Page 5: Historical Events In March - 23

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

1907  On this day in history constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79   

1908  On March - 23 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  1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway) on this day in history.   

1910  On March - 23 akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living)   

1911  On this day in history augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player   

1912  Dixie Cup invented on March - 23.   

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

1914  Robert Gross, composer on March - 23.   

1914  On this day in history teunis Stoel, actor, dies at 62   

1915  Zion Mule Corp forms on this day in history.   

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

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 March - 23.   

1917  On this day in history tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US   

1917  H C Allen, American historian on March - 23.   

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

1919  Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted on March - 23.   

1919  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 on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms   

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

1919  On this day in history jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45   

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

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

1921  On March - 23 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  On this day in history 1st airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington, DC   

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1429  On this day in history birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)   

1599  Thomas Selle, composer was born on March - 23.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

1169  Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies on this day in history.   

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  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  Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 on March - 23.   

1559  On March - 23 death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)