March 23
March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years ). There are 283 days remaining.
Events
752 - Stephen II becomes Pope .
1568 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France . Again Catherine de Medici and Charles IX of France make substantial concessions to the Huguenots .
1708 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth .
1775 - American Revolutionary War : Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech - "give me liberty or give me death " in Williamsburg, Virginia .
1801 - Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled , and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.
1806 - After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean , explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.
1839 - First recorded use of "OK " as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" in the Boston Morning Post 1848 - John Wickliffe Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin , New Zealand . Otago province is founded.
1857 - Elisha Otis 's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway, New York City .
1868 - The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
1889 - Land run : President Benjamin Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement starting on April 22 .
1889 - Free Woolwich Ferry officially opened in east London .
1903 - The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of the first successful airplane after much hard work.
1909 - Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa . The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society .
1919 - In Milan , Italy , Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
1931 - The Bhagat Singh Batukeshwar Dutt embrace gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused.
1933 - The Reichstag Enabling Act , making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany .
1935 - Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
1940 - The famous Pakistan Resolution or Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All India Muslim League .
1942 - World War II : In the Indian Ocean , Japanese forces capture the Anadaman Islands .
1956 - Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world.
1963 - In London , United Kingdom , Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann win the eighth Eurovision Song Contest for Denmark singing "Dansevise" (Dancing tune).
1965 - NASA launches Gemini 3 , the United States ' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young ).
1978 - The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line .
1983 - Strategic Defense Initiative : President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
1989 - Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce cold fusion at the University of Utah .
1989 - A 1,000-foot diameter Near-Earth asteroid misses the Earth by 400,000 miles.
1994 - At an election rally in Tijuana , Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.
1996 - The Republic of China on Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President
1999 - Gunmen assassinate Paraguay 's Vice President Luis María Argaña .
2001 - The Russian Mir Pacific Ocean near Fiji .
2001 - The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) (now World Wrestling Entertainment ) purchases rival organization World Championship Wrestling (WCW) for an estimated $5 million.
2003 - Nasiriyah , Iraq , 18 U.S. Marines killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom
2005 - The United States' 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ' 2-1 decision refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo 's feeding tube.
Births
1699 - John Bartram , American botanist (d. 1777 )
1749 - Pierre Simon de Laplace , French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827 )
1754 - Baron Jurij Vega , Slovene mathematician , physicist and artillery officer (d. 1802 )
1769 - William Smith , geologist/cartographer (d. 1839 )
1823 - Schuyler Colfax , Vice President of the United States (d. 1885 )
1834 - Julius Reubke , composer (d. 1858 )
1878 - Franz Schreker , composer (d. 1934 )
1882 - Emmy Noether , mathematician (d. 1935 )
1887 - Juan Gris , painter and graphic artist (d. 1927 )
1887 - Prince Felix Yussupov , assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967)
1889 - Yukichi Chuganji , oldest man alive on (d. 2003 )
1900 - Erich Fromm , psychoanalyst (d. 1980 )
1904 - Joan Crawford , American actress (d. 1977 )
1905 - Lale Andersen , singer and cabaretist (d. 1972 )
1907 - Daniel Bovet , French scientist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1910 - Akira Kurosawa , Japanese film director (d. 1998 )
1912 - Wernher von Braun , German-born physicist and engineer (d. 1977 )
1915 - Vasily Zaitsev , World War II hero (d. 1991 )
1922 - Marty Allen , American comedian
1924 - Bettie Nesmith Graham , inventor (d. 1980 )
1929 - Sir Roger Bannister , runner
1931 - Viktor Korchnoi , Russian chess player
1934 - Mark Rydell , American film and television director
1937 - Craig Breedlove , former land speed record holder
1938 - Maynard Jackson , American politician (d. 2003 )
1942 - Walter Rodney , historian and political figure (d. 1980 )
1949 - Ric Ocasek , musician (The Cars )
1951 - Corinne Clery , French actress
1952 - Kim Stanley Robinson , science fiction author
1953 - Chaka Khan , singer
1953 - Bo Diaz , Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990 )
1953 - Eugene Izzi , American novelist (d. 1996 )
1955 - Moses Malone , American basketball player
1956 - José Manuel Durão Barroso , Portuguese politician, president of the European Commission
1957 - Amanda Plummer , American actress
1964 - Hope Davis , American actress
1965 - Richard Grieco , actor, singer
1968 - Damon Albarn , musician (Blur )
1971 - Gail Porter , British television presenter
1972 - Judith Godrèche , actress/author
1973 - Jason Kidd , basketball player
1975 - Alydar , thoroughbred race horse (d. 1990 )
1976 - Keri Russell , actress
1978 - Nicholle Tom , actress
1979 - Chad Dittman , President Intense Football League
1979 - Misty Hyman , American swimmer
Deaths
1548 - Itagaki Nobukata , a retainer of Takeda Shingen
1555 - Pope Julius III , (b. 1487 )
1559 - Gelawdewos , Emperor of Ethiopia (killed in battle)
1801 - Tsar Paul of Russia , (b. 1754 )
1842 - Stendhal , French writer, (b. 1783 )
1931 - Bhagat Singh , Indian freedom fighter (b. 1907 )
1931 - Batukeshwar Dutt , Indian freedom fighter
1960 - Franklin Pierce Adams , American newspaper columnist (b. 1881)
1964 - Peter Lorre , actor, (b. 1904 )
1970 - Del Lord , pioneer Hollywood director, (b. 1894 )
1972 - Cristóbal Balenciaga , Spanish fashion designer
1979 - Orlando Letelier , Chilean ambassador to the United States , (b. 1932 )
1983 - Barney Clark , first artificial heart recipient
1993 - Hans Werner Richter , author (b. 1908 )
1994 - Luis Donaldo Colosio , Mexican politician
1995 - Jerry Lester , American actor
2001 - Rowland Evans , American political columnist
2002 - Eileen Farrell , American opera soprano
2003 - Fritz Spiegl , journalist, (b. 1926 )
2004 - Rupert Hamer , Australian politician (b. 1916 )
Holidays and observances
External links
March 22 - March 24 - February 23 - April 23 -- listing of all days
