Page 7: Historical Events In March - 23

1945  Premier Winston Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen on March - 23.   

1946  On this day in history 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NC 43-40   

1946  On this day in history alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62   

1948  On this day in history john Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m))   

1949  The Cars vocalist Ric Ocasek born this day on this day in history.   

1949  On March - 23 sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in NYC   

1950  On March - 23 22nd Academy Awards "All King's Men", Broderick Crawford & Olivia de Havilland win   

1950  Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history uN World Meteorological Organization established   

1950  On March - 23 "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 perfs   

1950  On this day in history douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies   

1950  22nd Academy Awards: "All King's Men", Broderick Crawford & Olivia de Havilland win on March - 23.   

1951  On this day in history wages in France increase 11%   

1952  On this day in history rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds   

1952  Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1953  Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France on March - 23.   

1956  Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) on March - 23.   

1956  On March - 23 sudan becomes independent   

1957  On this day in history uS army sells last homing pigeons   

1957  On March - 23 l Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77   

1958  On this day in history first launching of simulated Polaris missile from submerged tactical launcher facility off CA.   

1958  Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1960  Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit on March - 23.   

1960  On this day in history franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78   

1961  A C Russell, cricketer (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1962  French government uses fighter planes and tanks in attempt to end insurrection by European rightists in Algeria on March - 23.   

1962  JFK visits San Francisco on March - 23.   

1962  On March - 23 josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Neth, dies at 80   

1963  On March - 23 davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship   

1964  On this day in history two Marine helicopter crews of VMO-1 rescued 11 sick, injured and wounded members of a road engineering party that had survived attacks by hostile Indians in the dense jungle of the Amazon basin near Iquitos, Peru.   

1964  On March - 23 peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59   

1965  LCDR John W. Young, USN, Pilot of Gemini 3 completed 3 orbits in 4 hours., 53 minutes at an altitude of 224 km. Recovery was by helicopters from USS Intrepid (CVS-11) on this day in history.   

1965  Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed on March - 23.   

1965  On this day in history mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75   

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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 this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on March - 23.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1369  On March - 23 death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered   

1548  On this day in history death of itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen   

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

1559  Death of Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) on this day in history.