Page 7: Historical Events In March - 23

1945  On this day in history premier Winston Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen   

1946  On this day in history 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NC 43-40   

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

1948  John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m)) on this day in history.   

1949  The Cars vocalist Ric Ocasek born this day on March - 23.   

1949  On this day in history sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in NYC   

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

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

1950  UN World Meteorological Organization established on this day in history.   

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

1950  On this day in history douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies   

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 March - 23.   

1952  Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1953  On March - 23 raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France   

1956  On this day in history pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day)   

1956  Sudan becomes independent on March - 23.   

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  First launching of simulated Polaris missile from submerged tactical launcher facility off CA on March - 23.   

1958  Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

1962  JFK visits San Francisco on March - 23.   

1962  Josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Neth, dies at 80 on March - 23.   

1963  On March - 23 davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship   

1964  On March - 23 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 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history 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  On March - 23 moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed   

1965  Mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75 on this day in history.   

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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 March - 23.   

1723  On this day in history birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)   

1732  On this day in history 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 March - 23.   

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  On March - 23 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 March - 23 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.