Historical Events In March - 23

1923  Frank Silver & Irving Conn release "Yes, We Have No Bananas" on March - 23.   

1925  Tennessee becomes first state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution on March - 23.   

1925  The teaching of Darwins theory of evolution banned in Tennessee schools on this day in history.   

1925  Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution on March - 23.   

1925  Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76 on March - 23.   

1926  On March - 23 nHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Pitt Pirates, 6-4 in 2 games   

1929  On March - 23 first telephone installed in White House   

1929  1st telephone installed in White House on March - 23.   

1930  On March - 23 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner   

1930  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson on March - 23.   

1931  On March - 23 bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused.   

1931  On this day in history bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev Indian freedom fighters   

1933  Enabling Act German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers on March - 23.   

1933  On March - 23 kroll Opera in Berlin opens   

1933  Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers on this day in history.   

1934  On March - 23 uS Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945   

1936  On March - 23 italy, Austria & Hungary sign Pact of Rome   

1937  On this day in history los Angeles Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars   

1937  On March - 23 lA Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars   

1937  Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1938  Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St L Cardinals minor leaguers on March - 23.   

1940  All-India-Muslim League calls for a Muslim homeland on this day in history.   

1940  First radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS on March - 23.   

1940  On this day in history 1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS   

1942  2,500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported on this day in history.   

1942  Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean on March - 23.   

1942  US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers on this day in history.   

1943  On March - 23 german counter attack on US lines in Tunisia   

1943  Andre Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer (Le Petit Roi), dies at 72 on March - 23.   

1944  Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die on March - 23.   

1944  On March - 23 nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives   

1944  O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash on March - 23.   

1945  On this day in history british 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine   

1945  On March - 23 carriers begin pre-assault strikes on Okinawa, kamikaze attacks follow   

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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  On this day in history birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on March - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on this day in history.   

1103  On March - 23 death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

1169  On this day in history 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  On March - 23 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  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 March - 23 death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)