Page 8: Historical Events In March - 24

1980  Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC   

1981  Bombay beat Delhi by innings &46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy on this day in history.   

1981  Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba on March - 24.   

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  IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics on this day in history.   

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

1985  On March - 24 golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins)   

1985  Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1986  Suriname army Captain Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling on this day in history.   

1986  US &Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra on March - 24.   

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 March - 24.   

1987  Western Australia win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria on this day in history.   

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

1988  On this day in history quarterback Dan Fouts retires   

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

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  On this day in history indian troops leave Sri Lanka   

1990  On March - 24 alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies   

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

1991  In liberated Kuwait, banks reopen on March - 24.   

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 March - 24 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  On this day in history ezer Weizman elected President of Israel   

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

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

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

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1188  On this day in history birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I   

1441  On this day in history birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)   

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on March - 24.   

1607  On this day in history birth of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)   

1628  On March - 24 birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)   

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on this day in history.   

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

1693  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on March - 24.   

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on March - 24.   

1284  On March - 24 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 March - 24.   

1400  On this day in history florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies   

1455  On March - 24 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 this day in history anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies