Historical Events In March - 23

1907  On this day in history daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957)   

1907  Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

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

1910  Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living) on this day in history.   

1911  On March - 23 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  Teunis Stoel, actor, dies at 62 on March - 23.   

1915  On this day in history zion Mule Corp forms   

1915  Francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar on this day in history.   

1917  4 day series of tornadoes kills 211 in Midwest US on this day in history.   

1917  Launching of USS New Mexico, first dreadnought with turboelectric drive on this day in history.   

1917  On March - 23 tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US   

1917  On this day in history h C Allen, American historian   

1918  On this day in history 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  On this day in history the giant German gun, Big Bertha, shells Paris from 120 km away;   

1918  On this day in history cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27   

1918  Crépy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed on March - 23.   

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

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

1919  On this day in history michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal   

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

1920  Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms on March - 23.   

1920  Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer on this day in history.   

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 March - 23.   

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  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on March - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1369  Death of Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history death of itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen   

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 this day in history.