Page 5: Historical Events In March - 23

1907  On March - 23 daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957)   

1907  On this day in history constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79   

1908  On this day in history 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  On March - 23 dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate   

1910  On this day in history 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway)   

1910  On this day in history akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living)   

1911  Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player on March - 23.   

1912  Dixie Cup invented on this day in history.   

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

1914  Robert Gross, composer on March - 23.   

1914  On this day in history teunis Stoel, actor, dies at 62   

1915  On this day in history zion Mule Corp forms   

1915  Francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar on this day in history.   

1917  4 day series of tornadoes kills 211 in Midwest US on March - 23.   

1917  Launching of USS New Mexico, first dreadnought with turboelectric drive on March - 23.   

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 March - 23.   

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

1918  Lithuania proclaims independence on March - 23.   

1918  On this day in history paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp)   

1918  On this day in history the giant German gun, Big Bertha, shells Paris from 120 km away;   

1918  Cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

1918  On March - 23 crépy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed   

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

1919  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 on this day in history.   

1919  On March - 23 moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms   

1919  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1921  On March - 23 donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records)   

1922  On March - 23 first airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington DC   

1922  On March - 23 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  On this day in history birth of thomas Selle, composer   

1638  On March - 23 birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

1645  On March - 23 birth of william Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)   

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 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  On March - 23 death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

1169  Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies on March - 23.   

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  On this day in history death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered   

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

1555  On March - 23 julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67   

1559  On this day in history death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)