Page 6: Historical Events In March - 24

1945  On this day in history cpl. Frederick G. Topham (1st Cdn. Parachute Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Diersfordt Wood, Germany   

1945  General Eisenhower, Montgomery &Bradley discuss advance in Germany on this day in history.   

1945  Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports &1300 gliders on this day in history.   

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

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

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  John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN on this day in history.   

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 March - 24.   

1949  21st Academy Awards on March - 24.   

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

1950  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman on this day in history.   

1950  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on March - 24.   

1950  Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship on this day in history.   

1952  Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history british Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years   

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 March - 24.   

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 this day in history iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact   

1960  US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene on March - 24.   

1960  Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 March - 24.   

1962  Mick Jagger &Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue &Blue Boys on this day in history.   

1962  24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59 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  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  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 this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  On this day in history birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

1693  On March - 24 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  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  On March - 24 death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

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

1455  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on March - 24.   

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