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24 Mar 1924
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birth
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Lois Andrews: Actress (Ganster, Rustlers, Desert Hawk)
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24 Mar 1924
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birth
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Lorraine Gourley: Los Angeles, California
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24 Mar 1924
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Greece becomes a Republic
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24 Mar 1924
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birth
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Norman Fell, American actor (d. 1998) |
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24 Mar 1924
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history
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WW2
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Prince Hiroyasu's third child, Prince Hirotada, passed away.
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24 Mar 1924
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birth
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Lois Andrews actress (Ganster, Rustlers, Desert Hawk)
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24 Mar 1924
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birth
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Lorraine Gourley Los Angeles CA
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24 Mar 1924
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birth
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Norman Fell Philadelphia PA, actor (Mr Roper-3's Company, The End, Graduate)
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24 Mar 1924
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event
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Greece becomes a republic
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| 75 years anniversary |
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24 Mar 1949
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birth
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Steve Lang: Montreal, Quebec -- Rock bassist (April Wine)
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24 Mar 1949
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event
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21st Academy Awards - "Hamlet, " Laurence Olivier and Jane Wyman win
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24 Mar 1949
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event
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Walter and John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win
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24 Mar 1949
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birth
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Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
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24 Mar 1949
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birth
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Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian academic and politician, 36th Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran |
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24 Mar 1949
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birth
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Nick Lowe, English singer-songwriter and producer (Rockpile and Little Village) |
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24 Mar 1949
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birth
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Steve Lang, Canadian bass player (April Wine and Mashmakhan) |
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24 Mar 1949
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birth
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Ruud Krol, Dutch footballer and coach |
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24 Mar 1949
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birth
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Tabitha King, American author and poet |
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24 Mar 1949
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history
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WW2
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Iowa was decommissioned from service.
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24 Mar 1949
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music
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birth Nick Lowe, Brinsley Schwarz, Rockpile, singer, songwriter, producer and solo artist, (1978 UK No.7 single 'I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass' and 1979 UK No.12 single 'Cruel To Be Kind').
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24 Mar 1949
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birth
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Nick Lowe vocalist/producer (I Knew the Bride)
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24 Mar 1949
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birth
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Steve Lang Montr
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24 Mar 1949
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event
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21st Academy Awards: "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier & Jane Wyman win
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24 Mar 1949
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event
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Walter & John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor & director of "Treasure of Sierra Madre")
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| 50 years anniversary |
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24 Mar 1974
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birth
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Terry Killens: Linebacker (Tennessee Oilers)
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24 Mar 1974
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death
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Doris Deane: Dies at 74
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24 Mar 1974
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death
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Yoshida Isoya: Japanese Architect (modern sukiya style), dies at 79
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24 Mar 1974
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event
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36th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: NC State beats Marquette 76-64
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24 Mar 1974
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birth
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Sergey Klyugin, Russian high jumper |
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24 Mar 1974
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birth
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Alyson Hannigan, American actress |
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24 Mar 1974
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birth
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Chad Butler, Dutch-American drummer (Switchfoot) |
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24 Mar 1974
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birth
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RJ Rosales, Filipino-Australian singer and actor (d. 2011) |
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24 Mar 1974
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birth
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Tado, Filipino comedian and actor (d. 2014) |
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24 Mar 1974
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music
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birth Chad Butler drummer with Switchfoot. Their 2014 album Fading West reached No.6 on the US album chart.
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24 Mar 1974
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birth
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Terry Killens linebacker (Tennessee Oilers)
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24 Mar 1974
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death
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Doris Deane dies at 74
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24 Mar 1974
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death
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Yoshida Isoya Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), dies at 79
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24 Mar 1974
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event
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36th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Marquette 76-64; this ends UCLA's 7 year reign as NCAA basketball champions
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| 25 years anniversary |
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24 Mar 1999
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event
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Kosovo War: NATO commences aerial bombardment against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country. |
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24 Mar 1999
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event
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Mont Blanc Tunnel fire kills 39 people. |
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24 Mar 1999
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death
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Pierlucio Tinazzi, Italian security guard (b. 1962) |
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24 Mar 1999
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death
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Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912) |
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24 Mar 1999
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death
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Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German politician (b. 1902) |
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| 15 years anniversary |
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24 Mar 2009
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death
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Gábor Ocskay, Hungarian ice hockey player (b. 1975) |
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24 Mar 2009
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death
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Hans Klenk, German race car driver (b. 1919) |
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24 Mar 2009
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death
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George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1922) |
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24 Mar 2009
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music
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Motown drummer Uriel Jones, died aged 74 after suffering complications from a heart attack. Jones played on many Motown classics including I Heard It Through the Grapevine, by Marvin Gaye, Cloud Nine by the Temptations, I Second That Emotion by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles and For Once In My Life by Stevie Wonder.
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24 Mar 2009
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music
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The prosecutor in the Phil Spector murder retrial told the jury he was a "demonic maniac" when he drinks and "a very dangerous man" around women. Deputy District Attorney Truc Do urged jurors to find the music producer guilty of murdering Hollywood actress Lana Clarkson in 2003. During her closing argument, she also accused Mr Spector of demonstrating a "conscious disregard for human life".
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| 10 years anniversary |
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24 Mar 2014
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event
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A train overruns the buffers at Chicago O'Hare Airport station, injuring 32 people. |
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24 Mar 2014
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death
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Rodney Wilkes, Trinidadian weightlifter (b. 1925) |
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24 Mar 2014
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death
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David A. Trampier, American illustrator (b. 1954) |
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24 Mar 2014
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death
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John Rowe Townsend, English author and scholar (b. 1922) |
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24 Mar 2014
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death
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Paulo Schroeber, Brazilian guitarist (Almah and Astafix) (b. 1973) |
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24 Mar 2014
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death
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Oleksandr Muzychko, Ukrainian activist (b. 1962) |
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