Page 7: Historical Events In March - 23

1945  Premier Winston Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen on March - 23.   

1946  On this day in history 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NC 43-40   

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 March - 23 sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in NYC   

1950  22nd Academy Awards "All King's Men", Broderick Crawford & Olivia de Havilland win on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government   

1950  On March - 23 uN World Meteorological Organization established   

1950  On March - 23 "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 perfs   

1950  Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies on March - 23.   

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

1951  Wages in France increase 11% on March - 23.   

1952  On March - 23 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   

1952  On March - 23 klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61   

1953  Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France on March - 23.   

1956  Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) on this day in history.   

1956  On March - 23 sudan becomes independent   

1957  On this day in history uS army sells last homing pigeons   

1957  L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1958  First launching of simulated Polaris missile from submerged tactical launcher facility off CA on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76   

1960  On March - 23 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 March - 23 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 March - 23 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  On March - 23 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).   

1965  Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed on March - 23.   

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

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1429  On March - 23 birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)   

1599  On March - 23 birth of thomas Selle, composer   

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

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

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on March - 23.   

1723  Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771) was born on March - 23.   

1732  Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800) was born on March - 23.   

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  On this day in history shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies   

1237  On March - 23 jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies   

1361  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on this day in history.   

1369  On March - 23 death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered   

1548  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on March - 23.   

1555  On March - 23 julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67   

1559  On this day in history death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)