Historical Events In March - 23

1923  Frank Silver & Irving Conn release "Yes, We Have No Bananas" on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution   

1925  On this day in history aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76   

1926  NHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Pitt Pirates, 6-4 in 2 games on this day in history.   

1929  On March - 23 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 March - 23.   

1930  On March - 23 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson   

1931  On March - 23 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.   

1931  On March - 23 bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev Indian freedom fighters   

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  US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945 on this day in history.   

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

1937  Los Angeles Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars on March - 23.   

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

1937  On March - 23 helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist, dies at 66   

1938  Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St L Cardinals minor leaguers on this day in history.   

1940  On March - 23 all-India-Muslim League calls for a Muslim homeland   

1940  First radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS on this day in history.   

1940  1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS on March - 23.   

1942  On this day in history 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  Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die on this day in history.   

1944  Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives on this day in history.   

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

1945  On this day in history 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 March - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

1699  On this day in history birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany   

1723  Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

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

1736  On March - 23 birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)   

1103  On this day in history death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

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

1237  On this day in history jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies   

1361  On this day in history death of henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310)   

1369  On March - 23 death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered   

1548  On March - 23 death of itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen   

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

1559  On this day in history death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)