Page 8: 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  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  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  IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics on this day in history.   

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 March - 24.   

1985  Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah) on March - 24.   

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 March - 24.   

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

1986  On March - 24 sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67   

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  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 this day in history.   

1988  Quarterback Dan Fouts retires on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history 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 March - 24.   

1990  On this day in history alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies   

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

1991  In liberated Kuwait, banks reopen on March - 24.   

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

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

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

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 March - 24.   

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

1994  On this day in history "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  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 24.   

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On March - 24 birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)   

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

1657  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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 March - 24 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.