March, 23rd in History

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Events

Wednesday 23, 2005:
The United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.

Tuesday 23, 2004:
Andhra Pradesh Federation of Trade Unions holds its first conference in Hyderabad, India.

Sunday 23, 2003:
In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 18 U.S. Marines are killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom

Friday 23, 2001:
The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) (now World Wrestling Entertainment) purchases rival organization World Championship Wrestling (WCW) for an estimated $5 million.

Tuesday 23, 1999:
Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.

Saturday 23, 1996:
Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President

Wednesday 23, 1994:
At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.

Thursday 23, 1989:
A 1,000-foot diameter Near-Earth asteroid misses the Earth by 400,000 miles.

Wednesday 23, 1983:
Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.

Thursday 23, 1978:
The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.

Tuesday 23, 1965:
NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).

Saturday 23, 1963:
In London, United Kingdom, Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann win the eighth Eurovision Song Contest for Denmark singing "Dansevise" (Dancing tune).

Friday 23, 1962:
NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, was launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace initiative.

Friday 23, 1956:
Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world.

Monday 23, 1942:
World War II: In the Indian Ocean, Japanese forces capture the Andaman Islands.

Saturday 23, 1940:
The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All India Muslim League.

Saturday 23, 1935:
Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

Thursday 23, 1933:
The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.

Monday 23, 1931:
Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused.

Sunday 23, 1919:
In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.

Tuesday 23, 1909:
Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.

Monday 23, 1903:
The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of one of the first successful airplanes after much hard work.

Saturday 23, 1889:
The free Woolwich Ferry officially opens in east London.

Monday 23, 1868:
The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.

Monday 23, 1857:
Death of Emile L'Angelier in Glasgow, Scotland -- possibly by the hand of Madeleine Smith.

Thursday 23, 1848:
The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.

Saturday 23, 1839:
First recorded use of "OK" as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" in the Boston Morning Post.

Sunday 23, 1806:
After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.

Monday 23, 1801:
Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael Palace.

Thursday 23, 1775:
"give me liberty or give me death" at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia.

Friday 23, 1708:
James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth.

Saturday 23, 1568:
Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. Again Catherine de Medici and Charles IX of France make substantial concessions to the Huguenots.

Sunday 23, 752:
Stephen II becomes Pope.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-march/on-this-day.html

People born on March 23

1979:
Chad Dittman, American president of the Indoor Football League (b: March 23, 1979) (Biography of Chad Dittman)
Misty Hyman, American swimmer (b: March 23, 1979) (Biography of Misty Hyman)

1978:
Nicholle Tom, American actress (b: March 23, 1978) (Biography of Nicholle Tom)

1976:
Keri Russell, American actress (b: March 23, 1976) (Biography of Keri Russell)

1975:
Alydar, American racehorse (b: March 23, 1975 ; d: November 15, 1990) (Biography of Alydar)

1973:
Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer (b: March 23, 1973) (Biography of Jerzy Dudek)
Jason Kidd, American basketball player (b: March 23, 1973) (Biography of Jason Kidd)

1972:
Judith Godrèche, French actress and author (b: March 23, 1972) (Biography of Judith Godrèche)

1971:
Gail Porter, British television presenter (b: March 23, 1971) (Biography of Gail Porter)
Karen McDougal, American model (b: March 23, 1971) (Biography of Karen McDougal)

1968:
Damon Albarn, English musician (Blur and Gorillaz) (b: March 23, 1968) (Biography of Damon Albarn)

1965:
Richard Grieco, American actor and singer (b: March 23, 1965) (Biography of Richard Grieco)

1964:
Hope Davis, American actress (b: March 23, 1964) (Biography of Hope Davis)

1961:
Helmi Johannes, Indonesian television newscaster (b: March 23, 1961) (Biography of Helmi Johannes)

1957:
Amanda Plummer, American actress (b: March 23, 1957) (Biography of Amanda Plummer)

1956:
José Manuel Durão Barroso, Portuguese politician, president of the European Commission (b: March 23, 1956) (Biography of José Manuel Durão Barroso)

1955:
Moses Malone, American basketball player (b: March 23, 1955) (Biography of Moses Malone)

1953:
Bo Diaz, Venezuelan baseball player (b: March 23, 1953) (Biography of Bo Diaz)
Eugene Izzi, American novelist (b: March 23, 1953) (Biography of Eugene Izzi)
Chaka Khan, American singer (b: March 23, 1953) (Biography of Chaka Khan)

1952:
Kim Stanley Robinson, American author (b: March 23, 1952) (Biography of Kim Stanley Robinson)

1951:
Corinne Clery, French actress (b: March 23, 1951) (Biography of Corinne Clery)

1950:
Anthony De Longis, American actor (b: March 23, 1950) (Biography of Anthony De Longis)

1949:
Ric Ocasek, musician (The Cars) (b: March 23, 1949) (Biography of Ric Ocasek)

1942:
Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure (b: March 23, 1942 ; d: June 13, 1980) (Biography of Walter Rodney)

1938:
Maynard Jackson, American politician (b: March 23, 1938 ; d: June 24, 2003) (Biography of Maynard Jackson)

1937:
Craig Breedlove, land speed record holder (b: March 23, 1937) (Biography of Craig Breedlove)

1934:
Mark Rydell, American film and television director (b: March 23, 1934) (Biography of Mark Rydell)

1931:
Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player (b: March 23, 1931) (Biography of Viktor Korchnoi)

1929:
Sir Roger Bannister, British runner (b: March 23, 1929) (Biography of Roger Bannister)

1915:
Vasily Zaitsev, Russian World War II hero (b: March 23, 1915 ; d: December 15, 1991) (Biography of Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev)

1912:
Wernher von Braun, German-born physicist and engineer (b: March 23, 1912 ; d: June 16, 1977) (Biography of Wernher von Braun)
Betty Astell, British actress (b: March 23, 1912) (Biography of Betty Astell)

1910:
Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (b: March 23, 1910 ; d: September 6, 1998) (Biography of Akira Kurosawa)

1907:
Daniel Bovet, Swiss scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b: March 23, 1907) (Biography of Daniel Bovet)

1905:
Lale Andersen, German singer and cabaretist (b: March 23, 1905 ; d: August 29, 1972) (Biography of Lale Andersen)
Joan Crawford, American actress (b: March 23, 1905 ; d: May 10, 1977) (Biography of Joan Crawford)

1900:
Erich Fromm, German-born psychoanalyst (b: March 23, 1900) (Biography of Erich Fromm)

1899:
Dora Gerson, German-Jewish film actress, cabaret singer, Holocaust victim (b: March 23, 1899 ; d: February 14, 1943) (Biography of Dora Gerson)

1887:
Juan Gris, Spanish painter and graphic artist (b: March 23, 1887) (Biography of Juan Gris)
Prince Felix Yussupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (b: March 23, 1887 ; d: September 27, 1967) (Biography of Felix Yussupov)

1882:
Emmy Noether, German mathematician (b: March 23, 1882 ; d: April 14, 1935) (Biography of Emmy Noether)

1878:
Franz Schreker, Austrian composer (b: March 23, 1878 ; d: March 21, 1934) (Biography of Franz Schreker)

1834:
Julius Reubke, German composer (b: March 23, 1834) (Biography of Julius Reubke)

1831:
Eduard Schlagintweit, German writer (b: March 23, 1831) (Biography of Eduard Schlagintweit)

1823:
Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States (b: March 23, 1823) (Biography of Schuyler Colfax)

1769:
William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (b: March 23, 1769 ; d: August 28, 1839) (Biography of William Smith (geologist))

1754:
Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (b: March 23, 1754 ; d: September 26, 1802) (Biography of Jurij Vega)

1749:
Pierre Simon de Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b: March 23, 1749) (Biography of Pierre Simon de Laplace)

1699:
John Bartram, American botanist (b: March 23, 1699 ; d: September 22, 1777) (Biography of John Bartram)

1638:
Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (b: March 23, 1638 ; d: February 22, 1731) (Biography of Frederik Ruysch)

1429:
Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (b: March 23, 1429 ; d: August 25, 1482) (Biography of Margaret of Anjou)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-march/births.html

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People who died on March 23

2004:
Rupert Hamer (d: March 23, 2004) (Biography of Rupert Hamer)

2003:
Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-born journalist (b: January 27, 1926 ; d: March 23, 2003) (Biography of Fritz Spiegl)

2002:
Eileen Farrell, American opera soprano (b: February 13, 1920 ; d: March 23, 2002) (Biography of Eileen Farrell)
Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b: November 11, 1977 ; d: March 23, 2002) (Biography of Ben Hollioake)

1994:
Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (b: February 10, 1948 ; d: March 23, 1994) (Biography of Luis Donaldo Colosio)

1979:
Orlando Letelier, Chilean politician (b: April 13, 1932 ; d: March 23, 1979) (Biography of Orlando Letelier)

1970:
Del Lord, American director (b: October 7, 1894 ; d: March 23, 1970) (Biography of Del Lord)

1965:
Mae Murray, American actress (b: May 10, 1889 ; d: March 23, 1965) (Biography of Mae Murray)

1964:
Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (b: June 26, 1904 ; d: March 23, 1964) (Biography of Peter Lorre)

1960:
Franklin Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (b: November 15, 1881 ; d: March 23, 1960) (Biography of Franklin Pierce Adams)

1931:
Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (b: September 27, 1907 ; d: March 23, 1931) (Biography of Bhagat Singh)

1842:
Stendhal, French writer (b: January 23, 1783 ; d: March 23, 1842) (Biography of Stendhal)

1801:
Paul of Russia (d: March 23, 1801) (Biography of Paul of Russia)

1754:
Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b: March 5, 1693 ; d: March 23, 1754) (Biography of Johann Jakob Wettstein)

1748:
Johann Gottfried Walther, German music theorist, organist, and composer (b: September 18, 1684 ; d: March 23, 1748) (Biography of Johann Gottfried Walther)

1747:
Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b: July 14, 1675 ; d: March 23, 1747) (Biography of Claude Alexandre de Bonneval)

1742:
Jean-Baptiste Dubos (d: March 23, 1742) (Biography of Jean-Baptiste Dubos)

1680:
Nicolas Fouquet (d: March 23, 1680) (Biography of Nicolas Fouquet)

1653:
Johan van Galen (d: March 23, 1653) (Biography of Johan van Galen)

1618:
James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn (d: March 23, 1618) (Biography of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn)

1606:
Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (b: October 18, 1547 ; d: March 23, 1606) (Biography of Justus Lipsius)

1596:
Henry Unton (d: March 23, 1596) (Biography of Henry Unton)

1559:
Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (d: March 23, 1559) (Biography of Gelawdewos of Ethiopia)

1555:
Pope Julius III (b: September 10, 1487 ; d: March 23, 1555) (Biography of Pope Julius III)

1548:
Itagaki Nobukata (d: March 23, 1548) (Biography of Itagaki Nobukata)

1369:
King Peter I of Castile (b: August 30, 1334 ; d: March 23, 1369) (Biography of Peter I of Castile)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/23-march/deaths.html