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March 23, 2003 75th Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Chicago wins Best Picture, Adrian Brody and Nicole Kidman win lead acting awards March 23, 2001 Russian Mir space station is crashed into the Pacific during a controlled re-entry March 23, 1998 70th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, Titanic wins eleven Oscars, including Best Picture, Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt win lead acting awards March 23, 1997 "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," closes at Lyceum Theater New York City March 23, 1997 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins March 23, 1997 Betsy King wins LPGA Standard Register PING March 23, 1997 Liberty Legends of Senior Golf March 23, 1997 Phil Mickelson wins Bay Hill Golf Invitiational March 23, 1997 Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title March 23, 1995 "How To Succeed in Business..." opens at R Rodgers New York City for 548 performances March 23, 1995 Dollar equals 88.41 yen (record) March 23, 1994 Amy Fisher's lover Joey Buttafuoco is released from jail March 23, 1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28) March 23, 1994 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York governor March 23, 1994 Joey Buttafuoco, released from jail after 4 months and 9 days March 23, 1994 Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev March 23, 1994 Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed) March 23, 1994 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored March 23, 1994 Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field) March 23, 1994 F-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in North Carolina, 120 die March 23, 1993 Belgian government of Dehaene, resigns March 23, 1993 New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl March 23, 1992 Florida Marlins begin selling tickets March 23, 1991 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee March 23, 1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12m) March 23, 1991 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 and Mont beats Birmingham 20-5 March 23, 1990 Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill March 23, 1989 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature March 23, 1989 Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 years for killing his adopted daughter March 23, 1987 Soap "Bold and Beautiful" premieres March 23, 1987 U.S. offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf March 23, 1987 West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brandt resigns March 23, 1986 6th Golden Raspberry Awards: Rambo: First Blood Part II wins March 23, 1986 Heavyweight Trevor Berbick KOs Pinklon Thomas March 23, 1986 Penny Pulz wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open March 23, 1985 Billy Joel weds supermodel Christie Brinkley March 23, 1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-D mission March 23, 1985 Julian Lennon's 1st concert (San Antonio Texas) March 23, 1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 23, 1984 Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 3 km (4:20.91) March 23, 1984 Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill and Chris Dean (GRB) March 23, 1984 Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Underhill and Paul Martini (CAN) March 23, 1984 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR) March 23, 1984 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA) March 23, 1983 U.S. president Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars" missile defense plan (SDI) March 23, 1982 Guatemala military coup under gen Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees March 23, 1982 Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals March 23, 1981 Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions March 23, 1980 Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket vs. Pakistan March 23, 1980 Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA National Golf Tournament March 23, 1980 France performs nuclear test March 23, 1980 Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt March 23, 1979 Larry Holmes TKOs Osvaldo Ocasio in 7 for heavyweight boxing title March 23, 1979 Wings release "Goodnight Tonight" March 23, 1978 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 23, 1976 International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying) March 23, 1975 Sue Roberts wins LPGA Bing Crosby International Golf Classic March 23, 1973 After a 5 year run soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ends March 23, 1973 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 23, 1973 Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in U.S. March 23, 1972 Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars March 23, 1972 New York Yanks agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx March 23, 1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce March 23, 1971 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test March 23, 1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 23, 1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Charlotte Golf Invitational March 23, 1969 Rally for Decency (Miami) March 23, 1968 30th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats North Carolina 78-55 March 23, 1968 Rev Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from DC March 23, 1966 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic and Anglican Church March 23, 1965 Gemini 3 launched, 1st U.S. 2-man space flight (Grissom and Young) March 23, 1965 Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed March 23, 1964 UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva March 23, 1963 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola beats Cin 60-58 (OT) March 23, 1963 Rolf Hochhuth's "Der Stellvertreter," premieres in Berlin March 23, 1962 John F. Kennedy visits SF March 23, 1962 Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket vs. WI age 21 years 77 days March 23, 1962 Wake Forest coach "Bones" McKinney becomes 2nd person to play and coach March 23, 1962 William DeWitt buys Cin Reds for $4,625,000 March 23, 1960 Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit March 23, 1957 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Kansas 54-53 (3 OTs) March 23, 1957 U.S. Army sells last homing pigeons March 23, 1956 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa 83-71 March 23, 1956 Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (Natl Day) March 23, 1956 Sudan becomes independent March 23, 1952 Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds March 23, 1951 Wages in France increase 11% March 23, 1950 "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 52 performances March 23, 1950 22rd Academy Awards - "All King's Men," Crawford and De Havilland win March 23, 1950 Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government March 23, 1950 U.N. World Meteorological Organization established March 23, 1949 Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in New York City March 23, 1948 John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m)) March 23, 1946 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina 43-40 March 23, 1945 British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine March 23, 1945 Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa March 23, 1945 Premier Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen March 23, 1944 Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die March 23, 1944 Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 m without a parachute and lives March 23, 1943 German counter attack on U.S. lines in Tunisia March 23, 1942 2,500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported March 23, 1942 Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean March 23, 1942 U.S. move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers March 23, 1940 1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS March 23, 1940 All-India-Moslem League calls for a Moslem homeland March 23, 1938 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St. L Cardinals minor leaguers March 23, 1937 Los Angeles Railway Co. starts using PCC streetcars March 23, 1936 Italy, Austria and Hungary sign Pact of Rome March 23, 1934 U.S. Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945 March 23, 1933 Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers March 23, 1933 Kroll Opera in Berlin opens March 23, 1930 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson March 23, 1930 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner March 23, 1929 1st telephone installed in White House March 23, 1926 NHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Pitt Pirates, 6-4 in 2 games March 23, 1925 Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution March 23, 1923 Frank Silver and Irving Conn release "Yes, We Have No Bananas" March 23, 1922 1st airplane lands at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. March 23, 1922 KMJ-AM in Fresno California begins radio transmissions March 23, 1922 WEW-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions March 23, 1920 Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms March 23, 1919 Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted March 23, 1919 Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan Italy March 23, 1919 Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms March 23, 1918 Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River March 23, 1918 Crepy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris, 256 killed March 23, 1918 Lithuania proclaims independence March 23, 1918 Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp) March 23, 1917 Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest U.S. March 23, 1915 Zion Mule Corp forms March 23, 1912 Dixie Cup invented March 23, 1910 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st U.S. auto speedway) March 23, 1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent March 23, 1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast March 23, 1896 Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chenier," premieres in Milan March 23, 1889 President Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization March 23, 1881 Boers and Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war March 23, 1881 Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die March 23, 1880 Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin) March 23, 1873 Slavery abolished in Puerto Rico March 23, 1868 University of California founded (Oakland California) March 23, 1867 Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Johnson's veto March 23, 1865 General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro North Carolina March 23, 1864 Encounter at Camden AR March 23, 1862 Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign March 23, 1861 London's 1st tramcars, designed by Mr. Train of New York, begins operating March 23, 1858 Streetcar patented (E A Gardner of Philadelphia) March 23, 1857 Elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, New York City) March 23, 1849 Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic) March 23, 1840 Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) March 23, 1839 1st known use of term OK (Boston) March 23, 1839 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post) March 23, 1836 Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale March 23, 1835 Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes March 23, 1832 British Parliament passes reform bill March 23, 1808 Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain March 23, 1806 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific coast March 23, 1801 Murder attempt on Czar Paul I March 23, 1794 1st U.S. patent (Joseph G Pierson for a riveting machine) March 23, 1794 Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine March 23, 1794 Lt-general Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death" March 23, 1752 Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later March 23, 1743 English premiere of Handel's "Messiah" March 23, 1743 George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London March 23, 1708 English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth March 23, 1657 France and England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk March 23, 1630 French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont March 23, 1593 English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander March 23, 1579 Friesland joins Union of Utrecht March 23, 1568 Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike March 23, 1490 1st dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published March 23, 1490 Maimonides Mishneh Torah published March 23, 1153 Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" and Pope Eugene III March 23, 1066 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet March 23, 1026 Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy |