Page 5: Historical Events In March - 24

1920  On this day in history 1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC)   

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

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 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  On this day in history kSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions   

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

1926  On March - 24 the first Safeway's Supermarket opens in Maryland, USA   

1926  On March - 24 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  Dutch first Chamber condemns Belgian &Netherlands' Wielingen Treaty on this day in history.   

1927  Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie on March - 24.   

1930  Planet Pluto named on March - 24.   

1930  On this day in history the birth of Steve McQueen, American actor   

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

1932  On March - 24 1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)   

1932  George Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency   

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  Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins & 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0 on March - 24.   

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

1937  National Gallery of Art established by Congress on March - 24.   

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  On March - 24 german troops occupy El Agheila Libya   

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 March - 24 811 British bombers attack Berlin   

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

1944  On this day in history 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  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 March - 24.   

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

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1693  On March - 24 birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

0809  On March - 24 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  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1471  On March - 24 thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

1558  On March - 24 anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies