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 this day in history.   

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  Dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate on March - 23.   

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

1910  On this day in history akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living)   

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

1912  Dixie Cup invented on this day in history.   

1912  Alfred Schwarzmann, Germany, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1936) on March - 23.   

1914  On March - 23 robert Gross, composer   

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

1915  Zion Mule Corp forms on March - 23.   

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

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

1917  On this day in history launching of USS New Mexico, first dreadnought with turboelectric drive   

1917  Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US on this day in history.   

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

1918  On March - 23 lithuania proclaims independence   

1918  Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp) on this day in history.   

1918  On March - 23 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  On this day in history crépy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed   

1919  Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted on this day in history.   

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 March - 23.   

1919  Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms on this day in history.   

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

1919  On March - 23 jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45   

1920  Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms on this day in history.   

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  On March - 23 first airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington DC   

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

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1429  On March - 23 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 this day in history.   

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 March - 23.   

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 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 March - 23.   

1548  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on this day in history.   

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)