March 23 in History

Historical Events on March 23

1775 American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech - "Give me liberty, or give me death!" - at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.

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.

1918 First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war

1919 In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.

1956 Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. (Republic Day in Pakistan)

1965 NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).

1982 Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt.

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.

1996 Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.

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Famous Birthdays on March 23

1912 Wernher von Braun

1983 Mo Farah

1983 Sascha Riether

1986 Kangana Ranaut

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Famous Deaths on March 23

1931 Bhagat Singh

1992 Friedrich Hayek

2011 Elizabeth Taylor

2015 Lee Kuan Yew

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