Historical Events In March - 23

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

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

1946  Alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

1949  On this day in history the Cars vocalist Ric Ocasek born this day.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1950  On March - 23 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  Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) on this day in history.  

1956  Sudan becomes independent on March - 23.  

1957  US army sells last homing pigeons on March - 23.  

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 March - 23 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  On March - 23 a C Russell, cricketer (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies  

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

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 March - 23.  

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  On March - 23 peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59  

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

1965  On this day in history mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75  

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1429  Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.  

1599  Thomas Selle, composer was born on this day in history.  

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on March - 23.  

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

1699  On this day in history birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany  

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

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

1736  On March - 23 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 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  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on March - 23.  

1369  Death of Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on March - 23.  

1548  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on this day in history.  

1555  Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1559  Death of Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) on this day in history.