Page 6: Historical Events In March - 24

1945  Cpl. Frederick G. Topham (1st Cdn. Parachute Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Diersfordt Wood, Germany on March - 24.   

1945  General Eisenhower, Montgomery &Bradley discuss advance in Germany on this day in history.   

1945  Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports &1300 gliders on March - 24.   

1945  On March - 24 operation Varsity British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine   

1945  US minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history gen Eisenhower, Montgomery & Bradley discuss advance in Germany   

1945  J S Nicklin, Lt-Col/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies on March - 24.   

1945  On this day in history operation Varsity: British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine   

1946  Alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency   

1947  John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN on this day in history.   

1947  The birth of Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad) on this day in history.   

1949  21st Academy Awards "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier &Jane Wyman win on this day in history.   

1949  On March - 24 walter &John Huston become first father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor &director of "Treasure of Sierra Madre")   

1949  On this day in history 21st Academy Awards   

1949  On March - 24 21st Academy Awards: "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier &Jane Wyman win   

1950  On this day in history uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman   

1950  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship   

1952  On March - 24 great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa   

1953  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1953  Felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74 on March - 24.   

1955  On March - 24 british Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years   

1955  On this day in history tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances   

1955  The first seagoing oil drill rig placed in service on this day in history.   

1955  1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service on March - 24.   

1958  On March - 24 elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)   

1959  On this day in history iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact   

1960  On March - 24 uS appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene   

1960  Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1961  On March - 24 nY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows   

1962  Benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later on this day in history.   

1962  Mick Jagger &Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue &Blue Boys on March - 24.   

1962  24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59 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  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 this day in history.   

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on March - 24.   

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

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

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

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on this day in history.   

1455  On this day in history 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  On this day in history anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies