Historical Events In March - 24

1980  On March - 24 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 this day in history colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba   

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

1982  On this day in history 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  Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93 on March - 24.   

1985  On this day in history golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins)   

1985  On March - 24 norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah)   

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

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

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

1987  Western Australia win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria on March - 24.   

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

1988  On March - 24 quarterback Dan Fouts retires   

1989  Mary Martin in "Peter Pan", first time seen on TV since 1973 on March - 24.   

1989  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 on this day in history.   

1990  On March - 24 indian troops leave Sri Lanka   

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

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

1991  On March - 24 in liberated Kuwait, banks reopen   

1991  On this day in history 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  Sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens; 5-6 die on March - 24.   

1993  Ezer Weizman elected President of Israel on this day in history.   

1993  Erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35 on March - 24.   

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

1994  On March - 24 f-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die   

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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 March - 24.   

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

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

1471  On this day in history thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.