Historical Events In March - 24

1980  On this day in history oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass   

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

1981  Bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy on March - 24.   

1981  On this day in history colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba   

1982  US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia on this day in history.   

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

1984  On this day in history 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 this day in history 58th Academy Awards "Out of Africa", William Hurt &Geraldine Page win   

1986  On March - 24 nASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status"   

1986  Suriname army Captain Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling on this day in history.   

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

1986  On this day in history sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67   

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

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

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

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

1988  On this day in history quarterback Dan Fouts retires   

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

1989  On March - 24 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  On March - 24 indian troops leave Sri Lanka   

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

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

1991  In liberated Kuwait, banks reopen on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1993  Ezer Weizman elected President of Israel on this day in history.   

1993  On March - 24 erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35   

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

1994  On this day in history f-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die   

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

1607  On March - 24 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 March - 24.   

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

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

1381  On this day in history death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

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

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on this day in history.   

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

1471  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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