Page 5: Historical Events In March - 23

1907  On March - 23 daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957)   

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

1908  On this day in history 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.   

1908  On March - 23 dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate   

1910  On March - 23 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway)   

1910  Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living) on this day in history.   

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

1912  Dixie Cup invented on March - 23.   

1912  Alfred Schwarzmann, Germany, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1936) on March - 23.   

1914  Robert Gross, composer on March - 23.   

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

1915  On March - 23 zion Mule Corp forms   

1915  Francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar on March - 23.   

1917  On March - 23 4 day series of tornadoes kills 211 in Midwest US   

1917  On March - 23 launching of USS New Mexico, first dreadnought with turboelectric drive   

1917  Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US on this day in history.   

1917  H C Allen, American historian on this day in history.   

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

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

1918  Lithuania proclaims independence on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp)   

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

1918  Cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27 on March - 23.   

1918  On March - 23 crépy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed   

1919  Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted on March - 23.   

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  Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms on March - 23.   

1919  Michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal on this day in history.   

1919  Jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1920  Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms on March - 23.   

1920  Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer on March - 23.   

1921  Donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records) on this day in history.   

1922  On March - 23 first airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington DC   

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

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

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

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

1645  On this day in history 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  On March - 23 birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)   

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

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

1169  Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies on March - 23.   

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  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 this day in history 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.