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 March - 23.   

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 March - 23.   

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

1910  On this day in history akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living)   

1911  On March - 23 augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player   

1912  On March - 23 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 March - 23.   

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  Launching of USS New Mexico, first dreadnought with turboelectric drive on this day in history.   

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

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

1918  Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River on this day in history.   

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

1918  Lithuania proclaims independence on March - 23.   

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

1919  Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted on this day in history.   

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

1919  On March - 23 michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal   

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

1920  On March - 23 perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms   

1920  On this day in history alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer   

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  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on this day in history.   

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

1732  Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800) was born on this day in history.   

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  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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.