Page 5: Historical Events In March - 24

1920  1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) on March - 24.   

1920  On this day in history gene Nelson, [Berg], Seattle Wash, actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma)   

1921  On March - 24 deodat de Severac, composer, dies at 48   

1922  Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history in China a 7.3 earthquake resulted in 5,000 dead. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.   

1923  On this day in history greece becomes a republic.   

1924  Greece becomes a republic on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history kSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions   

1926  On this day in history the Beehive in the Hague opens first escalator in Netherlands   

1926  On this day in history the first Safeway's Supermarket opens in Maryland, USA   

1926  On this day in history the Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands   

1927  On March - 24 cuban chess champion, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie   

1927  Dutch first Chamber condemns Belgian &Netherlands' Wielingen Treaty on this day in history.   

1927  Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie on this day in history.   

1930  On March - 24 planet Pluto named   

1930  The birth of Steve McQueen, American actor on March - 24.   

1930  1st religious services telecast in US (W2XBS NYC) on March - 24.   

1932  On March - 24 1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)   

1932  On this day in history george Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies   

1933  Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency on March - 24.   

1934  On March - 24 uS declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945   

1935  On March - 24 major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network   

1936  Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins & 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0 on this day in history.   

1937  On March - 24 bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem IL)   

1937  On this day in history national Gallery of Art established by Congress   

1937  Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois) on this day in history.   

1941  On March - 24 british troops defeat British Somalia   

1941  German troops occupy El Agheila Libya on March - 24.   

1941  On March - 24 glenn Miller begins work on his first movie for 20th Century Fox   

1944  76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) later made into a movie on this day in history.   

1944  811 British bombers attack Berlin on March - 24.   

1944  In occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians on this day in history.   

1944  On March - 24 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape)   

1945  150 bombers fly from Italy to bomb Berlin 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  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on March - 24.   

1494  On March - 24 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 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  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  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on this day in history.   

1381  On March - 24 death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on March - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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