Page 5: Historical Events In March - 23

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

1907  On this day in history constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79   

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  Dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate on this day in history.   

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

1910  On March - 23 akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living)   

1911  Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player on March - 23.   

1912  Dixie Cup invented on March - 23.   

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

1914  On this day in history robert Gross, composer   

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

1915  On March - 23 zion Mule Corp forms   

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

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

1917  On March - 23 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 this day in history.   

1918  Crépy-en-Laonnoise German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed on this day in history.   

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 March - 23.   

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

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

1919  On March - 23 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   

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

1919  On this day in history michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal   

1919  Jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45 on March - 23.   

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

1920  Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer on this day in history.   

1921  Donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records) on March - 23.   

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

1922  On March - 23 1st airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington, DC   

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

1599  Thomas Selle, composer was born on March - 23.   

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

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

1732  On this day in history birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)   

1736  On this day in history 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 March - 23 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  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  Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1559  Death of Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) on this day in history.