Top Historical Events That Happened on March 23

1950  "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 perfs.   

1950  Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies   

1951  Wages in France increase 11%   

1952  Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds   

1952  Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61   

1953  Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France   

1956  Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day)   

1956  Sudan is recorded as becoming independent   

1957  US army sells last homing pigeons   

1957  L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77.   

1958  inaugural launching of simulated Polaris missile from submerged tactical launcher facility off CA.   

1958  Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76   

1960  Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit   

1960  Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78.   

1961  A C Russell, cricketer (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies   

1962  French government uses fighter planes and tanks in attempt to end insurrection by European rightists in Algeria   

1962  JFK visits San Francisco   

1962  Josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Neth, dies at 80   

1963  Davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship   

1964  Two Marine helicopter crews of VMO-1 rescued 11 sick, injured and wounded members of a road engineering party that had survived attacks by hostile Indians in the dense jungle of the Amazon basin near Iquitos, Peru.   

1964  Peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59   

1965  LCDR John W. Young, USN, Pilot of Gemini 3 completed 3 orbits in 4 hours., 53 minutes at an altitude of 224 km. Recovery was by helicopters from USS Intrepid (CVS-11).   

1965  Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed.   

1965  Mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75.   

1966  inaugural official meeting after 400 years of Catholic and Anglican Church   

1966  Johannes W Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie), dies at 82.   

1967  Duncan Macrae, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped), dies at 61.   

1968  Edwin O'Connor, US writer, dies at 49.   

1969  Rally for Decency (Miami).   

1969  Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87.   

1971  Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan, proclaims its independence.   

1971  Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce.   

1971  Armin Loos, composer, dies at 67.   

1972  Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars.   

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1429  Margaret of anjou: Wife of henry vi of england   

1599  Thomas selle: Composer   

1638  Frederik ruysch: Dutch anatomist   

1645  William kidd: Pirate legend from scotland   

1699  John bartram: Naturalist/explorer, father of american botany   

1723  Agha mohammad khan ghajar: King of iran   

1732  Marie adélaïde of france: Daughter of louis xv   

1736  Iman willem falck: Dutch governor of ceylon (1765-83)   

1103  Death of Eudes i: Duke of burgundy (b. 1058)   

1169  Death of Shirkuh: Kurd general/vizier of cairo/saladin's uncle,   

1237  Jan of brienne: King of jerusalem/emperor of constantinople,   

1361  Death of Henry of grosmont: 1st duke of lancaster (b. c.1310)   

1369  Death of Pedro: The cruel, king/tyrant of castile & leon, murdered   

1548  Death of Itagaki nobukata: Retainer of takeda shingen   

1555  Death of Julius iii: [giovanni m del monte], pope (1550-55),   

1559  Death of Emperor gelawdewos of ethiopia: Emperor gelawdewos of ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)