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

1945  On March - 24 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  On March - 24 uS minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa   

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

1946  Alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53 on March - 24.   

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

1950  On March - 24 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman   

1950  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on this day in history.   

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  On March - 24 felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74   

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

1955  On this day in history tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances   

1955  The first seagoing oil drill rig placed in service on March - 24.   

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

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

1959  Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact on March - 24.   

1960  On this day in history uS appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene   

1960  Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70 on March - 24.   

1961  On this day in history nY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows   

1962  On March - 24 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  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on March - 24.   

1441  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history 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 March - 24 birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

0809  On March - 24 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  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on March - 24.   

1400  On this day in history florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies   

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