| March 24th 1945 | | US minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa
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| March 24th 1947 | | Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the presidency
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| March 24th 1947 | | John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN
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| March 24th 1949 | | 21st Academy Awards - "Hamlet," Laurence Olivier & Jane Wyman win
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| March 24th 1949 | | Walter & John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win
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| March 24th 1950 | | Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship
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| March 24th 1950 | | US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman
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| March 24th 1950 | | US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
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| March 24th 1952 | | Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa
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| March 24th 1953 | | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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| March 24th 1955 | | 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service
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| March 24th 1955 | | British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years
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| March 24th 1955 | | Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens for 694 performances
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| March 24th 1958 | | Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)
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| March 24th 1959 | | Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact
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