Historical Events In March - 23

1907  On March - 23 daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957)   

1907  On March - 23 constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79   

1908  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 on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate   

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

1910  Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living) on March - 23.   

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

1912  On March - 23 dixie Cup invented   

1912  On this day in history alfred Schwarzmann, Germany, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1936)   

1914  Robert Gross, composer on this day in history.   

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

1915  On this day in history zion Mule Corp forms   

1915  Francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar on March - 23.   

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

1917  Launching of USS New Mexico, first dreadnought with turboelectric drive on March - 23.   

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  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  On March - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

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  Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms on this day in history.   

1919  Michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal on March - 23.   

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

1921  On this day in history donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records)   

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

1922  1st airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on this day in history.   

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

1599  On this day in history 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  On March - 23 birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany   

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 this day in history.   

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on March - 23.   

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on March - 23.   

1169  On this day in history shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies   

1237  On this day in history jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies   

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  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 March - 23.   

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