Page 6: Historical Events In March - 24

1945  Cpl. Frederick G. Topham (1st Cdn. Parachute Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Diersfordt Wood, Germany on March - 24.   

1945  General Eisenhower, Montgomery &Bradley discuss advance in Germany on March - 24.   

1945  Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports &1300 gliders on March - 24.   

1945  Operation Varsity British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine on March - 24.   

1945  US minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa on March - 24.   

1945  On this day in history gen Eisenhower, Montgomery & Bradley discuss advance in Germany   

1945  J S Nicklin, Lt-Col/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies on March - 24.   

1945  On March - 24 operation Varsity: British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine   

1946  On this day in history alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53   

1947  Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency on this day in history.   

1947  On March - 24 john D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN   

1947  On March - 24 the birth of Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad)   

1949  21st Academy Awards "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier &Jane Wyman win on this day in history.   

1949  Walter &John Huston become first father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor &director of "Treasure of Sierra Madre") on this day in history.   

1949  21st Academy Awards on March - 24.   

1949  On March - 24 21st Academy Awards: "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier &Jane Wyman win   

1950  On this day in history uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman   

1950  On this day in history uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

1950  On this day in history gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship   

1952  On this day in history great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa   

1953  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1953  Felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74 on March - 24.   

1955  British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years on this day in history.   

1955  Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances on March - 24.   

1955  On this day in history the first seagoing oil drill rig placed in service   

1955  On March - 24 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service   

1958  On this day in history elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)   

1959  On March - 24 iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact   

1960  US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene on this day in history.   

1960  On March - 24 paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70   

1961  NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows on this day in history.   

1962  Benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later on this day in history.   

1962  On March - 24 mick Jagger &Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue &Blue Boys   

1962  On this day in history 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59   

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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  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.   

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 March - 24.   

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 this day in history florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies   

1455  On March - 24 nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57   

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