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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.

Contents

1.1 up to 19th century
1.2 20th century

1.2.1 1900s-1960s
1.2.2 1980s-1990s

2.1 up to 19th century
2.2 20th century

4 Holidays and observances

Events

up to 19th century

752 - Stephen II becomes Pope.
1568 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. Again Catherine de Medici and Charles IX of France make substantial concessions to the Huguenots.
1708 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth.
1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech - "give me liberty or give me death" in Williamsburg, Virginia.
1801 - Tsar Paul I of Russia was struck with a sword, and then strangled and trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.
1806 - After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.
1839 - First recorded use of "OK" as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" (Boston Morning Post).
1857 - Elisha Otis' first elevator is installed (at 488 Broadway, New York City).
1868 - The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
1889 - Land run: President Benjamin Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement starting on April 22.
1889 - free Woolwich Ferry officially opened in east London.

20th century

1900s-1960s

1903 - The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of the first successful airplane after much hard work.
1909 - Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip was sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
1919 - In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
1931 - The Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt embrace gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad was refused.
1933 - The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
1935 - Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
1940 - The famous Pakistan Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) was put forward in the Annual General Convention of the All India Muslim League on this day.
1942 - World War II: In the Indian Ocean, Japanese forces capture the Anadaman Islands.
1956 - Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world.
1963 - In London, United Kingdom, Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann win the eighth Eurovision Song Contest for Denmark singing "Dansevise" (Dancing tune).
1965 - NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).

1980s-1990s

1983 - Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
1989 - Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce cold fusion at the University of Utah.
1989 - A 1,000-foot diameter Near-Earth asteroid misses the Earth by 400,000 miles.
1994 - At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.
1996 - The Republic of China on Taiwan holds its first direct elections for president
1999 - Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis Maria Argana.

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

Roman Empire - The fifth and final day of Quinquatria, held in honor of Minerva.
Roman Empire - Tubilustrium was held in honor of Mars
Ancient Latvia - Lieldienas held in honor of Mara and other goddesses
Pakistan - National Day (Republic Day)

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