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  On this day in history bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy   

1981  Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba on March - 24.   

1982  On this day in history uS sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia   

1982  Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history iOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics   

1984  Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93 on this day in history.   

1985  Golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins) on this day in history.   

1985  On March - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

1986  58th Academy Awards: "Out of Africa", William Hurt &Geraldine Page win on March - 24.   

1987  First Soul Train Music Awards Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win on March - 24.   

1987  On March - 24 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  On this day in history quarterback Dan Fouts retires   

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 March - 24.   

1990  On March - 24 indian troops leave Sri Lanka   

1990  On March - 24 alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1992  Sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens; 5-6 die on March - 24.   

1993  On this day in history ezer Weizman elected President of Israel   

1993  Erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35 on March - 24.   

1994  "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 322 performances on March - 24.   

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 March - 24 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  On March - 24 birth of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)   

1628  On this day in history birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)   

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on March - 24.   

1657  On this day in history birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

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 this day in history.   

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on March - 24.   

1396  On this day in history death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

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

1455  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on March - 24.   

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