Page 4: Historical Events In March - 24

1895  Arthur Murray, dancer (Arthur Murray's Dance Party) on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history gianna Manzini, writer   

1897  On this day in history charles Eyck, Dutch painter/sculptor   

1898  The first recoreded sale of an automobile on this day in history.   

1898  1st automobile sold on this day in history.   

1898  Dorothy Stratton, organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard) on this day in history.   

1899  On March - 24 billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies   

1900  On this day in history new York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.   

1900  On this day in history june [Algeria Junius] Clark, musician trumpet   

1902  Thomas E Dewey, Oh, 1st Catholic Pres candidate 1944, 1948 (R) on this day in history.   

1903  Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939) on March - 24.   

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

1905  On March - 24 andre Christiaens, Flemish writer (Unfindable Country)   

1905  Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77 on March - 24.   

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

1906  "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world on March - 24.   

1906  On March - 24 john Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman (Timex) [OS]   

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

1907  Janet Harmon Bragg, US pilot/columnist (Chicago Defender) on March - 24.   

1909  Clyde Barrow, bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame) on March - 24.   

1909  John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37 on March - 24.   

1910  83ºF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March on March - 24.   

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

1910  Jacques Chailley, composer on this day in history.   

1911  Herman W "Fritz" Liebert, US OSSer/librarian (Yale curator) on this day in history.   

1911  On March - 24 matthew Stanley Robison, president (Cardinals), dies   

1913  Netherlands soccer team's first victory over England on March - 24.   

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

1914  Lilli Palmer, Posen Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil, Sebastian) on March - 24.   

1916  Enrique y Campina Granados, Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48 on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter   

1918  Theophile Ysaye, composer, dies at 53 on March - 24.   

1919  Lawrence Ferlinghetti, US, beat poet (Coney Island of the Mind) on March - 24.   

1920  On March - 24 uS coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC)   

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on this day in history.   

1441  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on this day in history.   

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on March - 24.   

1607  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1284  On March - 24 death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

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

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

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.