March 23

Today's Events

  • 1743
    George Frideric Handel's oratorio `Messiah' London premiere
  • 1752
    Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias - died 2 days later
  • 1775
    Patrick Henry asks for liberty or death
  • 1806
    Lewis & Clark reached Pacific coast
  • 1840
    1st photo of moon taken
  • 1919
    Benito Mussolini founded Fascist movement in Milan Italy
  • 1925
    Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution
  • 1929
    1st telephone installed in White House
  • 1933
    German Reichstag granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers
  • 1937
    LA Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars
  • 1940
    All-India-Muslim league calls for a Muslim Homeland
  • 1942
    US began moving Japanese-Americans to detention centers
  • 1944
    Nicholas Alkemade falls 5 -500 m without a parachute & lives
  • 1950
    UN World Meteorological Org established
  • 1956
    Pakistan became independent within British Commonwealth
  • 1962
    JFK visits SF
  • 1965
    Gemini 3 launched - 1st US 2-man space flight
  • 1976
    Intl Bill of Rights goes into effect - 35 nations ratify
  • 1982
    Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick - 4 goals
  • 1983
    1st Artificial heart recipient Dr Barney Clark died after 112 days
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