Page 6: Historical Events In March - 23

1925  Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76.   

1926  NHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Pitt Pirates, 6-4 in 2 games   

1929  inaugural telephone installed in White House   

1929  1st telephone installed in White House   

1930  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner.   

1930  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson.   

1931  Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused   

1931  Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev Indian freedom fighters   

1933  Enabling Act German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers   

1933  Kroll Opera in Berlin opens   

1933  Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers   

1934  US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945.   

1936  Italy, Austria and Hungary sign Pact of Rome   

1937  In this year, Los Angeles Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars   

1937  In this year, LA Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars.   

1937  Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist, dies at 66.   

1938  Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St L Cardinals minor leaguers.   

1940  All-India-Muslim League calls for a Muslim homeland   

1940  inaugural radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS.   

1940  1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS   

1942  2500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported.   

1942  Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean   

1942  US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers.   

1943  German counter attack on US lines in Tunisia.   

1943  Andre Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer (Le Petit Roi), dies at 72.   

1944  Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die   

1944  Nicholas Alkemade falls 5500 meter without a parachute and lives.   

1944  O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash   

1945  British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine.   

1945  Carriers begin pre-assault strikes on Okinawa, kamikaze attacks follow   

1945  Premier Winston Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen.   

1946  8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NC 43-40.   

1946  Alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62.   

1948  John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54492' (18133 m)).   

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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  On this day in history birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on March - 23.   

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on this day in history.   

1723  Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771) was born on March - 23.   

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

1736  On this day in history birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)   

1103  On March - 23 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 this day in history jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies   

1361  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on this day in history.   

1369  On March - 23 death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered   

1548  On March - 23 death of itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen   

1555  On March - 23 julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67   

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