Historical Events In March - 24

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

1896  Gianna Manzini, writer on March - 24.   

1897  Charles Eyck, Dutch painter/sculptor on March - 24.   

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

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  Billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies on March - 24.   

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 March - 24 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  On this day in history jules Verne the father of science fiction was died   

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

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

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

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

1909  On this day in history john Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37   

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

1910  83°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March on this day in history.   

1910  Jacques Chailley, composer on March - 24.   

1911  On March - 24 herman W "Fritz" Liebert, US OSSer/librarian (Yale curator)   

1911  Matthew Stanley Robison, president (Cardinals), dies on March - 24.   

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  Lilli Palmer, Posen Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil, Sebastian) on this day in history.   

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

1918  Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter on this day in history.   

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

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

1920  US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) on March - 24.   

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

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 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  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on this day in history.   

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

1693  On March - 24 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  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on March - 24.   

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 March - 24.   

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

1471  On this day in history thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

1558  On this day in history anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies