March 24, 1992 Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space March 24, 1992 Sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens: 5-6 die March 24, 1991 11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane & Ghosts Can't Do It wins March 24, 1991 Barcelona Dragons beat NY/NJ Knights 19-7 in their 1st WLAF game March 24, 1991 Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament March 24, 1991 In liberated Kuwait, banks reopen] March 24, 1991 New York Yankees beat New York Mets, 9-3 March 24, 1991 Wrestlemania VII in LA, Hulk Hogan pins Sgt Slaughter March 24, 1990 Alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies March 24, 1990 An Wang, computer manufacturer (Wang), dies at 70 of cancer March 24, 1990 Indian troops leave Sri Lanka March 24, 1990 Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob & Ray), dies of kidney failure at 68 March 24, 1990 Rene Enriquez, actor (Hill St. Blues), dies of pancreatic cancer at 56 March 24, 1990 Tom Hunter swims world record 50m freestyle (21.81 sec) March 24, 1989 Worst U.S. oil spill, Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alaska March 24, 1988 Quarterback Dan Fouts retires March 24, 1987 1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross March 24, 1987 WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria March 24, 1986 Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67 March 24, 1986 Suriname army capt Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling