Page 5: Historical Events In March - 23

1907  On this day in history daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957)   

1907  Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79 on March - 23.   

1908  On March - 23 american diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in a hospital two days later.   

1908  Dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate on March - 23.   

1910  1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway) on March - 23.   

1910  Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living) on this day in history.   

1911  On March - 23 augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player   

1912  Dixie Cup invented on March - 23.   

1912  On this day in history alfred Schwarzmann, Germany, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1936)   

1914  On this day in history robert Gross, composer   

1914  Teunis Stoel, actor, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1915  Zion Mule Corp forms on March - 23.   

1915  Francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar on March - 23.   

1917  4 day series of tornadoes kills 211 in Midwest US on this day in history.   

1917  On March - 23 launching of USS New Mexico, first dreadnought with turboelectric drive   

1917  Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US on March - 23.   

1917  On this day in history h C Allen, American historian   

1918  Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history crépy-en-Laonnoise German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed   

1918  On March - 23 lithuania proclaims independence   

1918  Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp) on March - 23.   

1918  On March - 23 the giant German gun, Big Bertha, shells Paris from 120 km away;   

1918  Cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27 on March - 23.   

1918  Crépy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed on this day in history.   

1919  On March - 23 bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted   

1919  On this day in history benito Mussolini, an Italian World War I veteran and publisher of Socialist newspapers, breaks with the Italian Socialists and establishes the nationalist Fasci di Combattimento   

1919  On this day in history moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms   

1919  On March - 23 michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal   

1919  On March - 23 jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45   

1920  On March - 23 perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms   

1920  Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer on March - 23.   

1921  On this day in history donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records)   

1922  First airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington DC on March - 23.   

1922  On this day in history 1st airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington, DC   

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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 March - 23.   

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

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  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  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on March - 23.   

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  On March - 23 jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies   

1361  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on this day in history.   

1369  Death of Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on this day in history.   

1548  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on March - 23.   

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.