March 23

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on March 23. From 1900 until now. March 23 is under the sign of Aries. Famous birthdays on this day include Joan Crawford (1903), Damon Albarn (1968) and Pierre Palmade (1968). Several movies were released around March 23 over the years, such as The White Sun of the Desert in 1970 directed by Vladimir Motyl and The Blue Angel in 1930 directed by Josef von Sternberg.
But much more happened on March 23 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Saint Rebecca (d.1914)
Roman Empire - Tubilustrium was held in honor of Mars.
Ancient Latvia - Lieldienas held in honor of Mara and other pagan goddesses.
Pakistan - National Day (Republic Day).
Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo (died 1606)
Saint Ethelwald
Saint Victorian
Roman Empire - The fifth and final day of Quinquatria, held in honor of Minerva.
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Events

2019 Syrian Civil War: Battle of Baghuz Fawqani: The Syrian Democratic Forces announce the capture of the last territory held by ISIL in Syria. (DW)
2018 Aftermath of the 2017 Parsons Green bombing: Convicted terrorist Ahmed Hassan Mohammed Ali is jailed for life in London for one count of attempted murder and one of causing an explosion with intent to endanger life. He will have to serve 34 years before becoming eligible for parole. (Surrey Advertiser)
2017
2016 Van Leeuw says 31 people died and 271 are injured in the bombings. (UPI)
2015 Iraqi insurgency (2011–present): Multiple bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill at least nineteen people and wound another thirty-six. (AP)
2014 Turkish F-16s shoot down a Syrian military aircraft for purportedly violating Turkish airspace. A Syrian Arab Republic spokesman denies this claim and says the aircraft was in Syrian airspace when it was shot down. (AP) (Al-Arabiya)
2013 War on Terror:: Pakistani Taliban threaten to assassinate former President Pervez Musharraf if he returns to the country. (CNN)An Australian man kidnapped in the Philippines by an al-Qaeda-linked group for ransom has been freed following "joint efforts" by the two countries. (Al Jazeera)
2012 The Financial Services Committee of the United States House of Representatives receives a memo quoting Edith O'Brien, the treasurer of defunct broker MF Global, to the effect that Jon S. Corzine was personally ordering the transfer of customers' money to a brokerage account with JP Morgan Chase last October. (Bloomberg)
2011 2011 Syrian protests
2010 U.S. President Barack Obama signs a landmark US$938 billion health-care reform bill in a White House ceremony. Opposition Republicans vowed to repeak the legislation, and 13 states have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over the constitutionality of the legislation. The law is said to make coverage possible for more than 30 million uninsured Americans and end discrimination by insurance companies against people with existing medical conditions.
2009 A car bomb is located and defused near a shopping mall in Haifa, Israel. (BBC)
2008 US soldier death toll in the Iraq war reaches 4000, after five years of fighting.
2007 Eight human skeletons are discovered in Fort Myers, Florida, later linked to suspected serial killer Daniel Conahan.
2006 Xbox 360 was released in Australia and New Zealand.
2005 An explosion takes place at one of BP's largest oil refineries in Texas City, killing 15 and injuring more than 170.
2004 Unrest in Kosovo: an UNMIK police patrol is attacked on the Pristina–Podujevo road. A UN police officer from Ghana is killed, a local police officer later dies of his wounds, and their translator is also wounded but in stable condition. (Kosovo.net)
2003 In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 11 soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company as well as 18 U.S. Marines are killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 654 Iraqi combatants are also killed.
2002 Two million to three million trade union members rally in Rome in protest both of labor legislation filed by Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi and of the assassination of Marco Biagi, an advisor to the Labor Minister, by the re-formed Red Brigades. Labor leaders threaten a general strike if the legislation is passed.
2001 The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
1999 NATO launches air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This marks the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
1998 70th Academy Awards: Titanic wins 11 Oscars, Jack Nicholson best actor, Helen Hunt best actress.
1997 Mandy Patinkin in Concert, closes at Lyceum Theater, New York City
1996 Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
1995 How To Succeed in Business... opens at R Rodgers NYC for 548 performances
1994 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York Governor
1993 New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl.
1992 Florida Marlins begin selling tickets.
1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12 metre).
1990 Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill.
1989 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature
1987 Soap Bold and the Beautiful premieres
1986 6th Golden Raspberry Awards: Rambo; First Blood Part II wins.
1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-D mission
1984 Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill and Chris Dean (GRB)
1983 US President Ronald Reagan introduces Star Wars-plan (SDI)
1982 Guatemala military coup under General Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees.
1981 US Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions.
1980 Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt
1979 Wings release Goodnight Tonight
1978 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1976 International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying)
1975 Sue Roberts wins LPGA Bing Crosby International Golf Classic.
1973 Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in US
1972 Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars.
1971 General Alejandro Lanusse of Argentina takes power in a military coup.
1970 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1969 Rally for Decency held in Miami, Florida.
1968 Reverend Walter Fauntroy is first non-voting congressional delegate from Washington DC.
1966 Pope Paul VI and Arthur Michael Ramsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, meet in Rome.
1965 Gemini 3 launched, first US two-man space flight (Grissom and Young).
1964 UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva, Switzerland.
1963 American boxer Davey Moore dies seconds after being knocked-out in feather-weight boxing championship at age 29.
1962 JFK visits San Francisco
1960 Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit
1957 US army sells last homing pigeons.
1956 Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic Republic in Commonwealth (National Day)
1954 In Vietnam, the Viet Minh capture the main airstrip of Dien Bien Phu. The remaining French Army units there are partially isolated.
1951 Wages in France increase 11 percent.
1950 Great to Be Alive opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 performances
1945 British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine
1944 Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 m without a parachute and lives
1943 German counter-attack on US lines in Tunisia.
1942 US moves native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers.
1940 All-India-Muslim League calls for a Muslim homeland.
1939 The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of Slovak air force in the city of Spisska Nova Ves, kills 13 people and began the Slovak : Hungarian War.
1938 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 Saint Louis Cardinals' minor league players.
1937 LA Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars
1936 Italy, Austria and Hungary sign Pact of Rome.
1935 Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
1934 US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945.
1933 Kroll Opera in Berlin opens
1930 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson.
1929 First telephone installed in White House.
1926 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens outscore Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-4 in two games.
1925 Tennessee becomes first state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution.
1923 Frank Silver and Irving Conn release Yes, We Have No Bananas
1922 KMJ-AM in Fresno CA begins radio transmissions
1920 Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms.
1919 Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted.
1917 Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US
1915 Zion Mule Corp forms.
1912 Dixie Cup invented.
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.
1908 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.
1905 Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent.
1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast.
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