What are the important events that happened on March 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 23: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 23 is the 82nd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 283 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 10, 2021 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 26,940,960 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontadigon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 315 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,014 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 23 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1889 –The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India.
- 1919 –In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
- 1931 –Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for murder during the Indian struggle for independence.
- 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.
- 1983 –Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
- 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.
- 1994 –At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.
- 1996 –Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
- 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.
Who were born on March 23?
- 1904 –H. Beam Piper, American science fiction author (d. 1964)
- 1933 –Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist
- 1955 –Moses Malone, American basketball player
- 1959 –Catherine Keener, American actress
- 1978 –Perez Hilton, American blogger and television persona
- 1979 –Natalia Hadjiloizou, Belarusian/Cypriot swimmer
- 1980 –Russell Howard, English comedian
- 1983 –Jerome Thomas, English footballer
- 1992 –Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player
- 1992 –Vanessa Morgan, Canadian actress and singer
Who died on March 23?
- 1680 –Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615)
- 1960 –Franklin Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (b. 1881)
- 1972 –Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer (b. 1895)
- 1990 –John Dexter, English stage and film director (b. 1925)
- 1991 –Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1913)
- 1992 –Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
- 1994 –Donald Swann, British composer, musician and entertainer (b. 1923)
- 2001 –Rowland Evans, American journalist (b. 1921)
- 2006 –Cindy Walker, American singer, songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)
- 2009 –Ghukas Chubaryan, Armenian sculptor (b. 1923)
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