Page 8: Historical Events In March - 24

1980  On this day in history oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass   

1981  On March - 24 "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC   

1981  On March - 24 bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy   

1981  Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history uS sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia   

1982  On March - 24 ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83   

1984  On March - 24 iOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics   

1984  On March - 24 sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93   

1985  Golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins) on this day in history.   

1985  Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah) on March - 24.   

1986  58th Academy Awards "Out of Africa", William Hurt &Geraldine Page win on this day in history.   

1986  NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status" on this day in history.   

1986  Suriname army Captain Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling on March - 24.   

1986  On March - 24 uS &Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra   

1986  On March - 24 sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67   

1986  58th Academy Awards: "Out of Africa", William Hurt &Geraldine Page win on March - 24.   

1987  On this day in history first Soul Train Music Awards Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win   

1987  On this day in history western Australia win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria   

1987  On March - 24 first Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win   

1988  On March - 24 quarterback Dan Fouts retires   

1989  On this day in history mary Martin in "Peter Pan", first time seen on TV since 1973   

1989  On this day in history the worst oil spill to ever occur in U.S. territory begins after the supertanker Exxon Valdez, owned and operated by the Exxon Corporation, runs aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in southern Alaska   

1990  Indian troops leave Sri Lanka on March - 24.   

1990  Alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies on March - 24.   

1991  On this day in history 11th Golden Raspberry Awards Ford Fairlane &Ghosts Can't Do It win   

1991  On this day in history in liberated Kuwait, banks reopen   

1991  On this day in history wrestlemania VII in Los Angeles, Hulk Hogan pins Sergeant Slaughter for championship   

1991  11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane &Ghosts Can't Do It win on this day in history.   

1992  First Belgian in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space on this day in history.   

1992  On March - 24 sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens; 5-6 die   

1993  Ezer Weizman elected President of Israel on March - 24.   

1993  On this day in history erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35   

1994  "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 322 performances on March - 24.   

1994  F-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die on March - 24.   

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on this day in history.   

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

1494  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history 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  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.   

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  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