Spiritual support is welcome:
What happend on 23. March in History
In our data base we found 312 events happened on 23. March:
• 1103: Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) [category: Deaths]
• 1361: Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c. 1310) [category: Deaths]
• 1369: King Peter of Castile (b. 1334) [category: Deaths]
• 1400: The Tran Dynasty of Vietnam is deposed after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule by Ho Quy Ly, a court official. [category: Events]
• 1430: Margaret of Anjou, queen consort of Henry VI of England (d. 1482) [category: Births]
GADS SCRIPT HERE
• 1548: Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen (b. 1489) [category: Deaths]
• 1555: Pope Julius III (b. 1487) [category: Deaths]
• 1559: Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia [category: Deaths]
• 1596: Henry Unton, English diplomat [category: Deaths]
• 1599: Thomas Selle, German baroque composer (d. 1663) [category: Births]
• 1606: Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (b. 1547) [category: Deaths]
• 1618: James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician [category: Deaths]
• 1638: Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1731) [category: Births]
• 1653: Johan van Galen, Dutch naval officer (b. 1604) [category: Deaths]
• 1675: Anthoni van Noordt, Dutch composer and organist (b. 1619) [category: Deaths]
• 1680: Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615) [category: Deaths]
• 1699: John Bartram, American botanist (d. 1777) [category: Births]
• 1708: James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth. [category: Events]
• 1732: Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800) [category: Births]
• 1742: Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670) [category: Deaths]
GADS SCRIPT HERE
• 1747: Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
• 1748: Johann Gottfried Walther, German music theorist, organist, and composer (b. 1684) [category: Deaths]
• 1749: Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827) [category: Births]
• 1750: Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian contrabassist and composer (d. 1812) [category: Births]
• 1754: Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (d. 1802) [category: Births]
• 1754: Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693) [category: Deaths]
• 1769: Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (d. 1832) [category: Births]
• 1769: William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (d. 1839) [category: Births]
• 1775: American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" – at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia. [category: Events]
• 1783: Charles Carroll, American lawyer and delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: Paul I of Russia, Russian tsar (b. 1754) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1821: Greek War of Independence: Battle and fall of city of Kalamata. [category: Events]
• 1823: Schuyler Colfax, American politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1826: Léon Minkus, German/Czech composer and violinist (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1831: Eduard Schlagintweit, German writer (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1834: Julius Reubke, German composer (d. 1858) [category: Births]
• 1842: Stendhal, French writer (b. 1783) [category: Deaths]
• 1848: The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded. [category: Events]
• 1857: Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City. [category: Events]
• 1858: Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1862: Nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1862: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Though a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond. [category: Events]
• 1868: Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1868: The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law. [category: Events]
• 1869: Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1871: Heinrich Schroth, German actor (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1874: J. C. Leyendecker, German American illustrator (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1878: Franz Schreker, Austrian composer (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1879: War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru. [category: Events]
• 1880: Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1881: Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1881: Lacey Hearn, American athlete and sprinter (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1881: Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1882: Amalie Emmy Noether, German mathematician (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1884: Joseph Boxhall, English 4th Officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1887: Josef Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1887: Juan Gris, Spanish artist (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1887: Prince Felix Yusupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1887: Sidney Hillman, American labor leader (d. 11946) [category: Births]
• 1889: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India. [category: Events]
• 1893: Cedric Gibbons, American art director (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1893: G. D. Naidu, Indian inventor and engineer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1895: Dane Rudhyar, French author, composer, astrologer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1895: Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1899: Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1900: Erich Fromm, German psychoanalyst (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1904: H. Beam Piper, American author (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1905: Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1905: Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1905: Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt. [category: Events]
• 1907: Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1909: Charles Werner, American cartoonist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1910: Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1912: Wernher von Braun, German physicist and engineer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1914: Milbourne Christopher, American illusionist (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1914: Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (Saint Rebecca) Lebanese saint (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Thomas Pashby, Canadian ophthalmologist and advocate of safety in ice hockey (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1915: Vasily Zaitsev, Soviet World War II figure (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1918: Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1919: Carl Graffunder, American architect [category: Births]
• 1919: In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement. [category: Events]
• 1920: Neal Smith, American politician [category: Births]
• 1920: Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1921: Donald Campbell, British car and motorboat racer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1922: Marty Allen, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1922: Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1923: Hovhannes Tumanyan Armenian poet and writer (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1925: David Watkin, English cinematographer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1927: Mato Damjanović, Croatian chess grandmaster (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1927: Paul César Helleu, French artist (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Roger Bannister, English runner [category: Births]
• 1930: Ahmed Ramzy, Egyptian actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1931: Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player [category: Births]
• 1931: Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1931: Bhagat Singh (b. 1907), Rajguru (b. 1908), Sukhdev (b. 1907) Indian freedom fighters [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for murder during the Indian struggle for independence. [category: Events]
• 1932: Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1933: Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist [category: Births]
• 1933: The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany. [category: Events]
• 1934: Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1934: Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1934: Mark Rydell, American director [category: Births]
• 1935: Barry Cryer, British writer and comedian [category: Births]
• 1935: Florence Moore, American actress (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1937: Craig Breedlove, American land speed record holder [category: Births]
• 1937: Robert Gallo, American physician [category: Births]
• 1938: Dave Pike, American jazz musician [category: Births]
• 1938: Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and scriptwriter (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1939: The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of Slovak air force in the city of Spišská Nová Ves, kills 13 people and began the Slovak–Hungarian War. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1941: Jim Trelease, American educator and author [category: Births]
• 1942: Michael Haneke, Austrian filmmaker and author [category: Births]
• 1942: Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: In the Indian Ocean, Japanese forces capture the Andaman Islands. [category: Events]
• 1943: Andrew Crockett, English banker (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1943: George P. Lee, American general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1943: Lee May, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1943: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1944: Michael Nyman, British minimalist composer [category: Births]
• 1944: Tony McPhee, English singer and guitarist (The Groundhogs) [category: Births]
• 1945: David Grisman, American bluegrass musician (Even Dozen Jug Band, Old and in the Way, and David Grisman Quintet) [category: Births]
• 1945: Franco Battiato, Italian singer, songwriter and filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1945: Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese diplomat and General of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Pepe Lienhard, Swiss band leader and musician [category: Births]
• 1947: Barbara Rhoades, American actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: David Olney, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1948: Marie Malavoy, Canadian teacher and politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Ric Ocasek, American musician (The Cars) [category: Births]
• 1949: Roland Lee, American artist [category: Births]
• 1950: Anthony De Longis, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Corinne Cléry, French actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Phil Keaggy, American guitarist and vocalist (Glass Harp) [category: Births]
• 1951: Ron Jaworski, American football player and analyst [category: Births]
• 1952: Kim Stanley Robinson, American author [category: Births]
• 1953: Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1953: Chaka Khan, American singer [category: Births]
• 1953: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian entrepreneur [category: Births]
• 1953: Oskar Luts, Estonian writer and playwright (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Geno Auriemma, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1954: Kenneth Cole, American fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1955: Moses Malone, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1955: Petrea Burchard, American actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Artur da Silva Bernardes, Brazilian President (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Andrew Mitchell, English politician [category: Births]
• 1956: José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. (Republic Day in Pakistan) [category: Events]
• 1957: Amanda Plummer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Lucio Gutierrez, Ecuadorian politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Robbie James, Welsh footballer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1957: Teresa Ganzel, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1958: Eldon Hoke, American singer and drummer (The Mentors and The Screamers) (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1958: Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1958: Michael Sorich, American voice actor, writer and director [category: Births]
• 1959: Catherine Keener, American actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Epic Soundtracks (Kevin Paul Godfrey), English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, and These Immortal Souls) (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1959: Philippe Volter, Belgian actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1960: Nicol Stephen, Scottish politician, Deputy First Minister of Scotland [category: Births]
• 1960: Franklin Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Raoul Paoli, French athlete, boxer and rower (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Said Nursî, Islamic theologian (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Helmi Johannes, Indonesian newscaster [category: Births]
• 1961: Steve Holmes, Romanian/German pornographic actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Steve Redgrave, British rower [category: Births]
• 1962: NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace initiative. [category: Events]
• 1963: Míchel (José Miguel González Martín del Campo), Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1964: Hope Davis, American actress [category: Births]
• 1964: John Pinette, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1964: Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Gary Whitehead, American poet [category: Births]
• 1965: Marti Pellow, Scottish singer (Wet Wet Wet) [category: Births]
• 1965: Richard Grieco, American actor and model [category: Births]
• 1965: Sarah G. Buxton, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Mae Murray, American actress (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young). [category: Events]
• 1966: Marin Hinkle, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: David Ford, Canadian kayaker [category: Births]
• 1968: Damon Albarn, English musician (Blur, Gorillaz, and The Good, the Bad & the Queen) [category: Births]
• 1968: Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Mike Atherton, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1968: Mitch Cullin, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1968: Edwin O'Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: John Humphrey, American musician (The Nixons and Seether) [category: Births]
• 1970: Melissa Errico, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1970: Del Lord, Canadian director (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: Gail Porter, Scottish television presenter [category: Births]
• 1971: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1971: Karen McDougal, American model [category: Births]
• 1971: Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian model [category: Births]
• 1972: Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer [category: Births]
• 1972: Judith Godrèche, French actress and author [category: Births]
• 1972: Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Jason Kidd, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Wim Eyckmans, Belgian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1976: Chris Hoy, British track cyclist [category: Births]
• 1976: Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle trials rider [category: Births]
• 1976: Jayson Blair, American journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1976: Jeremy Newberry, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Keri Russell, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Michelle Monaghan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1977: Miklos Perlus, Canadian voice actor [category: Births]
• 1978: David Tom, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Nicholle Tom, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Perez Hilton, American blogger [category: Births]
• 1978: Simon Gärdenfors, Swedish cartoonist and radio host [category: Births]
• 1978: Walter Samuel, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Israeli biochemist, recipient of the Israel Prize (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line. [category: Events]
• 1979: Donncha O'Callaghan, Irish rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: Mark Buehrle, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Misty Hyman, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1979: Natalia Hadjiloizou, Belarusian Cypriot swimmer [category: Births]
• 1979: Ted Anderson, English footballer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Itay Tiran, Israeli actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Russell Howard, English comedian [category: Births]
• 1980: Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans. [category: Events]
• 1981: Erin Crocker, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1981: Giuseppe Sculli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Tony Peña, Jr., Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Andrea Musacco, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: José Raúl Contreras, Chilean footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt. [category: Events]
• 1983: Jerome Thomas, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Mo Farah, British athlete [category: Births]
• 1983: Sascha Riether, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. [category: Events]
• 1985: Maurice Jones-Drew, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Ben Hardwick, Britain's youngest liver transplant patient (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Peter Charanis, Greek-American scholar and professor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Richard Beeching, British physicist, engineer, and chairman of British Railways (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Andrea Dovizioso, Italian motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1986: Patrick Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Steven Strait, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Alan Toovey, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Jason Kenny, English cyclist [category: Births]
• 1988: Michal Neuvirth, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1989: Luis Fernando Silva, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Nikola Gulan, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce their discovery of cold fusion at the University of Utah. [category: Events]
• 1990: Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish racing driver [category: Births]
• 1990: Princess Eugenie of York [category: Births]
• 1990: Robert Zickert, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: John Dexter, English director (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: The Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia, invades Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow Joseph Saidu Momoh, sparking a gruesome 11-year Sierra Leone Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1992: Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1992: Tolga Ciğerci, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Vanessa Morgan, Canadian actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1992: Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Nick Powell, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: Donald Swann, British composer, musician and entertainer (Flanders and Swann) (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base and then crashes, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground. This later became known as the Green Ramp disaster. [category: Events]
• 1994: Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot's fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board. [category: Events]
• 1994: At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez. [category: Events]
• 1995: Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist [category: Births]
• 1995: Alan Barton, English musician (Black Lace and Smokie) (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President. [category: Events]
• 1997: Aidan Davis, English dancer [category: Births]
• 1998: Gerald Stano, American serial killer (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Luis María Argaña, Paraguayan politician (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Osmond Borradaile, Canadian cameraman and cinematographer (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña. [category: Events]
• 2001: David McTaggart, Canadian environmentalist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Rowland Evans, American journalist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji. [category: Events]
• 2002: Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Eileen Farrell, American soprano (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-born journalist (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2004: Rupert Hamer, Australian politician (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Texas City Refinery explosion: During a test on a distillation tower liquid waste builds up and flows out of a blowout tower. Waste fumes ignite and explode killing 15 workers. [category: Events]
• 2006: Cindy Walker, American singer, songwriter and dancer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: David B. Bleak, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Desmond Doss, American soldier and first conscientious objector Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Eric Medlen, American NHRA drag racer (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician, Fields Medal winner (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Ghukas Chubaryan, Armenian sculptor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Raúl Macías, Mexican boxer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo Narita International Airport, Japan, killing both the captain and the co-pilot. [category: Events]
• 2011: Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eric Lowen, singer-songwriter (Lowen & Navarro) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship (Hungary and Poland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the Sea (Bolivia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Easter Monday can fall, while April 26 is the latest; celebrated on Monday after Easter. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Family Day (South Africa) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lieldienas (Ancient Latvia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: March 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pakistan Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day (Pakistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sham el-Nessim (Egypt) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tubilustrium, the fifth and final day of Quinquatria (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Turibius de Mongrovejo [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Meteorological Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]