Page 8: Historical Events In March - 24

1980  On March - 24 oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass   

1981  On this day in history "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC   

1981  On this day in history bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy   

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

1982  On March - 24 uS sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia   

1982  Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1984  IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics on March - 24.   

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

1986  On this day in history nASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status"   

1986  Suriname army Captain Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling on this day in history.   

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

1986  Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

1987  On March - 24 western Australia win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria   

1987  On this day in history first Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win   

1988  On March - 24 quarterback Dan Fouts retires   

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

1989  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 on March - 24.   

1990  Indian troops leave Sri Lanka on March - 24.   

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  Wrestlemania VII in Los Angeles, Hulk Hogan pins Sergeant Slaughter for championship on March - 24.   

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

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

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

1993  On this day in history ezer Weizman elected President of Israel   

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  F-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die 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 this day in history birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)   

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 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  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  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 March - 24 death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

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

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on March - 24.