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1188 Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I 1441 Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86) 1494 Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) 1607 Michiel A de Ruyter, spy/fleet supervisor (St Vincent Dunes) 1703 Jos F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer 1762 Marcos A da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo) 1809 Joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers 1814 Galen Clark, US, naturalist/discovered Mariposa Grove 1821 [George] Hector Tyndale, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1834 John Wesley Powell, US, geologist/explorer/ethnologist 1834 William Morris, England, designer/craftsman/poet/socialist 1835 Josef Stefan, Austria, physicist (Stefan-Boltzmann law) 1837 Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium 1855 Olive Schreiner, S African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman) 1866 Jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer 1869 mile Fabre, France, playwright, administrator of Comdie Franaise 1871 Ernest Rutherford, nuclear scientist 1874 Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Budapest, magician/escape artist 1874 Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president of Italy (1948-55) 1878 Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhn-N], writer 1883 James I Wedgwood, British theosopholgist/catholic bishop 1884 Peter Debye, Holland, physical chemist (Nobel 1936) 1885 Charles Daniels, US, swimmer (Olympic-5 gold-1904) 1887 Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, US actor (Keystone comedies) 1890 Miguel Suriel, Neth Antillian writer (Muh culpabel) 1891 Charley Toorop, house painter 1895 Arthur Murray, dancer (Arthur Murray's Dance Party) 1895 Sid Saylor, Chicago Ill, actor (Wally-Waterfront) 1897 Charles Eyck, painter/sculptor 1897 Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-US psycho analysis (character anaylsis) 1898 George Alpert, railroad executive 19-- Crissy Wilzak, Elyria Ohio, actress (Crissy-Mork & Mindy) 19-- Jorge Martinez, actor (Catch the Heat) 19-- Kim Ulrich, actress (As the World Turns) 19-- Terrell Anthony, Illinois, actor (Rusty-Guiding Light) 1902 Thomas E Dewey, Oh, 1st Catholic Pres candidate 1944, 1948 (R) 1903 Malcolm Muggeridge, English writer (Observer of Life) 1905 Andr Christiaens, Flemish writer (Onvindbaar country) 1906 John Cameron Swayze, news correspondant, Timex spokesman 1907 Lauris Norstad, US general NATO commander/CEO Owens-Corning Fiberglass 1907 Lucia Chase, US ballerina/co-founder (American Ballet Theater) 1907 Martin Kosleck, Germany, actor (Pursuit to Algiers) 1909 Clyde Barrow, bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame) 1910 Richard Conte, Jersey City NJ, actor (4 Just Men, Jean Arthur Show) 1911 Enrique Jord , San Sebastian Spain conductor (SF Symphony Orch 1970) 1911 Joseph Barbera, animator (Hanna-Barbera) 1918 Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter 1919 John J Duncan Jr, (Rep-R-TN, 1965- ) 1920 Gene Nelson, [Berg], Seattle Wash, actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma) 1923 Murray Hamilton, Washington NC, actor (Rich Man Poor Man) 1924 Norman Fell, Phila, actor (Mr Roper-3's Company, The End, Graduate) 1928 Byron Janis, "Yanks", McKeesport Pa, pianist (NBC Symphony Orch) 1928 Vanessa Brown, Vienna Austria, actress (My Favorite Husband) 1930 Kenneth Nelson, Rocky Mount NC, actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family) 1930 Steve McQueen, Slater Mo, actor (Wanted, Dead or Alive, Blob, Bullitt) 1931 Thelma Kalama, US, 4 X 100m relay swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948) 1932 William Smith, Columbia Mo, actor (Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0) 1937 Benjamin Luxon, Redruth England, baritone (Owen Wingrave) 1937 Erskine Sandiford, premier (Barbados, 1987- ) 1938 Larry Wilson, NFL back (Cardinals) 1940 Bob Mackie, Monterey Parks Calif, designer (Striesand, Cher) 1943 H Martin Lancaster, (Rep-D-North Carolina) 1943 Marika Kilius, German FR, ice skating pair (Olympic-silver-1960, 64) 1944 Patti Labelle, singer (Phoenix, Tasty, Chameleon) 1946 Lee Oskar, rock harmonicist (War-Why Can't We Be Friends?) 1947 Mike Kellie, drummer (Spooky Tooth-It's All About) 1949 Fran Sheehan, bassist (Boston-More than a Feeling) 1949 Nick Lowe, vocalist/producer (I Knew the Bride) 1949 Steve Lang, rocker (April Wine) 1951 Kenneth S Reightler Jr, Patuxent R Md, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 48) 1952 Nicholas Campbell, Toronto Canada, actor (Nick-The Insiders) 1954 Donna Pescow, Brooklyn, actress (Angie, Out of this World, Rainbow) 1954 Irina Ratushinskaya, Odessa Ukraine, disident poet (Beyond the Limit) 1954 Robert Carradine, LA Calif, actor (Slim-The Cowboys, Wavelength) 1957 Scott J Horowitz, Phila Pa, USAF Capt/astronaut 1959 Renaldo Nehemiah, US, hurdler (110m at 12.93)/NFLer (SF 49ers) 1960 Kelly LeBrock, actress (Woman in Red) 1967 Kathy Rinaldi, Florida, tennis player (Virginia Slims of Ark, 1987) 1977 Olivia Burnette, San Clemente Calif, actress (Torkelsons) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 24809 Harun al-Rashid, caliph (786-809) of the Arabian Nights, dies 1400 Florens Radewijns, priest/leader modern devotie, dies 1455 Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 1471 Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 1661 William Leddra, last Quaker in Boston, dies 1823 Cornelis van Foreest, mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66 1842 Stendhal, [Marie-H Beyle], French writer (The Love), dies 1866 Maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies 1877 Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies 1882 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75 1905 Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77 1909 John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist & poet, dies 1941 Raf[ael] Verhulst, Flemish writer (Robert & Bertrand), dies at 75 1945 J S Nicklin, commandant Canada's 1st parachute battalion, dies 1945 Thomas Rennie, Gen-Maj (Dutch command 51st Highland Division), dies 1946 Alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies 1953 Mary, queen of Great-Britain/North-Ireland, dies at 85 1960 Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies 1964 Peter Lorre, German actor (Maltese Falcon, Raven), dies at 59 1969 Joseph Kasavubu, president Congo, dies 1976 Bernard L Montgomery, British general, defeated Rommel, dies at 88 1976 Nelson Case, TV host (Trash or Treasure), dies at 66 1978 Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], author (Ginger Star), dies at 62 1978 Leigh Brackett, US, sci-fi writer (Long Tomorrow), dies at 62 1980 Archbishop Oscar Romero, assassinated saying mass in San Salvador 1980 Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass 1982 Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83 1984 Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies at 93 of cancer 1986 Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67 1990 An Wang, computer manufacturer (Wang), dies at 70 of cancer 1990 Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob & Ray), dies at 71 of kidney failure 1990 Rene Enrique, actor (Hill St Blues), dies at 56 of pancreatic cancer 1993 Erik Andriesse, painter (Skulls/Skeletons), dies at 35 1993 John Hersey, pulitzer prize author (Hiroshima), dies 1993 Peter Roovers, sculptor/teacher (war monument), dies at 90 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 24[Laos] Army Day [US] Agriculture Day Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 24[RC] Comm of St Gabriel, patron of postmen, telephone workers Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 24 [Ancient Rome] Quando Rex Comitiavit; a d ix Kal Apr [Western Europe] Daylight Savings Time begins [Western Europe] Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow 1629 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia 1664 Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island 1765 Britain enacts Quartering Act 1792 Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London 1828 Philadelphia & Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized 1832 Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred & feathered in Ohio 1860 Asteroid 58, Concordia, discovered 1860 Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY 1860 R Luther discovers asteroid #58 Concordia 1878 British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost 1882 German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB 1883 1st telephone call between NY & Chicago 1887 Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey) 1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG) 1894 37 miners killed at Franklin, WA 1894 G Bigourdan discovers asteroid #390 Alma 1913 Netherlands soccer teams 1st victory over England 1920 1st US coast guard air station established, Morehead City, NC 1924 Greece becomes a republic 1925 KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions 1927 1st Chamber condemns Belgian & Neth's Wielingen Treaty 1927 Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie 1930 1st religious services telecast in US, W2XBS, NYC 1931 C O Lampland discovers asteroid #1604 Tombaugh 1932 1st US radio broadcast from a moving train, WABC, from Maryland 1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1311 Knopfia 1933 Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency 1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1318 Nerina 1934 US declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 1935 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1783 Albitskij 1937 Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois) 1941 German attack near El Agheila Libya 1941 LIU beats Ohio U 56-42 for NIT basketball championship 1944 76 officers escape Stalag 3 (Great Escape) 1944 In occupied Rome, Nazis executed more than 300 civilians 1945 Operation Varsity: British, US & Canadian aircraft land on the Rhine 1945 US reaches Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa 1952 Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa 1955 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service 1955 Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway 1958 Elvis Presley inducted into army in Memphis Tenn 1959 Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact 1962 Benny Paret, KOs in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later 1962 Cincinnati wins NCAA basketball championship 1962 Mick Jagger & Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue & Blue Boys 1962 Ohio State beats Cincinatti 71-59 for NCAA championship 1964 Kennedy half-dollar issued 1965 US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus 1967 U of Mich holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam 1970 French cartoonist Pit ends "Sjors & Sjimmie" strip 1971 C J Van Houten discovers asteroids #1870 Glaukos, #1871 Astyanax, 1972 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland 1973 SF 49er pres Lou Spadia proposes NFL expand to 30 teams 1974 North Carolina State University wins NCAA basketball championship 1975 Muhammad Ali KOs Chuck Wepner to retain the heavyweight boxing title 1976 Argentine Pres Isabel Peron deposed by country's military 1978 Wings release "With a Little Luck" 1979 Columbia flown on carrier aircraft lands at Kennedy Space Center 1979 P Wild discovers asteroid #2303 Retsina 1980 ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline" 1980 Denny Crum won his 1st NCAA basketball championship 1980 Louisville beats UCLA, 59-54 for NCAA championship 1981 "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premiers on ABC 1988 Quarterback Dan Fouts retires 1989 Mary Martin in "Peter Pan," 1st seen on TV since 1973 1989 Worst US oil spill, Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alaska 1991 Barcelona Dragons beat NY/NJ Knights 19-7 in their 1st WLAF game 1991 NY Yankees beat NY Mets, 9-3 1991 Wrestlemania 7-Hulk Hogan defeats Sgt Slaughter for championship 1992 1st Belgium in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis 1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 2483rd day of the year with 282 days left (Numerology = 9) 1888 12øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1988 76øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 2403/24/50 --- Peter Cottontail --- Autry, Gene 03/24/54 --- Man With The Banjo, The --- Ames Brothers 03/24/58 --- He's Got The Whole World (In His Hands) --- London, Laurie 03/24/62 --- Lover Please --- McPhatter, Clyde 03/24/62 --- Good Luck Charm --- Presley, Elvis 03/24/73 --- Twelfth Of Never, The --- Osmond, Donny 03/24/73 --- Cisco Kid, The --- War 03/24/84 --- You Might Think --- Cars 03/24/90 --- Nothing Compares 2 U --- O'Connor, Sinead |
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