Historical Events In March - 24

1895  On this day in history arthur Murray, dancer (Arthur Murray's Dance Party)   

1896  On this day in history gianna Manzini, writer   

1897  Charles Eyck, Dutch painter/sculptor on this day in history.   

1898  The first recoreded sale of an automobile on March - 24.   

1898  1st automobile sold on this day in history.   

1898  On March - 24 dorothy Stratton, organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard)   

1899  Billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.   

1900  On March - 24 new York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.   

1900  June [Algeria Junius] Clark, musician trumpet on March - 24.   

1902  On March - 24 thomas E Dewey, Oh, 1st Catholic Pres candidate 1944, 1948 (R)   

1903  On March - 24 adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939)   

1905  Jules Verne the father of science fiction was died on March - 24.   

1905  Andre Christiaens, Flemish writer (Unfindable Country) on March - 24.   

1905  On this day in history jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77   

1906  On this day in history "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world - how things will change!   

1906  On this day in history "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world   

1906  John Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman (Timex) [OS] on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history the first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.   

1907  On March - 24 janet Harmon Bragg, US pilot/columnist (Chicago Defender)   

1909  Clyde Barrow, bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame) on this day in history.   

1909  John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history 83ºF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March   

1910  On March - 24 83°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March   

1910  On March - 24 jacques Chailley, composer   

1911  Herman W "Fritz" Liebert, US OSSer/librarian (Yale curator) on March - 24.   

1911  Matthew Stanley Robison, president (Cardinals), dies on this day in history.   

1913  Netherlands soccer team's first victory over England on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England   

1914  On March - 24 lilli Palmer, Posen Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil, Sebastian)   

1916  On this day in history enrique y Campina Granados, Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48   

1918  Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter on March - 24.   

1918  On this day in history theophile Ysaye, composer, dies at 53   

1919  Lawrence Ferlinghetti, US, beat poet (Coney Island of the Mind) on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history uS coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC)   

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1188  On this day in history birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I   

1441  On March - 24 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 March - 24.   

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  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 March - 24.   

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

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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.