Today in History for 24th March 2018:
Historical Events
1925 – KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions
1973 – San Francisco 49er pres Lou Spadia proposes NFL expand to 30 teams
1988 – Quarterback Dan Fouts retires
1989 – Worst US oil spill, Exxon’s Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alaska
1992 – “Jake’s Women” opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 245 performances
1994 – “Carousel” opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 322 performances
Famous Birthdays
1906 – John Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman (Timex) [OS]
1927 – Janos Decsenyi, composer
1932 – William Smith, Columbia Mo, actor (Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0)
1953 – Steve Lubbers, cricketer (capt of Dutch World Cup team 1996)
1977 – Jessica Chastain, American actress (Martian, Mama, The Help), born in Sacramento, California
1979 – Periklis Iakovakis, Greek athlete
Famous Deaths
1575 – Yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi (b. 1488)
1838 – Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72
1899 – Billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies
1950 – James Rudolph Garfield, American politician, dies at 84
1980 – Oscar Romero, El Salvador Roman Catholic priest, murdered during mass at 62
2010 – Robert Culp, American actor (b. 1930)