Page 9: Historical Events In March - 23

1987  Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29   

1989  2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature.   

1989  Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 years for killing his adopted daughter   

1990  Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill   

1991  20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee.   

1991  Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68.   

1992  WordStar announced it would buy Delrina Corporation, makers of a fax program called WinFax.   

1992  Friedrich A von Hayek, British economist (Road to Serfdom), dies at 92.   

1993  Belgian government of Dehaene, steps down.   

1993  Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder (Gruppe 47), dies at 84   

1994  Amy Fisher's lover, Joey Buttafuoco, released from jail after 4 months and 9 days   

1994  Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York Governor   

1994  Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed).   

1994  Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at 80   

1995  Dollar equals 88.41 yen (record).   

1995  Alan Barton, singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash.   

1997  17th Golden Raspberry Awards Striptease claims.   

1997  Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title.   

1997  17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease claims   

1998  70th Academy Awards Titanic, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt win.   

1998  70th Academy Awards: Titanic, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt win.   

2000  Papua New Guinea agrees to create an autonomous government on Bougainville island and says it may hold a referendum on independence following autonomy;   

2005  The United States' 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.   

2007  Eight human skeletons are discovered in Fort Myers, Florida, later linked to suspected serial killer Daniel Conahan   

2007  Naval forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guard seize Royal Navy personnel in disputed Iran-Iraq waters.   

2012  African Union suspends Mali's membership following a coup   

2013  20 people are killed and 200 are injured by a tornado in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh.   

2018  A Sahara sandstorm turns snow in Sochi, Russia, orange in one of the largest-ever transfers of desert sand   

2018  Peru's Congress swears in Vice-President Martín Vizcarra as the new President after Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned amid corruption scandal   

2018  An Islamic terrorist attack in Carcassonne and Trèbes, France, results in the deaths of five people, including the perpetrator   

2019  Italy signs up to China's Belt and Road Initiative with deals signed in Rome between Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio and Chinese President Xi Jinping   

2019  The final territory of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, located in Al-Baghuz Fawqani, Syria, is liberated.   

2019  An estimated 400000 people march in central London in protest against Brexit   

2020  Immediate global ceasefire to fight coronavirus COVID-19 called for by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.   

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

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  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on this day in history.   

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on March - 23.   

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

1559  On March - 23 death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)