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 this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history 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 this day in history in China a 7.3 earthquake resulted in 5,000 dead. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.   

1923  Greece becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1924  Greece becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1925  KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions on March - 24.   

1926  On March - 24 the Beehive in the Hague opens first escalator in Netherlands   

1926  The first Safeway's Supermarket opens in Maryland, USA on March - 24.   

1926  On this day in history the Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands   

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

1927  On this day in history dutch first Chamber condemns Belgian &Netherlands' Wielingen Treaty   

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

1930  On March - 24 planet Pluto named   

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

1930  1st religious services telecast in US (W2XBS NYC) on this day in history.   

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

1932  George Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies on March - 24.   

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

1934  US declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 on this day in history.   

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

1936  On March - 24 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  On this day in history bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem IL)   

1937  National Gallery of Art established by Congress on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois)   

1941  British troops defeat British Somalia on March - 24.   

1941  On this day in history german troops occupy El Agheila Libya   

1941  Glenn Miller begins work on his first movie for 20th Century Fox on March - 24.   

1944  On March - 24 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) later made into a movie   

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  On March - 24 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape)   

1945  150 bombers fly from Italy to bomb Berlin 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 this day in history birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)   

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

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

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

1400  On this day in history florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies   

1455  On March - 24 nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57   

1471  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on March - 24.   

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on March - 24.