Page 6: Historical Events In March - 24

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

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

1945  On this day in history largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports &1300 gliders   

1945  Operation Varsity British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine on this day in history.   

1945  US minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history 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  On March - 24 congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency   

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

1947  The birth of Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad) on this day in history.   

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

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

1949  21st Academy Awards on this day in history.   

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

1950  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman on March - 24.   

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

1950  Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship on March - 24.   

1952  On March - 24 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 this day in history.   

1955  British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years on March - 24.   

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

1955  The first seagoing oil drill rig placed in service on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service   

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

1959  Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact on this day in history.   

1960  On March - 24 uS appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene   

1960  On this day in history 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 March - 24.   

1607  On March - 24 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  On this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on March - 24.   

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

0809  On this day in history harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44   

1284  On this day in history death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

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

1396  On this day in history death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on March - 24.   

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

1471  On March - 24 thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

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