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1921 – The 1921 Women's Olympiad began in Monte Carlo, becoming the first international women's sports event. [42] [43]1922 – The McMahon killings take place in Belfast.Six Catholic civilians are shot dead, two others wounded and a female family member assaulted.
James Wilkinson was born on March 24, 1757, the son of Joseph Wilkinson and Alethea (Heighe) Wilkinson. Wilkinson's birthplace was about three miles (5 km) northeast of Benedict, Charles County, Maryland, on a farm south of Hunting Creek in Calvert County.
Arnold was born on March 24, 1745. He was one of twelve children born to Jonathan Arnold (1709–1796) and Abigail (née Smith) Arnold (1714–1801).His sister, Elizabeth Arnold, married Samuel Arnold (son of Joseph Arnold), and another sister, Abigail Arnold, married Nathaniel Greene (son of Caleb Greene).
George Francis Train (March 24, 1829 – January 18, 1904) [1] [2] was an American businessman who organized the clipper ship line that sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco; he also organized the Union Pacific Railroad and the Credit Mobilier in the United States in 1864 to construct the eastern portion of the Transcontinental Railroad, and a horse tramway company in England while there ...
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Frances Jane Crosby was born on March 24, 1820, in the village of Brewster, about 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City. [10] [11] She was the only child of John Crosby and his second wife Mercy Crosby, both of whom were relatives of Revolutionary War spy Enoch Crosby. He was a widower who had a daughter from his first marriage. [12]
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Janet Harmon Waterford Bragg (born Jane Nettie Harmon) [1] (March 24, 1907 — April 11, 1993) was an American amateur aviator. [2] In 1942, she was the first African-American woman to hold a commercial pilot license. [3] [4] She is a 2022 inductee to the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. [5]