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23 March - Definition and Overview |
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March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). There are 283 days remaining.
Events
up to 19th century
20th century
1900s-1960s
1980s-1990s
Births
up to 19th century
- 1699 - John Bartram, American botanist (d. 1777)
- 1749 - Pierre Simon de Laplace, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827)
- 1754 - Baron Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (d. 1802)
- 1769 - William Smith, geologist/cartographer (d. 1839)
- 1823 - Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
- 1834 - Julius Reubke, composer (d. 1858)
- 1878 - Franz Schreker, composer (d. 1934)
- 1882 - Emmy Noether, mathematician (d. 1935)
- 1887 - Juan Gris, painter and graphic artist (d. 1927)
- 1887 - Prince Felix Yussupov, assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967)
- 1889 - Yukichi Chuganji, oldest man alive on (d. 2003)
20th century
- 1900 - Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst (d. 1980)
- 1904 - Joan Crawford, actress (d. 1977)
- 1905 - Lale Andersen, singer and cabaretist (d. 1972)
- 1907 - Daniel Bovet, scientist, 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1910 - Akira Kurosawa, film director (d. 1998)
- 1912 - Wernher von Braun, physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
- 1915 - Vasily Zaitsev, World War II hero (d. 1991)
- 1929 - Sir Roger Bannister, athlete, first "Miracle Mile"
- 1937 - Craig Breedlove, former land speed record holder
- 1942 - Walter Rodney, historian and political figure (d. 1980)
- 1949 - Ric Ocasek, musician ("The Cars")
- 1951 - Corinne Clery, French actress
- 1952 - Kim Stanley Robinson, science fiction author
- 1953 - Chaka Khan, singer
- 1956 - José Manuel Durão Barroso, Portuguese politician, elected president of the European Commission
- 1968 - Damon Albarn, musician ("Blur")
- 1971 - Gail Porter, British television presenter
- 1972 - Judith Godrèche, actress/author
- 1973 - Jason Kidd, basketball player
- 1976 - Keri Russell, actress
- 1978 - Nicholle Tom, actress
- 1979 - Chad Dittman, President and CEO of the Intense Football League
- 1979 - Misty Hyman, US swimmer
Deaths
- 1548 - Itagaki Nobukata, a retainer of Takeda Shingen
- 1555 - Pope Julius III, (b. 1487)
- 1801 - Tsar Paul of Russia, (b. 1754)
- 1842 - Stendhal, writer, (b. 1783)
- 1931 - Bhagat Singh Indian Freedom Fighter (b. 1907)
- 1931 - Batukeshwar Dutt Indian Freedom Fighter.
- 1960 - Franklin Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (b. 1881)
- 1964 - Peter Lorre, actor, (b. 1904)
- 1970 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director, (b. 1894)
- 1979 - Orlando Letelier, former Chilean ambassador to the United States, (b. 1932)
- 1983 - Barney Clark, first artificial heart recipient
- 1993 - Hans Werner Richter, author (b. 1908)
- 2003 - Fritz Spiegl, journalist, (b. 1926)
- 2004 - Rupert Hamer, Australian politician (b. 1916)
Holidays and observances
March 22 - March 24 - February 23 - April 23 -- listing of all days
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