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March 24, 2002 74th Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg hosts, A Beautiful Mind wins Best Picture, Denzell Washington and Hallie Berry win lead acting awards March 24, 1997 69th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, The English Patient wins Best Picture, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand win lead acting awards March 24, 1997 Australian parliament overturns world's 1st and only euthanasia law March 24, 1996 16th Golden Raspberry Awards: Showgirls wins March 24, 1996 Eastenders star Michael French is reported to be a homosexual March 24, 1996 Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament March 24, 1996 MTA raises New York City bridge tolls to $3.50 each way March 24, 1994 "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 322 performances March 24, 1994 "Song of Jacob Zulu" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 53 performances March 24, 1994 Robert F Kennedy, Jr. divorces Emily Black March 24, 1993 Ezer Weizman elected president of Israel March 24, 1992 "Jake's Women" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 245 performances March 24, 1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space March 24, 1992 Sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens: 5-6 die March 24, 1992 1st Belgium in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space March 24, 1991 "Les Miserables," opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago March 24, 1991 11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane and Ghosts Can't Do It wins March 24, 1991 Barcelona Dragons beat NY/New Jersey Knights 19-7 in their 1st WLAF game March 24, 1991 Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament March 24, 1991 In liberated Kuwait, banks reopen] March 24, 1991 New York Yankees beat New York Mets, 9-3 March 24, 1991 Wrestlemania VII in LA, Hulk Hogan pins Sgt Slaughter March 24, 1990 Indian troops leave Sri Lanka March 24, 1990 Tom Hunter swims world record 50m freestyle (21.81 sec) March 24, 1989 Mary Martin in "Peter Pan," 1st seen on TV since 1973 March 24, 1989 Worst U.S. oil spill, Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alaska March 24, 1988 "Gospel at Colonus" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 61 performances March 24, 1988 Quarterback Dan Fouts retires March 24, 1987 1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross March 24, 1987 WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria March 24, 1986 58th Academy Awards - "Out of Africa," William Hurt and G Page win March 24, 1986 Suriname army capt Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling March 24, 1986 U.S. and Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra March 24, 1986 NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status" March 24, 1985 5th Golden Raspberry Awards: Bolero wins March 24, 1985 Golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins) March 24, 1985 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA GNA Golf Classic March 24, 1985 Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah) March 24, 1984 Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (7:34.52) March 24, 1984 IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics March 24, 1984 Igor Malkov skates world record 10 km (14:21.51) March 24, 1982 U.S. submarine Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia March 24, 1981 "Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC March 24, 1981 Bombay beat Delhi by innings and 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy March 24, 1981 Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba March 24, 1980 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54 March 24, 1980 ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline" March 24, 1980 Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks March 24, 1979 "Ballroom" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 116 performances March 24, 1979 1st appearance as Australian cricket capt for Kim Hughes March 24, 1979 Columbia flown on carrier aircraft lands at Kennedy Space Center March 24, 1979 10 rebounds and 10 assists, as the Spartans cruise to a 101-67 by Penn Mich State's Earvin "Magic" Johnson registers triple-double 29 pts, March 24, 1978 Wings release "With a Little Luck" March 24, 1976 Argentine President Isabel Peron deposed by country's military March 24, 1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title March 24, 1974 36th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Marquette 76-64 March 24, 1973 Harley Race beats Dory Funk, Jr. in Kansas City, to become NWA champ March 24, 1973 Immaculata beats Queens College, 59-52 to win AIAW Basketball title March 24, 1973 Professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile March 24, 1973 San Francisco 49er President Lou Spadia proposes NFL expand to 30 teams March 24, 1972 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland March 24, 1970 Dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors and Sjimmie" strip March 24, 1968 Mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational March 24, 1967 University of Michigan holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam March 24, 1966 Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance March 24, 1965 U.S. Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus March 24, 1964 Kennedy half-dollar issued March 24, 1962 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59 March 24, 1962 Benny Paret, KOed in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later March 24, 1962 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue and Blue Boys March 24, 1961 New York Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows March 24, 1960 U.S. appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene March 24, 1959 Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact March 24, 1958 Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761) March 24, 1955 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service March 24, 1955 British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years March 24, 1955 Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens for 694 performances March 24, 1953 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 24, 1952 Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa March 24, 1950 Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship March 24, 1950 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman March 24, 1950 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button March 24, 1949 21st Academy Awards - "Hamlet," Laurence Olivier and Jane Wyman win March 24, 1949 Walter and John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win March 24, 1947 Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the presidency March 24, 1947 John D Rockefeller, Jr. donates New York City East River site to the U.N. March 24, 1945 Gen Eisenhower, Montgomery and Bradley discuss advance in Germany March 24, 1945 Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports and 1300 gliders March 24, 1945 Operation Varsity: British, U.S. and Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine March 24, 1945 U.S. minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa March 24, 1944 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) March 24, 1944 811 British bombers attack Berlin March 24, 1944 In occupied Rome, Nazis execute more than 300 civilians March 24, 1941 British troops defeat British Somalia March 24, 1941 German troops occupy El Agheila Libya March 24, 1941 Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie for 20th Century Fox March 24, 1941 LIU beats Ohio U 56-42 for NIT basketball championship March 24, 1941 Richard Wright and Paul Green's "Native Son," premieres in New York City March 24, 1937 Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois) March 24, 1937 National Gallery of Art established by Congress March 24, 1936 Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins and 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0 March 24, 1935 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network March 24, 1934 U.S. declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 March 24, 1933 Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency March 24, 1932 1st U.S. radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD) March 24, 1930 1st religious services telecast in U.S. (W2XBS New York City) March 24, 1930 Planet Pluto named March 24, 1930 R˜nsburgse Boys soccer team forms March 24, 1927 Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie March 24, 1927 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Belgian and Netherlands Wielingen Treaty March 24, 1926 The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands March 24, 1925 KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions March 24, 1924 Greece becomes a republic March 24, 1922 Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish March 24, 1920 1st U.S. coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC) March 24, 1913 Netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England March 24, 1913 Palace Theater opens at 1564 Broadway New York City March 24, 1910 83 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March March 24, 1906 "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world March 24, 1898 1st automobile sold March 24, 1894 37 miners killed at Franklin, Washington March 24, 1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" March 24, 1887 Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from U.S. (to Turkey) March 24, 1883 1st telephone call between New York and Chicago March 24, 1882 German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB March 24, 1880 Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in Connecticut March 24, 1878 British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost March 24, 1877 University boat race between Oxford and Cambridge ends in a dead heat March 24, 1868 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms March 24, 1860 Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY March 24, 1855 Manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston Kansas March 24, 1848 State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam March 24, 1837 Canada gives blacks the right to vote March 24, 1832 Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred and feathered in Ohio March 24, 1828 Philadelphia and Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized March 24, 1801 Aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia March 24, 1792 Benjamin West (U.S.) becomes president of Royal Academy of London March 24, 1765 Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers March 24, 1734 Netherlands William K H Friso marries princess Anne of Hanover March 24, 1721 Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburgse Concerts March 24, 1664 Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island March 24, 1645 Battle at Jankov Bohemia: Sweden beatS RC emperor Ferdinand III March 24, 1629 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia March 24, 1603 Scottish king James VI becomes King James I of England March 24, 1550 France and England sign Peace of Boulogne March 24, 1545 German Parliament opens in Worms March 24, 1379 End of Gelderse war victory |