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1638 Frederik Ruysch, anatomist 1699 John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany 1749 Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician/astronomer/physicist 1769 William Smith, geologist (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils) 1808 Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, sociologist/historian (Statistic yearbook) 1818 Don Carlos Buell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898 1821 Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper) 1823 Schuyler Colfax, (R) 17th VP (1869-73) 1825 Edward Lloyd Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1898 1847 Alexandru D Xenopol, Romania, historian 1854 Alfred Milner, British governor Cape colony 1857 Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company) 1876 Muirhead Bone, Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture 1881 Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53) 1881 Roger Martin du Guard, France, novelist (Les Thibault-Nobel 1937) 1883 Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria 1887 Juan Gris, Spain, cubist painter (Still Life Before an Open Window) 1887 Sidney Hillman, union leader, Sidney Hillman Foundation 19-- Ken Michelman, NYC, actor (Abner-White Shadow) 19-- Sandi Reinhardt, Pitts Pa, actress (Amanda-Another World) 19-- Terry Alexander, Detroit Mich, actor (Troy-One Life to Live) 1900 Erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society) 1901 Jan H de Great, founder (Free Netherland) 1902 Philip Ober, Fort Payne Ala, actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie) 1907 Daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957) 1908 Joan Crawford [Lucille Le Sueur], actress (Mildred Pierce) 1910 Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living) 1910 Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, German singer 1911 Charles Joseph A Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison for James Bond films 1911 Richard Chapman, golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur) 1912 Alfred Schwarzmann, Germany, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1936) 1912 John Payne, Roanoke Va, actor (Dodsworth, Razor's Edge) 1912 Werner von Braun, Wirsitz Germany, rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars) 1917 Johnny Guarnieri, NYC, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show) 1917 Kenneth Tobey, actor (The Thing, Strange Invaders) 1920 James Brown, Desdemona Tx, actor (Lt Rip Masters-Rin Tin Tin) 1920 Neal Smith, (Rep-D-IA, 1959- ) 1921 Donald M Campbell, boat racer, sets some speed records 1922 Marty Allen, Pitts, comedian (Allen & Rossi), "Hello Dere" 1923 Arnie Weinmeister, AAFC, NFL def tackle (NY Yankees, Giants) 1925 Cees de Ruyter, European champion billiards player 1926 Martha Wright, Seattle, singer (Let's Dance, Martha Wright Show) 1929 Gerrit den Braber, composer/producer 1929 Roger Bannister, England, 1st to run a mile under 4 minutes 1931 Norman F Lent, (Rep-R-NY, 1971- ) 1933 Monique Van Vooren, actress (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein) 1935 Szil rd Kun, Hungary, rapid fire pistol (Olympic-silver-1952) 1937 Craig Breedlove, LA, auto-racing champion (600 MPH-Spirit of America) 1938 Christopher Glenn, NYC, news anchor (CBS Nightwatch) 1939 Bert Berdis, Pitts, comedian (Tim Conway Show) 1943 Gail Goodrich, NBA star (Lakers, Suns) 1947 Barbara Rhodes, Poughkeepsie NY, actress (Don't Just Stand There) 1949 Karen English, (Rep-D-Arizona) 1949 Ric Ocasek, rocker (Cars-Double Life, All Mixed Up, Bye Bye Love) 1950 Corrine Clery, Paris France, actress (Moonraker, Yor) 1953 Chaka Khan, [Stevens], Great Lakes Il, rocker (Rufus-I am Every Woman) 1953 Louie Anderson, Minn, comedian 1954 Moses Malone, NBA all star center (Phila '76ers) 1955 Cindy Olavarri, Pleasant Hills Calif, cyclist (7-Eleven team) 1957 Amanda Plummer, NYC, actress (Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker) 1957 Sheila Rena Ingram, Wash DC, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1976) 1957 Teresa Ganzel, Toledo Ohio, actress (Teachers Only, Duck Factory) 1960 Terry Sweeney, St Albans NY, writer/comedian (SNL) 1965 Richard Grieco, Waterton NY, actor (21 Jump Street, Booker) 1966 Marti Pellow, rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was) 1976 Keri Russell, actress (Mickey Mouse Club) 1977 Josh Ackerman, actor (Mickey Mouse Club) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 231169 Sjirkoeh, vizer of Cairo, dies 1237 Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies 1369 Pedro de Wrede, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered 1555 Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies 1786 Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown) 1902 K lm n Tisza, premier of Hungary (1875-90), dies at 71 1907 Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies 1937 Helge Red, Danish poet/essayist, dies 1960 Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78 1961 James Edward Murray, (Sen-D-Montana) (1935-61) 1963 Davey Moore, dies 2d after being KOed in feather-weight championship 1964 Peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59 1968 Edwin O'Connor, US writer, dies at 49 1982 Mario Praz, Italian author (Casa della vita), dies at 85 1983 Barney Clark, 1st artifical heart recipient, dies after 112 days 1985 Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), dies at 60 1985 Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium 1991 Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68 1991 Fons Jansen, Dutch night club performer, dies 1992 Friedrich A von Hayek, British economist (road to serfdom), dies 1993 Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder Gruppe 47:, dies at 87 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 23[Bolivia] Memorial Day [Laos] Armed Forces Day [Lithuana] Independence Day (1918) [Pakistan] Pakistan Day, proclamation of the republic (1956) [Sudan] Independence Day (1956) [UN] World Meteorological Day, a UN observance (1950) [World] World Meteorological Day Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 23332 [Ang] Gregory the Illuminator, bishop/missionary to Armenia 1606 [RC] Memorial of St Turibius of Mogrovejo, archbp of Lima (opt) 1997 [Christian] Palm Sunday of the Passion of Jesus Christ 1997 [Jewish] Purim (feast of Lot) (Adar II 14, 5757 AM) Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 23 [Anc Rome] Tubilustrium; purification of war trumpets; a d x Kal Apr [Western Europe] Daylight Savings Time begins [Western Europe] Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow 1066 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1153 Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" & Pope Eugene III 1490 1st dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published 1657 France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk 1743 George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premiers in London 1752 Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later 1775 Patrick Henry asks "give me liberty or give me death" 1794 Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine 1806 Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast 1808 Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain 1832 British Parliament passes reform bill 1839 1st known use of term OK [oll korrect] (Boston) 1840 Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) 1849 Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic) 1857 Elisha Otis' 1st elevator intalled (488 Broadway, NYC) 1858 Eleazer Gardner of Philadelphia patents a cable car 1860 Asteroid 58, Concordia, discovered (Named for goddess of peace) 1862 Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign 1864 Encounter at Camden AR 1873 Slavery is abolish in Puerto Rico 1880 John Stevens, Wisc, patents the flour rolling mill 1881 Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die 1889 Pres Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization 1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast 1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent 1908 M Wolf discovers asteroid #659 Nestor 1910 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway) 1915 Zion Mule Corp forms 1917 4 day series of tonadoes kills 211 in Midwest US 1918 Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River 1918 Lithuana proclaims independence 1918 Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp) 1919 Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted 1919 Benito Mussolini founds Fascist movement in Milan Italy 1919 Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms 1919 Mussolini fights Fasci di Combattimento 1920 J Palisa discovers asteroid #932 Hooveria 1920 Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms 1922 KMJ-AM in Fresno CA begins radio transmissions 1922 WEW-AM in Saint Louis MO begins radio transmissions 1925 Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution 1929 1st telephone installed in White House 1933 Arend discovers asteroids 1262 Sniadeckia, 1263 Varsavia & 1348 Michel 1933 Delporte discovers asteroids 1261 Legia, 1329 Eliane & 2236 Austrasia 1933 German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers 1934 US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945 1936 Italy & Austria-Hungary sign Pact of Rome 1937 LA Railway Co starts using PCC streetcars 1938 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1492 Oppolzer 1939 L Oterma discovers asteroid #1504 Lappeenranta 1940 All-India-Muslim league calls for a Muslim homeland 1942 2,500 Jews in Lublin, massacred 1942 Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean 1942 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1850 Kohoutek & #1950 Wempe 1944 Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome 1944 Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 m without a parachute & lives 1945 British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine 1946 Oklahoma A&M wins NCAA basketball championship 1948 John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m)) 1950 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #2546 1950 Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government 1950 UN World Meteorological Org established 1951 Wages in France increase 11% 1956 Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (Natl Day) 1956 Sudan becomes independent 1956 U of SF wins its 2nd consecutive national championship in basketball 1957 North Carolina wins NCAA basketball championship in 3 overtimes 1957 US army sells last homing pigeons 1960 Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit 1962 JFK visits SF 1963 Loyola Ill wins NCAA basketball championship 1964 UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva 1965 Gemini 3 launched, 1st US 2-man space flight (Grissom & Young) 1968 Rev Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from DC 1968 UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship 1969 Rally for Decency (Miami) 1972 NY Yanks agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx 1973 After a 5« year run soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ends 1973 Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in US 1974 NC State ends UCLAs 7 year reign as NCAA basketball champions 1982 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2710 Veverka 1982 Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals 1982 Z Vavrova discovers asteroids #2661 & #2766 1985 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3563 1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-D mission 1985 Julian Lennon's 1st concert (San Antonio Texas) 1986 Heavyweight Trevor Berbick KOs Pinklon Thomas 1987 Soap "Bold & Beautiful" premiers 1989 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature 1989 Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 yrs for killing his adopted daughter 1992 Florida Marlins begin selling tickets 1993 Belgian cabinet of Dehaene, falls 1993 NY Knicks & Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 2382nd day of the year with 283 days left (Numerology = 8) 1923 76øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1934 13øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 2303/23/44 --- When They Ask About You --- Dorsey, Jimmy 03/23/44 --- Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me --- Kenton, Stan 03/23/51 --- How High Is The Moon --- Paul, Les 03/23/51 --- On Top Of Old Smokey --- Weavers 03/23/57 --- Why Baby Why --- Boone, Pat 03/23/59 --- Guitar Boogie Shuffle --- Virtues 03/23/63 --- Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) --- Cookies 03/23/63 --- Young Lovers --- Paul & Paula 03/23/63 --- Baby Workout --- Wilson, Jackie 03/23/63 --- Can't Get Used To Losing You --- Williams, Andy 03/23/68 --- Lady Madonna --- Beatles 03/23/68 --- I Got The Feelin' --- Brown, James 03/23/68 --- Love Is All Around --- Troggs 03/23/74 --- Oh My My --- Starr, Ringo 03/23/85 --- One Night In Bangkok --- Head, Murray 03/23/85 --- Don't You (Forget About Me) --- Simple Minds 03/23/85 --- We Are The World --- USA For Africa 03/23/91 --- Here We Go --- C&C Music Factory 03/23/91 --- Touch Me (All Night Long) --- Dennis, Cathy 03/23/91 --- Rhythm Of My Heart --- Stewart, Rod |
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