Page 4: Historical Events In March - 24

1895  On March - 24 arthur Murray, dancer (Arthur Murray's Dance Party)   

1896  On March - 24 gianna Manzini, writer   

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

1898  On this day in history the first recoreded sale of an automobile   

1898  1st automobile sold on March - 24.   

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

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

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

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 March - 24.   

1903  Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939) on this day in history.   

1905  Jules Verne the father of science fiction was died on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1907  On March - 24 the first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.   

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

1909  On March - 24 clyde Barrow, bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame)   

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 this day in history jacques Chailley, composer   

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

1911  On this day in history matthew Stanley Robison, president (Cardinals), dies   

1913  On March - 24 netherlands soccer team's first victory over England   

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

1914  On this day in history lilli Palmer, Posen Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil, Sebastian)   

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

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

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

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

1920  US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) on this day in history.   

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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  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on this day in history.   

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  On March - 24 birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

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

1284  On this day in history death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

1381  On March - 24 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 this day in history.   

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  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.