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 this day in history.   

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

1945  Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports &1300 gliders on this day in history.   

1945  Operation Varsity British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine on March - 24.   

1945  On March - 24 uS minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa   

1945  Gen Eisenhower, Montgomery & Bradley discuss advance in Germany on March - 24.   

1945  On this day in history j S Nicklin, Lt-Col/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies   

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  Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency on this day in history.   

1947  John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN on March - 24.   

1947  The birth of Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad) on March - 24.   

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

1950  On March - 24 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

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

1952  On this day in history great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa   

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

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

1955  British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years on this day in history.   

1955  On March - 24 tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances   

1955  On March - 24 the first seagoing oil drill rig placed in service   

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  Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact on this day in history.   

1960  US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene on this day in history.   

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

1961  NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows on this day in history.   

1962  Benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later on March - 24.   

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

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

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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  On this day in history birth of georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)   

1607  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  On March - 24 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  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  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on March - 24.   

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on this day in history.   

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

1455  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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