Page 8: Historical Events In March - 24

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

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

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

1981  On March - 24 colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba   

1982  On March - 24 uS sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia   

1982  Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

1984  Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93 on this day in history.   

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

1986  NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status" on March - 24.   

1986  On March - 24 suriname army Captain Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling   

1986  On this day in history uS &Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra   

1986  Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67 on March - 24.   

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

1987  First Soul Train Music Awards Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win on this day in history.   

1987  On March - 24 western Australia win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria   

1987  First Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win on March - 24.   

1988  Quarterback Dan Fouts retires on March - 24.   

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

1989  On March - 24 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  On March - 24 indian troops leave Sri Lanka   

1990  On this day in history alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies   

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

1991  On March - 24 in liberated Kuwait, banks reopen   

1991  On March - 24 wrestlemania VII in Los Angeles, Hulk Hogan pins Sergeant Slaughter for championship   

1991  On March - 24 11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane &Ghosts Can't Do It win   

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

1992  On this day in history sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens; 5-6 die   

1993  On March - 24 ezer Weizman elected President of Israel   

1993  On March - 24 erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35   

1994  On this day in history "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 322 performances   

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

1628  On March - 24 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  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1284  On this day in history death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

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 March - 24 florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies   

1455  On March - 24 nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57   

1471  On March - 24 thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on March - 24.