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23 March
March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). There are 283 days remaining.
Events
up to 19th century
20th century
1900s-1960s
1980s-1990s
Births
up to 19th century
- 1699 - John Bartram, American botanist (d. 1777)
- 1749 - Pierre
Simon de Laplace, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827)
- 1754 - Baron Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (d. 1802)
- 1769 - William Smith, geologist/cartographer (d. 1839)
- 1823 - Schuyler Colfax,
Vice President of the United
States (d. 1885)
- 1834 - Julius Reubke, composer
(d. 1858)
- 1878 - Franz Schreker,
composer (d. 1934)
- 1882 - Emmy Noether,
mathematician (d. 1935)
- 1887 - Juan Gris, painter and graphic
artist (d. 1927)
- 1887 - Prince Felix Yussupov, assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967)
- 1889 - Yukichi Chuganji,
oldest man alive on (d. 2003)
20th century
- 1900 - Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst
(d. 1980)
- 1904 - Joan Crawford, actress
(d. 1977)
- 1905 - Lale Andersen, singer
and cabaretist (d. 1972)
- 1910 - Akira Kurosawa, film
director (d. 1998)
- 1912 - Wernher von
Braun, physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
- 1915 - Vasily Zaitsev, World War II hero (d. 1991)
- 1923 - Marcel Marceau, mime
artist
- 1929 - Sir Roger Bannister,
athlete, first "Miracle Mile"
- 1937 - Craig Breedlove,
former land speed record holder
- 1942 - Walter Rodney, historian
and political figure (d. 1980)
- 1949 - Ric Ocasek, musician
("The Cars")
- 1951 - Corinne Clery, French
actress
- 1952 - Kim Stanley
Robinson, science fiction author
- 1953 - Chaka Khan, singer
- 1956 - José Manuel Durão Barroso, Portuguese politician,
elected president of the European Commission
- 1968 - Damon Albarn, musician
("Blur")
- 1971 - Gail Porter, British
television presenter
- 1972 - Judith Godrèche,
actress/author
- 1973 - Jason Kidd, basketball player
- 1976 - Keri Russell, actress
- 1978 - Nicholle Tom, actress
- 1979 - Chad Dittman, President
and CEO of the Intense Football League
- 1979 - Misty Hyman, US swimmer
Deaths
- 1548 - Itagaki Nobukata,
a retainer of Takeda Shingen
- 1555 - Pope Julius III, (b.
1487)
- 1801 - Tsar Paul of Russia, (b. 1754)
- 1842 - Stendhal, writer, (b. 1783)
- 1931 - Bhagat Singh Indian
Freedom Fighter (b. 1907)
- 1931 - Batukeshwar Dutt Indian Freedom Fighter.
- 1960 - Franklin
Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (b. 1881)
- 1964 - Peter Lorre, actor, (b.
1904)
- 1970 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director, (b. 1894)
- 1979 - Orlando Letelier,
former Chilean ambassador to the United States, (b. 1932)
- 1983 - Barney Clark, first artificial heart
recipient
- 1993 - Hans Werner Richter, author (b. 1908)
- 2003 - Fritz Spiegl, journalist,
(b. 1926)
- 2004 - Rupert Hamer, Australian politician (b. 1916)
Holidays and observances
March 22 - March 24 - February 23 - April 23 -- listing of all days
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