Page 8: Historical Events In March - 24

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

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

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

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

1982  US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia on March - 24.   

1982  On March - 24 ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83   

1984  IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics on March - 24.   

1984  Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93 on March - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1986  US &Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra on March - 24.   

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

1986  On this day in history 58th Academy Awards: "Out of Africa", William Hurt &Geraldine Page win   

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

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 March - 24.   

1988  On March - 24 quarterback Dan Fouts retires   

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

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  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  On this day in history 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 March - 24 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  On this day in history sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens; 5-6 die   

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

1993  Erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35 on March - 24.   

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

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  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on this day in history.   

1441  On March - 24 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 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 March - 24.   

1630  On March - 24 birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  On March - 24 birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

1693  On this day in history birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

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

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

1400  On March - 24 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 March - 24 anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies