Page 5: Historical Events In March - 23

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

1907  Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79 on March - 23.   

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  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  Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history dixie Cup invented   

1912  On this day in history 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  Zion Mule Corp forms on March - 23.   

1915  On March - 23 francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar   

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

1917  On March - 23 launching of USS New Mexico, first dreadnought with turboelectric drive   

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  Crépy-en-Laonnoise German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed on this day in history.   

1918  On March - 23 lithuania proclaims independence   

1918  On March - 23 paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp)   

1918  On March - 23 the giant German gun, Big Bertha, shells Paris from 120 km away;   

1918  On March - 23 cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27   

1918  Crépy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed on this day in history.   

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

1919  On March - 23 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 March - 23.   

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

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

1921  Donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records) on this day in history.   

1922  First airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington DC on March - 23.   

1922  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1599  On March - 23 birth of thomas Selle, composer   

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

1645  On March - 23 birth of william Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)   

1699  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on this day in history.   

1103  On this day in history death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

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  On March - 23 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 March - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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