Historical Events In March - 23

1945  Premier Winston Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen on this day in history.   

1946  8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NC 43-40 on March - 23.   

1946  On March - 23 alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62   

1948  On this day in history john Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m))   

1949  The Cars vocalist Ric Ocasek born this day on March - 23.   

1949  On March - 23 sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in NYC   

1950  22nd Academy Awards "All King's Men", Broderick Crawford & Olivia de Havilland win on this day in history.   

1950  On March - 23 sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government   

1950  UN World Meteorological Organization established on March - 23.   

1950  "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 perfs on March - 23.   

1950  On March - 23 douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies   

1950  22nd Academy Awards: "All King's Men", Broderick Crawford & Olivia de Havilland win on March - 23.   

1951  On this day in history wages in France increase 11%   

1952  Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds on this day in history.   

1952  Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France   

1956  Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history sudan becomes independent   

1957  On this day in history uS army sells last homing pigeons   

1957  On this day in history l Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77   

1958  First launching of simulated Polaris missile from submerged tactical launcher facility off CA on March - 23.   

1958  On this day in history florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76   

1960  On this day in history explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit   

1960  On this day in history franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78   

1961  A C Russell, cricketer (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies on March - 23.   

1962  On March - 23 french government uses fighter planes and tanks in attempt to end insurrection by European rightists in Algeria.   

1962  On March - 23 jFK visits San Francisco   

1962  On March - 23 josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Neth, dies at 80   

1963  Davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship on this day in history.   

1964  Two Marine helicopter crews of VMO-1 rescued 11 sick, injured and wounded members of a road engineering party that had survived attacks by hostile Indians in the dense jungle of the Amazon basin near Iquitos, Peru on March - 23.   

1964  On March - 23 peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59   

1965  On this day in history lCDR John W. Young, USN, Pilot of Gemini 3 completed 3 orbits in 4 hours., 53 minutes at an altitude of 224 km. Recovery was by helicopters from USS Intrepid (CVS-11).   

1965  Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed on this day in history.   

1965  Mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75 on March - 23.   

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1429  Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482) was born on March - 23.   

1599  On this day in history birth of thomas Selle, composer   

1638  On March - 23 birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

1645  On March - 23 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 March - 23 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 this day in history.   

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on this day in history.   

1169  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1369  Death of Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on March - 23.   

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