Page 7: Historical Events In March - 23

1945  Premier Winston Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen on March - 23.   

1946  8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NC 43-40 on March - 23.   

1946  Alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62 on March - 23.   

1948  John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m)) on March - 23.   

1949  The Cars vocalist Ric Ocasek born this day on this day in history.   

1949  Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in NYC on March - 23.   

1950  22nd Academy Awards "All King's Men", Broderick Crawford & Olivia de Havilland win on March - 23.   

1950  On this day in history sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government   

1950  On this day in history uN World Meteorological Organization established   

1950  On March - 23 "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 perfs   

1950  Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies on March - 23.   

1950  On this day in history 22nd Academy Awards: "All King's Men", Broderick Crawford & Olivia de Havilland win   

1951  Wages in France increase 11% on March - 23.   

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 on this day in history.   

1952  On March - 23 klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61   

1953  Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France on this day in history.   

1956  On March - 23 pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day)   

1956  Sudan becomes independent on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history uS army sells last homing pigeons   

1957  On March - 23 l Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77   

1958  On this day in history first launching of simulated Polaris missile from submerged tactical launcher facility off CA.   

1958  On this day in history florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76   

1960  On this day in history explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit   

1960  On March - 23 franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78   

1961  A C Russell, cricketer (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies on March - 23.   

1962  French government uses fighter planes and tanks in attempt to end insurrection by European rightists in Algeria on this day in history.   

1962  On March - 23 jFK visits San Francisco   

1962  On this day in history josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Neth, dies at 80   

1963  Davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

1964  Peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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) on March - 23.   

1965  Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed on this day in history.   

1965  On March - 23 mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75   

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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  On March - 23 birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on March - 23.   

1723  On March - 23 birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)   

1732  Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800) was born on March - 23.   

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  Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies on March - 23.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history 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  Death of Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) on March - 23.