Page 5: Historical Events In March - 23

1907  Daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957) on March - 23.   

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

1910  On this day in history 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 March - 23.   

1912  On this day in history dixie Cup invented   

1912  On March - 23 alfred Schwarzmann, Germany, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1936)   

1914  On March - 23 robert Gross, composer   

1914  Teunis Stoel, actor, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1915  Zion Mule Corp forms on this day in history.   

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

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

1917  On this day in history launching of USS New Mexico, first dreadnought with turboelectric drive   

1917  Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US on March - 23.   

1917  On this day in history h C Allen, American historian   

1918  On March - 23 alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River   

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

1918  On this day in history lithuania proclaims independence   

1918  Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp) on this day in history.   

1918  On March - 23 the giant German gun, Big Bertha, shells Paris from 120 km away;   

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

1918  Crépy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed on March - 23.   

1919  On this day in history bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted   

1919  On this day in history 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 March - 23 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 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 March - 23.   

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

1922  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1599  On March - 23 birth of thomas Selle, composer   

1638  On this day in history birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

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  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 March - 23.   

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 this day in history.