Page 7: Historical Events In March - 23

1945  Premier Winston Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen on this day in history.   

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

1946  On March - 23 alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62   

1948  On this day in history john Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m))   

1949  On March - 23 the Cars vocalist Ric Ocasek born this day.   

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 this day in history.   

1950  Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government on this day in history.   

1950  On March - 23 uN World Meteorological Organization established   

1950  "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 perfs on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61   

1953  On this day in history raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France   

1956  Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) on March - 23.   

1956  On this day in history sudan becomes independent   

1957  On March - 23 uS army sells last homing pigeons   

1957  On this day in history l Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77   

1958  On March - 23 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  Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit on March - 23.   

1960  On this day in history 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 March - 23.   

1962  JFK visits San Francisco on March - 23.   

1962  Josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Neth, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1963  Davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship on March - 23.   

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 March - 23.   

1964  On March - 23 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) on March - 23.   

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

1965  On this day in history 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  Thomas Selle, composer was born on March - 23.   

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on this day in history.   

1645  On this day in history birth of william Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)   

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

1723  On March - 23 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  On this day in history birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)   

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1559  On this day in history death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)