Page 7: Historical Events In March - 24

1964  Kennedy half-dollar issued on March - 24.   

1964  On this day in history peter Lorre, Hungarian/US actor (Maltese Falcon, Raven), dies at 59   

1965  US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of crater Alphonsus on March - 24.   

1965  On this day in history uS Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus   

1966  On this day in history selective Service announces college deferments based on performance   

1967  U of Mich holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam on this day in history.   

1967  Marc Lavry, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1968  On March - 24 mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational   

1968  On this day in history howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61   

1969  On March - 24 joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55   

1970  On March - 24 dutch cartoonist Frans Piët ends "Sjors &Sjimmie" strip   

1970  On March - 24 dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors & Sjimmie" strip   

1972  Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland on this day in history.   

1973  Professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile on March - 24.   

1973  Harley Race beats Dory Funk Jr in Kansas City, to become NWA champ on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history uganda crushes coup attempt against President Idi Amin following machine-gun and mortar battle with rebels.   

1974  36th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: NC State beats Marquette 76-64 on March - 24.   

1974  On this day in history doris Deane, dies at 74   

1975  Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 to retain the heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1975  Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title on March - 24.   

1975  On March - 24 muriel Hutchinson, actor (Another Thin Man), dies at 60   

1976  On this day in history argentine President Isabel Perón deposed by country's military   

1976  On this day in history british Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery dies. He defeated the Germans at El Alamein   

1976  On March - 24 argentine Pres Isabel Peron deposed by country's military   

1976  Bernard L Montgomery, British general, defeated Rommel, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1977  Former Australian cabinet minister Don Chipp resigns from the Liberal Party; later he establishes the Australian Democrats on this day in history.   

1977  On March - 24 saburo Moroi, composer, dies at 73   

1978  Wings release "With a Little Luck" on March - 24.   

1978  Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], author (Ginger Star), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1979  Columbia flown on aircraft carrier lands at Kennedy Space Center on March - 24.   

1979  On this day in history first appearance as Australian cricket captain for Kim Hughes   

1979  On March - 24 yvonne Mitchell, writer, dies at 53   

1980  On this day in history aBC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline"   

1980  Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks on March - 24.   

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

1607  On March - 24 birth of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)   

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 March - 24.   

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on March - 24.   

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

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on March - 24.   

1284  On March - 24 death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

1381  On this day in history death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

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  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