Page 8: Historical Events In March - 24

1980  Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass on this day in history.   

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

1981  Bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy on March - 24.   

1981  On this day in history colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba   

1982  On this day in history uS sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia   

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 this day in history.   

1985  On March - 24 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  NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status" on this day in history.   

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

1986  On March - 24 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  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  First Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win on this day in history.   

1988  On March - 24 quarterback Dan Fouts retires   

1989  On March - 24 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  On this day in history indian troops leave Sri Lanka   

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  On this day in history in liberated Kuwait, banks reopen   

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  Sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens; 5-6 die on March - 24.   

1993  Ezer Weizman elected President of Israel on March - 24.   

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

1994  "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 322 performances on March - 24.   

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

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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 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  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on March - 24.   

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  On this day in history harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.