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  On March - 23 dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate   

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

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

1911  Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player on March - 23.   

1912  On March - 23 dixie Cup invented   

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

1914  On this day in history robert Gross, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1917  On March - 23 h C Allen, American historian   

1918  On this day in history alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River   

1918  On March - 23 crépy-en-Laonnoise German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed   

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

1918  Cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27 on March - 23.   

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 March - 23.   

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

1919  Michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal on this day in history.   

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 March - 23.   

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  1st airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on March - 23.   

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

1599  On this day in history birth of thomas Selle, composer   

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  On this day in history birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)   

1732  On March - 23 birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)   

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

1103  On March - 23 death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

1169  On March - 23 shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies   

1237  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies on March - 23.   

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) on March - 23.