Page 5: Historical Events In March - 24

1920  1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) on this day in history.   

1920  On March - 24 gene Nelson, [Berg], Seattle Wash, actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma)   

1921  On this day in history 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  In China a 7.3 earthquake resulted in 5,000 dead. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history greece becomes a republic.   

1924  On this day in history greece becomes a republic   

1925  KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

1926  On March - 24 the Beehive in the Hague opens first escalator in Netherlands   

1926  On March - 24 the first Safeway's Supermarket opens in Maryland, USA   

1926  The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands on this day in history.   

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

1927  On this day in history dutch first Chamber condemns Belgian &Netherlands' Wielingen Treaty   

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

1930  Planet Pluto named on March - 24.   

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

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

1932  1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD) on this day in history.   

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  US declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 on March - 24.   

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 March - 24.   

1937  Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem IL) on March - 24.   

1937  National Gallery of Art established by Congress on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois)   

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

1944  811 British bombers attack Berlin on March - 24.   

1944  In occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians on March - 24.   

1944  76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) on this day in history.   

1945  150 bombers fly from Italy to bomb Berlin on March - 24.   

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on March - 24.   

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  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on March - 24.   

1628  On this day in history birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)   

1630  On March - 24 birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on this day in history.   

1693  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 24.   

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

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on this day in history.   

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

1455  On March - 24 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  On this day in history anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies