Historical Events In March - 24

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  On this day in history golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins)  

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

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

1988  Quarterback Dan Fouts retires on March - 24.  

1989  Mary Martin in "Peter Pan", first time seen on TV since 1973 on this day in history.  

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  Alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies on this day in history.  

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

1991  On March - 24 in liberated Kuwait, banks reopen  

1991  Wrestlemania VII in Los Angeles, Hulk Hogan pins Sergeant Slaughter for championship on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1994  On this day in history "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 322 performances  

1994  On March - 24 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  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on this day in history.  

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on March - 24.  

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 March - 24.  

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on this day in history.  

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

1693  On March - 24 birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)  

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on March - 24.  

1284  On March - 24 death of king Hugh III of Cyprus  

1381  On March - 24 death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint  

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

1400  On this day in history florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies  

1455  On March - 24 nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57  

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 this day in history.