Historical Events In March - 24

1920  On March - 24 1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC)   

1920  Gene Nelson, [Berg], Seattle Wash, actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma) on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history deodat de Severac, composer, dies at 48   

1922  Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish on this day in history.   

1923  In China a 7.3 earthquake resulted in 5,000 dead. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history greece becomes a republic.   

1924  Greece becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1925  KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history the Beehive in the Hague opens first escalator in Netherlands   

1926  The first Safeway's Supermarket opens in Maryland, USA on March - 24.   

1926  The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands on March - 24.   

1927  Cuban chess champion, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie on March - 24.   

1927  On March - 24 dutch first Chamber condemns Belgian &Netherlands' Wielingen Treaty   

1927  Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie on this day in history.   

1930  On March - 24 planet Pluto named   

1930  The birth of Steve McQueen, American actor on this day in history.   

1930  1st religious services telecast in US (W2XBS NYC) on March - 24.   

1932  1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD) on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history george Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies   

1933  On March - 24 peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency   

1934  On this day in history uS declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945   

1935  On this day in history major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network   

1936  On March - 24 red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins & 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0   

1937  On this day in history bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem IL)   

1937  On this day in history national Gallery of Art established by Congress   

1937  On this day in history bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois)   

1941  British troops defeat British Somalia on this day in history.   

1941  German troops occupy El Agheila Libya on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history glenn Miller begins work on his first movie for 20th Century Fox   

1944  On this day in history 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) later made into a movie   

1944  On this day in history 811 British bombers attack Berlin   

1944  On this day in history in occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians   

1944  76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) on this day in history.   

1945  150 bombers fly from Italy to bomb Berlin on this day in history.   

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on March - 24.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1630  On this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on March - 24.   

1693  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on March - 24.   

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 March - 24.   

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 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  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1558  On March - 24 anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies