Historical Events In March - 23

1907  On this day in history daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957)   

1907  Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1908  American diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in a hospital two days later on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate   

1910  On this day in history 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway)   

1910  On this day in history akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living)   

1911  Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history dixie Cup invented   

1912  Alfred Schwarzmann, Germany, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1936) on this day in history.   

1914  Robert Gross, composer on this day in history.   

1914  On March - 23 teunis Stoel, actor, dies at 62   

1915  Zion Mule Corp forms on March - 23.   

1915  On this day in history francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar   

1917  4 day series of tornadoes kills 211 in Midwest US on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history launching of USS New Mexico, first dreadnought with turboelectric drive   

1917  On March - 23 tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US   

1917  H C Allen, American historian on March - 23.   

1918  Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River on March - 23.   

1918  Crépy-en-Laonnoise German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed on March - 23.   

1918  Lithuania proclaims independence on this day in history.   

1918  Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp) on March - 23.   

1918  The giant German gun, Big Bertha, shells Paris from 120 km away; on March - 23.   

1918  Cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history crépy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed   

1919  On March - 23 bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted   

1919  Benito Mussolini, an Italian World War I veteran and publisher of Socialist newspapers, breaks with the Italian Socialists and establishes the nationalist Fasci di Combattimento on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms   

1919  On March - 23 michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal   

1919  On this day in history jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45   

1920  On March - 23 perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms   

1920  On this day in history alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer   

1921  On this day in history donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records)   

1922  First airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington DC on this day in history.   

1922  1st airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on this day in history.   

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1429  Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On March - 23 birth of thomas Selle, composer   

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on March - 23.   

1645  On this day in history birth of william Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)   

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on March - 23.   

1723  On this day in history birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)   

1732  On March - 23 birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)   

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on March - 23.   

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on March - 23.   

1169  On this day in history shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies   

1237  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies on March - 23.   

1361  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on this day in history.   

1369  On this day in history death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered   

1548  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on this day in history.   

1555  On March - 23 julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67   

1559  Death of Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) on March - 23.