Historical Events In March - 24

1980  Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass on March - 24.   

1981  "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC on March - 24.   

1981  On March - 24 bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy   

1981  Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba on this day in history.   

1982  US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia on this day in history.   

1982  Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83 on March - 24.   

1984  On March - 24 iOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics   

1984  Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93 on March - 24.   

1985  On this day in history golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins)   

1985  On March - 24 norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah)   

1986  58th Academy Awards "Out of Africa", William Hurt &Geraldine Page win on this day in history.   

1986  NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status" on March - 24.   

1986  On March - 24 suriname army Captain Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling   

1986  On this day in history uS &Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra   

1986  On this day in history sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67   

1986  On March - 24 58th Academy Awards: "Out of Africa", William Hurt &Geraldine Page win   

1987  First Soul Train Music Awards Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win on this day in history.   

1987  Western Australia win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria on March - 24.   

1987  First Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win on this day in history.   

1988  Quarterback Dan Fouts retires on March - 24.   

1989  On this day in history mary Martin in "Peter Pan", first time seen on TV since 1973   

1989  On March - 24 the worst oil spill to ever occur in U.S. territory begins after the supertanker Exxon Valdez, owned and operated by the Exxon Corporation, runs aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in southern Alaska   

1990  Indian troops leave Sri Lanka on this day in history.   

1990  Alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies on March - 24.   

1991  On this day in history 11th Golden Raspberry Awards Ford Fairlane &Ghosts Can't Do It win   

1991  In liberated Kuwait, banks reopen on March - 24.   

1991  On March - 24 wrestlemania VII in Los Angeles, Hulk Hogan pins Sergeant Slaughter for championship   

1991  11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane &Ghosts Can't Do It win on this day in history.   

1992  First Belgian in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens; 5-6 die   

1993  Ezer Weizman elected President of Israel on this day in history.   

1993  On March - 24 erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35   

1994  "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 322 performances on this day in history.   

1994  On March - 24 f-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die   

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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 this day in history.   

1494  On March - 24 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  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  On March - 24 birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

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 this day in history.   

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on March - 24.   

1396  On March - 24 death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

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

1455  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on March - 24.   

1471  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on March - 24.   

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