Historical Events In March - 24

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

1945  On March - 24 general Eisenhower, Montgomery &Bradley discuss advance in Germany   

1945  On this day in history largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports &1300 gliders   

1945  Operation Varsity British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history uS minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa   

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

1945  J S Nicklin, Lt-Col/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1946  On March - 24 alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53   

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

1949  Walter &John Huston become first father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor &director of "Treasure of Sierra Madre") on this day in history.   

1949  21st Academy Awards on March - 24.   

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

1950  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman on March - 24.   

1950  On this day in history uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

1950  Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship on this day in history.   

1952  Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa on March - 24.   

1953  On March - 24 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1953  On March - 24 felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74   

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

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

1955  The first seagoing oil drill rig placed in service on March - 24.   

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

1958  Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761) on this day in history.   

1959  On March - 24 iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact   

1960  US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene on March - 24.   

1960  On March - 24 paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70   

1961  On this day in history nY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows   

1962  On this day in history benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later   

1962  On March - 24 mick Jagger &Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue &Blue Boys   

1962  On March - 24 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59   

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

1441  On March - 24 birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)   

1494  On March - 24 birth of georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)   

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on March - 24.   

1628  On March - 24 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  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  On this day in history death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

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

1400  On March - 24 florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies   

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