Page 7: Historical Events In March - 23

1945  On this day in history premier Winston Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen   

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

1946  Alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62 on March - 23.   

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 this day in history sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in NYC   

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

1950  Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history uN World Meteorological Organization established   

1950  "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 perfs on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history 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  Wages in France increase 11% on March - 23.   

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  On March - 23 klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61   

1953  On March - 23 raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France   

1956  Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) on March - 23.   

1956  On March - 23 sudan becomes independent   

1957  US army sells last homing pigeons on March - 23.   

1957  L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77 on March - 23.   

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

1958  On March - 23 florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76   

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

1960  Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78 on March - 23.   

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

1962  On this day in history french government uses fighter planes and tanks in attempt to end insurrection by European rightists in Algeria.   

1962  On this day in history jFK visits San Francisco   

1962  On this day in history josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Neth, dies at 80   

1963  Davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship on March - 23.   

1964  On this day in history 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.   

1964  On this day in history peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59   

1965  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) on March - 23.   

1965  On this day in history moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed   

1965  On this day in history mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75   

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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 this day in history birth of thomas Selle, composer   

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on March - 23.   

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

1699  On this day in history birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany   

1723  On March - 23 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  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered   

1548  On March - 23 death of itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen   

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.