Historical Events In March - 23

1923  On this day in history frank Silver & Irving Conn release "Yes, We Have No Bananas"   

1925  On March - 23 tennessee becomes first state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution   

1925  On this day in history the teaching of Darwins theory of evolution banned in Tennessee schools   

1925  Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution on this day in history.   

1925  Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1926  On March - 23 nHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Pitt Pirates, 6-4 in 2 games   

1929  On this day in history first telephone installed in White House   

1929  1st telephone installed in White House on this day in history.   

1930  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner on this day in history.   

1930  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson on this day in history.   

1931  Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused on this day in history.   

1931  Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev Indian freedom fighters on March - 23.   

1933  Enabling Act German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers on this day in history.   

1933  On March - 23 kroll Opera in Berlin opens   

1933  Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers on March - 23.   

1934  On this day in history uS Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945   

1936  Italy, Austria & Hungary sign Pact of Rome on this day in history.   

1937  Los Angeles Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history lA Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars   

1937  Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist, dies at 66 on March - 23.   

1938  Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St L Cardinals minor leaguers on March - 23.   

1940  On this day in history all-India-Muslim League calls for a Muslim homeland   

1940  First radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS on March - 23.   

1940  On this day in history 1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS   

1942  On March - 23 2,500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported   

1942  On this day in history japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean   

1942  US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers on March - 23.   

1943  On this day in history german counter attack on US lines in Tunisia   

1943  Andre Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer (Le Petit Roi), dies at 72 on March - 23.   

1944  On March - 23 bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die   

1944  Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives on March - 23.   

1944  On March - 23 o C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash   

1945  On March - 23 british 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine   

1945  On March - 23 carriers begin pre-assault strikes on Okinawa, kamikaze attacks follow   

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1429  On this day in history birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)   

1599  Thomas Selle, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1645  On March - 23 birth of william Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)   

1699  On March - 23 birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany   

1723  Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771) was born on March - 23.   

1732  Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800) was born on March - 23.   

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

1103  On March - 23 death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

1169  On March - 23 shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies   

1237  On March - 23 jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies   

1361  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on March - 23.   

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 March - 23.   

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 this day in history.