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  On March - 24 largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports &1300 gliders   

1945  On this day in history operation Varsity British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine   

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

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

1945  J S Nicklin, Lt-Col/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1947  On this day in history 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  The birth of Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad) on March - 24.   

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

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

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

1950  On March - 24 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 March - 24 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1953  On March - 24 felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74   

1955  On this day in history british Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1961  NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows on March - 24.   

1962  Benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later on March - 24.   

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

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

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

1441  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on March - 24.   

1494  On March - 24 birth of georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)   

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on March - 24.   

1628  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on March - 24.   

1657  On March - 24 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  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  On March - 24 death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

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

1455  On this day in history nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57   

1471  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on March - 24.   

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