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 this day in history.   

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 March - 24.   

1945  On March - 24 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 March - 24 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 this day in history 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  On March - 24 21st Academy Awards "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier &Jane Wyman win   

1949  On March - 24 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  21st Academy Awards: "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier &Jane Wyman win on this day in history.   

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  On March - 24 gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship   

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

1953  On March - 24 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  On this day in history tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances   

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

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

1958  Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761) on March - 24.   

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  On this day in history nY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows   

1962  On this day in history benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later   

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

1962  On March - 24 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59   

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1188  On March - 24 birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I   

1441  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1628  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on March - 24.   

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

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

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  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.