Historical Events for 24th March 2020

1877 – English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Wanderers beat Oxford University, 2–1 (a.e.t.); Wanderers’ 4th title
1962 – 24th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Cincinnati beats Ohio State, 71-59; Bearcats win back-to-back National titles
1973 – San Francisco 49er pres Lou Spadia proposes NFL expand to 30 teams
1979 – 1st appearance as Australian cricket captain for Kim Hughes
1985 – Third straight WTA Tour Championship for tennis legend Martina Navratilova; beats Helena Suková 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 at Madison Square Garden, NYC
1986 – Men’s International Professional Tennis Council announces Jimmy Connors’ 10 week suspension and $20,000 fine for storming off the court after defaulting against Ivan Lendl at Boca Raton, Florida in February
1988 – Quarterback Dan Fouts retires
1998 – A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India killing 250 people and injuring 3000 others.
2006 – Long-term protests in Belarus are broken by police.
2013 – 17 soldiers are killed by a suicide bomber at a military checkpoint in North Waziristan, Pakistan

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