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| March 23rd, 2007 (March 23 2007) | Event | Burnley Tunnel catastrophe occurs in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| March 23rd, 2007 (March 23 2007) | Event | Iranian Navy seize Royal Navy personnel in Iraqi waters. | |
| March 23rd, 2007 (March 23 2007) | Death | Paul J. Cohen, American mathematician, Fields Medal winner (born in 1934) | |
| March 23rd, 2007 (March 23 2007) | Death | Eric Medlen, American NHRA drag racer (born in 1973) | |
| March 23rd, 2006 (March 23 2006) | Event | The Federal Reserve discontinues publishing M3 money supply. | |
| March 23rd, 2006 (March 23 2006) | Death | David B. Bleak, Medal of Honor recipient (born in 1932) | |
| March 23rd, 2006 (March 23 2006) | Death | Desmond Doss, American soldier and first conscientious objector Medal of Honor recipient (born in 1919) | |
| March 23rd, 2006 (March 23 2006) | Death | Cindy Walker, American singer, songwriter and dancer (born in 1918) | |
| March 23rd, 2005 (March 23 2005) | Event | The United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo s feeding tube. | |
| March 23rd, 2005 (March 23 2005) | Event | A major explosion at the Texas City Refinery kills 15 workers. | |
| March 23rd, 2004 (March 23 2004) | Event | Andhra Pradesh Federation of Trade Unions holds its first conference in Hyderabad, India. | |
| March 23rd, 2004 (March 23 2004) | Death | Rupert Hamer, Australian politician (born in 1916) | |
| March 23rd, 2003 (March 23 2003) | Event | 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. | |
| March 23rd, 2003 (March 23 2003) | Death | Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-born journalist (born in 1926) | |
| March 23rd, 2002 (March 23 2002) | Death | Eileen Farrell, American soprano (born in 1920) | |
| March 23rd, 2002 (March 23 2002) | Death | Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (born in 1977) | |
| March 23rd, 2001 (March 23 2001) | Event | The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji. | |
| March 23rd, 2001 (March 23 2001) | Death | Rowland Evans, American journalist (born in 1921) | Evans Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1999 (March 23 1999) | Event | Gunmen assassinate Paraguay s Vice President Luis Maria Argana. | |
| March 23rd, 1999 (March 23 1999) | Birth | Prince Beltran of Bulgaria | |
| March 23rd, 1999 (March 23 1999) | Death | Luis Maria Argana, Paraguayan politician (b. ?) | |
| March 23rd, 1998 (March 23 1998) | Death | Gerald Stano, American serial killer (born in 1951) | |
| March 23rd, 1996 (March 23 1996) | Event | Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President. | |
| March 23rd, 1995 (March 23 1995) | Birth | Jan Lisiecki, Canadian Pianist | |
| March 23rd, 1995 (March 23 1995) | Death | Alan Barton, English musician (Black Lace, Smokie) (born in 1953) | |
| March 23rd, 1995 (March 23 1995) | Death | Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer (born in 1956) | |
| March 23rd, 1994 (March 23 1994) | Event | At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martinez. | |
| March 23rd, 1994 (March 23 1994) | Event | Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot s fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing 75. | |
| March 23rd, 1994 (March 23 1994) | Event | A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base and then crashes, killing a group of 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground later to become known as the Green Ramp disaster. | |
| March 23rd, 1994 (March 23 1994) | Death | Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (born in 1950) | |
| March 23rd, 1994 (March 23 1994) | Death | Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (born in 1921) | |
| March 23rd, 1994 (March 23 1994) | Death | Donald_Swann, British composer, musician and entertainer (born in 1923) | |
| March 23rd, 1992 (March 23 1992) | Death | Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist, Nobel laureate (born in 1899) | Friedrich Hayek Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1991 (March 23 1991) | Death | Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born in 1913) | |
| March 23rd, 1990 (March 23 1990) | Birth | Princess Eugenie of York | |
| March 23rd, 1990 (March 23 1990) | Death | John Dexter, English stage and film director | |
| March 23rd, 1989 (March 23 1989) | Event | Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce cold fusion at the University of Utah. | |
| March 23rd, 1986 (March 23 1986) | Birth | Andrea Dovizioso, Italian motorcycle racer | |
| March 23rd, 1986 (March 23 1986) | Birth | Steven Strait, American actor | |
| March 23rd, 1985 (March 23 1985) | Birth | Maurice Jones-Drew, American football player | |
| March 23rd, 1985 (March 23 1985) | Death | Richard Beeching, chairman of British Railways (born in 1913) | |
| March 23rd, 1985 (March 23 1985) | Death | Peter Charanis, Greek-American scholar and professor (born in 1908) | |
| March 23rd, 1983 (March 23 1983) | Event | Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1983 (March 23 1983) | Birth | Jerome Thomas, English footballer | |
| March 23rd, 1982 (March 23 1982) | Event | Guatemala s government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas Garcia is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efrain Rios Montt. | |
| March 23rd, 1982 (March 23 1982) | Birth | Jose Raul Contreras, Chilean footballer | |
| March 23rd, 1982 (March 23 1982) | Death | Barney Clark, first artificial heart recipient (born in 1921) | |
| March 23rd, 1981 (March 23 1981) | Birth | Luciana Carro, Canadian actress | |
| March 23rd, 1981 (March 23 1981) | Birth | Erin Crocker, American NASCAR driver | |
| March 23rd, 1981 (March 23 1981) | Birth | Tony Pena, Jr., Dominican baseball player | |
| March 23rd, 1980 (March 23 1980) | Event | Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans. | |
| March 23rd, 1980 (March 23 1980) | Birth | Russell Howard, British Comedian | |
| March 23rd, 1980 (March 23 1980) | Death | Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (born in 1928) | |
| March 23rd, 1979 (March 23 1979) | Birth | Mark Buehrle, American baseball player | |
| March 23rd, 1979 (March 23 1979) | Birth | Emraan Hashmi, Indian actor | |
| March 23rd, 1979 (March 23 1979) | Birth | Misty Hyman, American swimmer | |
| March 23rd, 1979 (March 23 1979) | Birth | Donncha O Callaghan, Irish International rugby player | |
| March 23rd, 1979 (March 23 1979) | Birth | Natalya Baranovskaya, Olympic swimmer | |
| March 23rd, 1979 (March 23 1979) | Death | Ted Anderson, English footballer (born in 1911) | |
| March 23rd, 1978 (March 23 1978) | Event | The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line. | |
| March 23rd, 1978 (March 23 1978) | Birth | Walter Samuel, Argentine footballer | |
| March 23rd, 1978 (March 23 1978) | Birth | Nicholle Tom, American actress | |
| March 23rd, 1978 (March 23 1978) | Birth | Perez Hilton, American television personality and blogger | |
| March 23rd, 1977 (March 23 1977) | Birth | Jean Carlos Gamarra, Peruvian taekwondo practitioner | |
| March 23rd, 1976 (March 23 1976) | Birth | Michelle Monaghan, American actress | |
| March 23rd, 1976 (March 23 1976) | Birth | Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle trials rider | |
| March 23rd, 1976 (March 23 1976) | Birth | Jeremy Newberry, American football player | |
| March 23rd, 1976 (March 23 1976) | Birth | Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player | |
| March 23rd, 1976 (March 23 1976) | Birth | Keri Russell, American actress | |
| March 23rd, 1976 (March 23 1976) | Birth | Jayson Blair, American journalist and author | |
| March 23rd, 1976 (March 23 1976) | Birth | Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian racing car driver | |
| March 23rd, 1975 (March 23 1975) | Birth | Alydar, American racehorse (died in 1990) | |
| March 23rd, 1973 (March 23 1973) | Birth | Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer | |
| March 23rd, 1973 (March 23 1973) | Birth | Wim Eyckmans, Belgian racing driver | |
| March 23rd, 1973 (March 23 1973) | Birth | Jason Kidd, American basketball player | |
| March 23rd, 1972 (March 23 1972) | Birth | Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer | |
| March 23rd, 1972 (March 23 1972) | Birth | Judith Godreche, French actress and author | |
| March 23rd, 1972 (March 23 1972) | Death | Cristobal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer (born in 1895) | |
| March 23rd, 1971 (March 23 1971) | Birth | Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian supermodel | |
| March 23rd, 1971 (March 23 1971) | Birth | Karen McDougal, American model | |
| March 23rd, 1971 (March 23 1971) | Birth | Gail Porter, British television presenter | |
| March 23rd, 1971 (March 23 1971) | Birth | Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player | |
| March 23rd, 1971 (March 23 1971) | Birth | Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese professional wrestler | |
| March 23rd, 1970 (March 23 1970) | Death | Del Lord, Canadian director (born in 1894) | |
| March 23rd, 1968 (March 23 1968) | Birth | Damon Albarn, English musician (Blur and Gorillaz) | |
| March 23rd, 1968 (March 23 1968) | Birth | Mitch Cullin, American novelist | |
| March 23rd, 1968 (March 23 1968) | Birth | Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer | |
| March 23rd, 1968 (March 23 1968) | Birth | Michael Atherton, English cricketer | |
| March 23rd, 1968 (March 23 1968) | Death | Edwin O Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (born in 1918) | |
| March 23rd, 1967 (March 23 1967) | Birth | David Ford, Canadian kayaker | |
| March 23rd, 1965 (March 23 1965) | Event | NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young). | |
| March 23rd, 1965 (March 23 1965) | Birth | Sarah Buxton, American actress | |
| March 23rd, 1965 (March 23 1965) | Birth | Richard Grieco, American actor and singer | |
| March 23rd, 1965 (March 23 1965) | Birth | Marti Pellow, Scottish singer | |
| March 23rd, 1965 (March 23 1965) | Birth | Gary Whitehead, American poet | |
| March 23rd, 1965 (March 23 1965) | Death | Mae Murray, American actress (born in 1889) | |
| March 23rd, 1964 (March 23 1964) | Birth | Hope Davis, American actress | |
| March 23rd, 1964 (March 23 1964) | Birth | John Pinette, American comedian | |
| March 23rd, 1964 (March 23 1964) | Death | Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (born in 1904) | |
| March 23rd, 1963 (March 23 1963) | Birth | Michel (Jose Miguel Gonzalez Martin), Spanish footballer | Jose Marti Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1962 (March 23 1962) | Event | NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, was launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower s Atoms for Peace initiative. | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1962 (March 23 1962) | Birth | Steve Redgrave, British rower, 5 Olympic Gold Medals | |
| March 23rd, 1961 (March 23 1961) | Birth | Helmi Johannes, Indonesian television newscaster | |
| March 23rd, 1960 (March 23 1960) | Birth | Nicol Stephen, Deputy First Minister of Scotland | |
| March 23rd, 1960 (March 23 1960) | Death | Franklin Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (born in 1881) | Franklin Pierce Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1959 (March 23 1959) | Birth | Catherine Keener, American actress | |
| March 23rd, 1959 (March 23 1959) | Birth | Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (died in 1997) | |
| March 23rd, 1959 (March 23 1959) | Birth | Philippe Volter, Belgian actor (died in 2005) | |
| March 23rd, 1958 (March 23 1958) | Birth | El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (died in 1997) | |
| March 23rd, 1957 (March 23 1957) | Birth | Amanda Plummer, American actress | |
| March 23rd, 1957 (March 23 1957) | Birth | Robbie James, Welsh footballer (died in 1998) | |
| March 23rd, 1956 (March 23 1956) | Event | Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the worldied in (Republic Day in Pakistan) | |
| March 23rd, 1956 (March 23 1956) | Birth | Jose Manuel Barroso, Portuguese politician, president of the European Commission | |
| March 23rd, 1955 (March 23 1955) | Birth | Moses Malone, American basketball player | |
| March 23rd, 1955 (March 23 1955) | Birth | Petrea Burchard, American actress | |
| March 23rd, 1955 (March 23 1955) | Death | Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (born in 1875) | |
| March 23rd, 1954 (March 23 1954) | Birth | Geno Auriemma, American basketball coach | |
| March 23rd, 1953 (March 23 1953) | Birth | Bo Diaz, Venezuelan baseball player (died in 1990) | |
| March 23rd, 1953 (March 23 1953) | Birth | Chaka Khan, American singer | |
| March 23rd, 1952 (March 23 1952) | Birth | Kim Stanley Robinson, American author | Kim Stanley Robinson Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1951 (March 23 1951) | Birth | Ron Jaworski, American football player and analyst | |
| March 23rd, 1950 (March 23 1950) | Birth | Anthony De Longis, American actor | |
| March 23rd, 1950 (March 23 1950) | Birth | Corinne Clery, French actress | |
| March 23rd, 1949 (March 23 1949) | Birth | Ric Ocasek, American musician (The Cars) | |
| March 23rd, 1948 (March 23 1948) | Birth | David Olney, American musician | |
| March 23rd, 1947 (March 23 1947) | Death | Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (born in 1870) | |
| March 23rd, 1945 (March 23 1945) | Birth | Franco Battiato, Italian singer, songwriter and filmmaker | |
| March 23rd, 1945 (March 23 1945) | Birth | David Grisman, American bluegrass musician | |
| March 23rd, 1944 (March 23 1944) | Birth | Michael Nyman, British minimalist composer | |
| March 23rd, 1944 (March 23 1944) | Birth | Tony McPhee, English singer and guitarist (The Groundhogs) | |
| March 23rd, 1943 (March 23 1943) | Birth | Lee May, former Major League Baseball player | |
| March 23rd, 1943 (March 23 1943) | Birth | Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa, Finnish writer (died in 2001) | |
| March 23rd, 1942 (March 23 1942) | Event | World War II: In the Indian Ocean, Japanese forces capture the Andaman Islands. | |
| March 23rd, 1942 (March 23 1942) | Birth | Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure (died in 1980) | |
| March 23rd, 1941 (March 23 1941) | Birth | Jim Trelease, American educator and children s literature author | |
| March 23rd, 1940 (March 23 1940) | Event | 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. | |
| March 23rd, 1939 (March 23 1939) | Birth | Pepe Lienhard, Swiss band leader and entertainer | |
| March 23rd, 1938 (March 23 1938) | Birth | Maynard Jackson, first black mayor of Atlanta (died in 2003) | |
| March 23rd, 1938 (March 23 1938) | Birth | Dave Pike, American jazz musician | |
| March 23rd, 1937 (March 23 1937) | Birth | Craig Breedlove, American land speed record holder | |
| March 23rd, 1937 (March 23 1937) | Birth | Robert Gallo, American physician | |
| March 23rd, 1935 (March 23 1935) | Event | Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. | |
| March 23rd, 1935 (March 23 1935) | Death | Florence Moore, American actress (born in 1886) | |
| March 23rd, 1934 (March 23 1934) | Birth | Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician | |
| March 23rd, 1934 (March 23 1934) | Birth | Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (died in 2006) | |
| March 23rd, 1934 (March 23 1934) | Birth | Mark Rydell, American film and television director | |
| March 23rd, 1933 (March 23 1933) | Event | The Reichstag passes the Enabling act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1933 (March 23 1933) | Birth | Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist, known for the Stanford prison experiment | |
| March 23rd, 1932 (March 23 1932) | Birth | Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| March 23rd, 1931 (March 23 1931) | Event | 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. | |
| March 23rd, 1931 (March 23 1931) | Birth | Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (died in 2005) | |
| March 23rd, 1931 (March 23 1931) | Birth | Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player | |
| March 23rd, 1931 (March 23 1931) | Death | Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev Indian freedom fighters | |
| March 23rd, 1929 (March 23 1929) | Birth | Sir Roger Bannister, English runner | |
| March 23rd, 1927 (March 23 1927) | Death | Paul Cesar Helleu, French artist (born in 1859) | |
| March 23rd, 1925 (March 23 1925) | Birth | David Watkin, English cinematographer (died in 2008) | |
| March 23rd, 1924 (March 23 1924) | Birth | Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor (died in 1980) | |
| March 23rd, 1922 (March 23 1922) | Birth | Marty Allen, American comedian and actor | |
| March 23rd, 1922 (March 23 1922) | Birth | Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (died in 1990) | |
| March 23rd, 1921 (March 23 1921) | Birth | Donald Campbell, British car and motorboat racer (died in 1967) | |
| March 23rd, 1920 (March 23 1920) | Birth | Neal Smith, former United States Congressman | |
| March 23rd, 1920 (March 23 1920) | Birth | Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and coach | |
| March 23rd, 1919 (March 23 1919) | Event | In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement. | Benito Mussolini Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1919 (March 23 1919) | Birth | Carl Graffunder, mid-century modernist architect | |
| March 23rd, 1915 (March 23 1915) | Birth | Vasily Zaitsev, Soviet World War II hero (died in 1991) | |
| March 23rd, 1914 (March 23 1914) | Death | Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayes (Saint Rebecca) Lebanese saint (born in 1832) | |
| March 23rd, 1912 (March 23 1912) | Birth | Wernher von Braun, German-born physicist and engineer (died in 1977) | Wernher von Braun Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1910 (March 23 1910) | Birth | Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (died in 1998) | Akira Kurosawa Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1909 (March 23 1909) | Event | Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society. | Theodore Roosevelt Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1908 (March 23 1908) | Event | 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. | |
| March 23rd, 1907 (March 23 1907) | Birth | Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, Nobel laureate (died in 1992) | |
| March 23rd, 1905 (March 23 1905) | Birth | Lale Andersen, German singer and cabaretist (died in 1972) | |
| March 23rd, 1905 (March 23 1905) | Birth | Joan Crawford, American actress (died in 1977) | |
| March 23rd, 1904 (March 23 1904) | Birth | H. Beam Piper, American science fiction author (died in 1964) | |
| March 23rd, 1903 (March 23 1903) | Event | The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of one of the first successful airplanes. | |
| March 23rd, 1900 (March 23 1900) | Birth | Erich Fromm, German-born psychoanalyst (died in 1980) | Erich Fromm Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1899 (March 23 1899) | Birth | Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (died in 1943) | |
| March 23rd, 1896 (March 23 1896) | Event | The Raines Law is passed by the New York State Legislature, restricting Sunday sale of alcohol to hotels. | |
| March 23rd, 1895 (March 23 1895) | Birth | Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (died in 2001) | |
| March 23rd, 1893 (March 23 1893) | Birth | Cedric Gibbons, American art director (died in 1960) | |
| March 23rd, 1889 (March 23 1889) | Event | Land Run: President Benjamin Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement starting on April 22. | |
| March 23rd, 1889 (March 23 1889) | Event | The free Woolwich Ferry officially opens in east London. | |
| March 23rd, 1889 (March 23 1889) | Event | The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was established by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India. | |
| March 23rd, 1887 (March 23 1887) | Birth | Juan Gris, Spanish artist (died in 1927) | |
| March 23rd, 1887 (March 23 1887) | Birth | Josef Capek, Czech writer (died in 1945) | |
| March 23rd, 1887 (March 23 1887) | Birth | Prince Felix Yussupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (died in 1967) | |
| March 23rd, 1882 (March 23 1882) | Birth | Emmy Noether, German mathematician (died in 1935) | |
| March 23rd, 1881 (March 23 1881) | Birth | Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel laureate (died in 1958) | |
| March 23rd, 1881 (March 23 1881) | Birth | Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1965) | |
| March 23rd, 1880 (March 23 1880) | Birth | Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (died in 1922) | |
| March 23rd, 1879 (March 23 1879) | Event | War of the Pacific was fought between Chile and the joints forces of Bolivia and Peru. Chile successfully took over Arica and Tarapaca which left Bolivia as a landlocked country. | |
| March 23rd, 1878 (March 23 1878) | Birth | Franz Schreker, Austrian composer (died in 1934) | |
| March 23rd, 1868 (March 23 1868) | Event | The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law. | |
| March 23rd, 1868 (March 23 1868) | Birth | Dietrich Eckart, early supporter of Adolf Hitler s Nazi Party and member of Thule Society (died in 1923) | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1862 (March 23 1862) | Birth | Nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d.1950) | |
| March 23rd, 1858 (March 23 1858) | Birth | Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died in 1941) | |
| March 23rd, 1857 (March 23 1857) | Event | Elisha Otis s first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City. | |
| March 23rd, 1848 (March 23 1848) | Event | The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealandied in Otago province is founded. | John Scott Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1842 (March 23 1842) | Death | Stendhal, French writer (born in 1783) | |
| March 23rd, 1834 (March 23 1834) | Birth | Julius Reubke, German composer (died in 1858) | |
| March 23rd, 1831 (March 23 1831) | Birth | Eduard Schlagintweit, German writer (died in 1866) | |
| March 23rd, 1826 (March 23 1826) | Birth | Leon Minkus, German/Czech composer and violinist (died in 1917) | |
| March 23rd, 1823 (March 23 1823) | Birth | Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States (died in 1885) | |
| March 23rd, 1821 (March 23 1821) | Event | Battle and fall of city of Kalamata, Greek War of Independence. | |
| March 23rd, 1806 (March 23 1806) | Event | 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. | |
| March 23rd, 1801 (March 23 1801) | Event | Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael s Castle. | |
| March 23rd, 1801 (March 23 1801) | Death | Tsar Paul of Russia (born in 1754) | |
| March 23rd, 1783 (March 23 1783) | Death | Charles Caroll, American lawyer and delegate to the Continental Congress (born in 1723) | |
| March 23rd, 1775 (March 23 1775) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech -"give me liberty or give me death" at St. John s Church in Richmond, Virginia. | Patrick Henry Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1769 (March 23 1769) | Birth | William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (died in 1839) | Will Smith Quotes |
| March 23rd, 1769 (March 23 1769) | Birth | Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (died in 1832) | |
| March 23rd, 1754 (March 23 1754) | Birth | Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (died in 1802) | |
| March 23rd, 1754 (March 23 1754) | Death | Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (born in 1693) | |
| March 23rd, 1749 (March 23 1749) | Birth | Pierre Simon de Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (died in 1827) | |
| March 23rd, 1748 (March 23 1748) | Death | Johann Gottfried Walther, German music theorist, organist, and composer (born in 1684) | |
| March 23rd, 1747 (March 23 1747) | Death | Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (born in 1675) | |
| March 23rd, 1742 (March 23 1742) | Death | Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (born in 1670) | |
| March 23rd, 1732 (March 23 1732) | Birth | Marie Adelaide of France, daughter of Louis XV (died in 1800) | |
| March 23rd, 1723 (March 23 1723) | Birth | Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (died in 1771) | |
| March 23rd, 1708 (March 23 1708) | Event | James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth. | |
| March 23rd, 1699 (March 23 1699) | Birth | John Bartram, American botanist (died in 1777) | |
| March 23rd, 1680 (March 23 1680) | Death | Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (born in 1615) | |
| March 23rd, 1653 (March 23 1653) | Death | Johan van Galen, Dutch naval officer (born in 1604) | |
| March 23rd, 1645 (March 23 1645) | Birth | William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (died in 1701) | |
| March 23rd, 1638 (March 23 1638) | Birth | Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (died in 1731) | |
| March 23rd, 1618 (March 23 1618) | Death | James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician | |
| March 23rd, 1606 (March 23 1606) | Death | Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (born in 1547) | |
| March 23rd, 1596 (March 23 1596) | Death | Henry Unton, English diplomat | |
| March 23rd, 1568 (March 23 1568) | Event | 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. | |
| March 23rd, 1559 (March 23 1559) | Death | Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (born in 1521/1522) | |
| March 23rd, 1555 (March 23 1555) | Death | Pope Julius III (born in 1487) | |
| March 23rd, 1548 (March 23 1548) | Death | Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen | |
| March 23rd, 1429 (March 23 1429) | Birth | Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (died in 1482) | |
| March 23rd, 1369 (March 23 1369) | Death | King Pedro of Castile (born in 1334) | |
| March 23rd, 1361 (March 23 1361) | Death | Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (born in c.1310) | |
| March 23rd, 1174 (March 23 1174) | Event | Jocelin, abbot of Melrose, is elected bishop of Glasgow. | |
| March 23rd, 1103 (March 23 1103) | Death | Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (born in 1058) | |
