Historical Events In March - 23

1907  Daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957) on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate   

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

1910  On March - 23 akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living)   

1911  On this day in history augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player   

1912  Dixie Cup invented on March - 23.   

1912  Alfred Schwarzmann, Germany, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1936) on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history robert Gross, composer   

1914  Teunis Stoel, actor, dies at 62 on March - 23.   

1915  Zion Mule Corp forms on March - 23.   

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

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

1917  Launching of USS New Mexico, first dreadnought with turboelectric drive on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US   

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

1918  On this day in history alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River   

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 this day in history.   

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

1918  On this day in history cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27   

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 March - 23 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 this day in history michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal   

1919  Jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45 on March - 23.   

1920  On this day in history perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms   

1920  On this day in history alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer   

1921  Donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records) on March - 23.   

1922  On this day in history 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  On March - 23 birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)   

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

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

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  Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1732  On March - 23 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  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on March - 23.   

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 March - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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