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  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  On March - 24 operation Varsity British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine   

1945  On this day in history uS minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa   

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  On March - 24 operation Varsity: British, US &Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine   

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  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 March - 24.   

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

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 March - 24.   

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 March - 24.   

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

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 March - 24.   

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  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  On March - 24 iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact   

1960  US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on March - 24.   

1441  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on this day in history.   

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

1607  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1630  On this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  On March - 24 birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

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  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on this day in history.   

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

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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