on March - 24.  

1981  On this day in history "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC  

1981  On March - 24 bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy  

1981  On March - 24 colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba  

1982  On March - 24 uS sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia  

1982  Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83 on March - 24.  

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

1984  On March - 24 sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93  

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

1986  NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status" on March - 24.  

1986  On this day in history suriname army Captain Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling  

1986  On this day in history uS &Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra  

1986  Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

1987  On March - 24 first Soul Train Music Awards Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win  

1987  Western Australia win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria on this day in history.  

1987  First Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win on March - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

1990  Indian troops leave Sri Lanka on this day in history.  

1990  Alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies on March - 24.  

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

1991  On March - 24 in liberated Kuwait, banks reopen  

1991  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 March - 24.  

1993  On March - 24 ezer Weizman elected President of Israel  

1993  Erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I  

1441  On this day in history birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)  

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.  

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on March - 24.  

1628  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44  

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on March - 24.  

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

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on March - 24.