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 March - 24.   

1981  Bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy on this day in history.   

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

1985  On March - 24 golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins)   

1985  Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah) on this day in history.   

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

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  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  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  On this day in history indian troops leave Sri Lanka   

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  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  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  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 March - 24.   

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

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

1994  F-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die on this day in history.   

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

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

1396  On March - 24 death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on March - 24.   

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