Page 5: Historical Events In March - 24

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

1920  Gene Nelson, [Berg], Seattle Wash, actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma) on March - 24.   

1921  On March - 24 deodat de Severac, composer, dies at 48   

1922  On March - 24 grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish   

1923  On March - 24 in China a 7.3 earthquake resulted in 5,000 dead. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.   

1923  Greece becomes a republic on March - 24.   

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  On March - 24 the first Safeway's Supermarket opens in Maryland, USA   

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

1927  On this day in history cuban chess champion, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie   

1927  Dutch first Chamber condemns Belgian &Netherlands' Wielingen Treaty on this day in history.   

1927  On March - 24 cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie   

1930  Planet Pluto named on this day in history.   

1930  The birth of Steve McQueen, American actor on March - 24.   

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

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

1932  On March - 24 george Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies   

1933  Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency on this day in history.   

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

1935  Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network on March - 24.   

1936  On this day in history 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  Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem IL) on this day in history.   

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

1937  Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois) on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history british troops defeat British Somalia   

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

1944  On this day in history 811 British bombers attack Berlin   

1944  In occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians on March - 24.   

1944  76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) on March - 24.   

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

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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  On March - 24 birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)   

1630  On March - 24 birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  On March - 24 birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

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

0809  On March - 24 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  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 March - 24 anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies