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March 23rd


- Earliest day on which Easter Monday can fall, while April 26 is the latest; celebrated on Monday after Easter. (Christianity):
Family Day (South Africa)
- Christian Feast Day
- Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship (Hungary and Poland)
- Day of the Sea (Bolivia)
- Sham el-Nessim (Egypt)
- Lieldienas (Ancient Latvia)
- Republic Day (Pakistan)
- Tubilustrium, the fifth and final day of Quinquatria (Roman Empire)

March 23rd


- 2007 - In Melbourne, Australia, a fire in the Burnley Tunnel kills three.
- 2007 - The Iranian Navy seizes Royal Navy personnel in the waters between Iran and Iraq.
- 2005 - The United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, refuses to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.
- 2005 - A major explosion at the Texas City Refinery kills 15 workers.
- 2004 - Andhra Pradesh Federation of Trade Unions holds its first conference in Hyderabad, India.
- 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.
- 2001 - The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
- 1999 - Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
- 1996 - Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
- 1994 - At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.
- 1994 - Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot's fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board.
- 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.
- 1989 - Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce cold fusion at the University of Utah.
- 1983 - Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
- 1982 - Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt.
- 1980 - Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
- 1978 - The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
- 1965 - NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
- 1962 - NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace initiative.
- 1956 - Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. (Republic Day in Pakistan)
- 1942 - World War II: In the Indian Ocean, Japanese forces capture the Andaman Islands.
- 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.
- 1939 - The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of Slovak air force in the city of Spišská Nová Ves, kills 13 people and began the Slovak–Hungarian War.
- 1935 - Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
- 1933 - The Reichstag passes the Enabling act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
- 1931 - Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be executed by firing squad is refused. The day is now remembered in India as Shahidi divas or Martyr's day.
- 1919 - In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
- 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.
- 1908 - American diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in a hospital two days later.
- 1903 - The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of one of the first successful airplanes.
- 1896 - The Raines Law is passed by the New York State Legislature, restricting Sunday sale of alcohol to hotels.
- 1889 - The free Woolwich Ferry officially opens in east London.
- 1889 - The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India.
- 1879 - War of the Pacific is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru. Chile takes over Arica and Tarapacá, leaving Bolivia as a landlocked country.
- 1868 - The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
- 1862 - The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Though a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond.
- 1857 - Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
- 1848 - The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
- 1821 - Greek War of Independence: Battle and fall of city of Kalamata.
- 1806 - After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.
- 1801 - Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle.
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" – at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia.
- 1708 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth.
- 1400 - The Tran Dynasty of Vietnam is deposed after 175 years of rule by Ho Quy Ly, a court official.

March 23rd


- 1997 - Aidan Davis, English dancer
- 1995 - Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist
- 1990 - Princess Eugenie of York
- 1990 - Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish racing driver
- 1986 - Andrea Dovizioso, Italian motorcycle racer
- 1986 - Steven Strait, American actor
- 1985 - Maurice Jones-Drew, American football player
- 1983 - Jerome Thomas, English footballer
- 1982 - José Raúl Contreras, Chilean footballer
- 1982 - Andrea Musacco, Italian footballer
- 1981 - Luciana Carro, Canadian actress
- 1981 - Erin Crocker, American race car driver
- 1981 - Tony Peña, Jr., Dominican baseball player
- 1980 - Russell Howard, British comedian
- 1980 - Itay Tiran, Israeli actor
- 1979 - Mark Buehrle, American baseball player
- 1979 - Natalia Hadjiloizou, Cypriot swimmer
- 1979 - Misty Hyman, American swimmer
- 1979 - Donncha O'Callaghan, Irish rugby player
- 1978 - Perez Hilton, American blogger and television persona
- 1978 - Walter Samuel, Argentine footballer
- 1978 - Nicholle Tom, American actress
- 1977 - Miklos Perlus, Canadian voice actor
- 1976 - Jayson Blair, American journalist and author
- 1976 - Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle trials rider
- 1976 - Michelle Monaghan, American actress
- 1976 - Jeremy Newberry, American football player
- 1976 - Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player
- 1976 - Keri Russell, American actress
- 1976 - Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian race car driver
- 1975 - Alydar, American racehorse (d. 1990)
- 1973 - Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
- 1973 - Wim Eyckmans, Belgian racing driver
- 1973 - Jason Kidd, American basketball player
- 1972 - Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer
- 1972 - Judith Godrèche, French actress and author
- 1971 - Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian supermodel
- 1971 - Karen McDougal, American model
- 1971 - Gail Porter, British television presenter
- 1971 - Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1971 - Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1968 - Damon Albarn, English musician (Blur, Gorillaz and The Good, the Bad & the Queen)
- 1968 - Mitch Cullin, American novelist
- 1968 - Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer
- 1968 - Michael Atherton, English cricketer
- 1967 - David Ford, Canadian kayaker
- 1965 - Sarah Buxton, American actress
- 1965 - Richard Grieco, American actor and singer
- 1965 - Marti Pellow, Scottish singer
- 1965 - Gary Whitehead, American poet
- 1964 - Hope Davis, American actress
- 1964 - John Pinette, American comedian
- 1963 - Míchel (José Miguel González Martín), Spanish footballer
- 1962 - Steve Redgrave, British rower
- 1961 - Helmi Johannes, Indonesian television newscaster
- 1961 - Steve Holmes, Romanian-German porn actor
- 1960 - Nicol Stephen, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
- 1959 - Catherine Keener, American actress
- 1959 - Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (d. 1997)
- 1959 - Philippe Volter, Belgian actor (d. 2005)
- 1958 - Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist
- 1958 - El Duce, American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (d. 1997)
- 1958 - Michael Sorich, American voice actor, writer and director
- 1957 - Teresa Ganzel, American actress
- 1957 - Amanda Plummer, American actress
- 1957 - Robbie James, Welsh footballer (d. 1998)
- 1957 - Lucio Gutierrez, Ecuadorian politician
- 1956 - José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese politician
- 1955 - Moses Malone, American basketball player
- 1955 - Petrea Burchard, American actress
- 1954 - Geno Auriemma, American basketball coach
- 1954 - Kenneth Cole, American fashion designer
- 1953 - Bo Diaz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990)
- 1953 - Chaka Khan, American singer
- 1953 - Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian entrepreneur
- 1952 - Kim Stanley Robinson, American author
- 1951 - Ron Jaworski, American football player and analyst
- 1950 - Anthony De Longis, American actor
- 1950 - Corinne Clery, French actress
- 1949 - Ric Ocasek, American musician (The Cars)
- 1949 - Roland Lee, American artist
- 1948 - David Olney, American musician
- 1945 - Franco Battiato, Italian singer, songwriter and filmmaker
- 1945 - David Grisman, American bluegrass musician
- 1944 - Michael Nyman, British minimalist composer
- 1944 - Tony McPhee, English singer and guitarist (The Groundhogs)
- 1943 - Lee May, American baseball player
- 1943 - Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (d. 2001)
- 1942 - Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure (d. 1980)
- 1941 - Jim Trelease, American educator and children's literature author
- 1939 - Pepe Lienhard, Swiss band leader and entertainer
- 1938 - Dave Pike, American jazz musician
- 1937 - Craig Breedlove, American land speed record holder
- 1937 - Robert Gallo, American physician
- 1934 - Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician
- 1934 - Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006)
- 1934 - Mark Rydell, American film and television director
- 1933 - Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist
- 1932 - Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1931 - Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (d. 2005)
- 1931 - Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player
- 1929 - Sir Roger Bannister, English runner
- 1925 - David Watkin, English cinematographer (d. 2008)
- 1924 - Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor (d. 1980)
- 1922 - Marty Allen, American comedian and actor
- 1922 - Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
- 1921 - Donald Campbell, British car and motorboat racer (d. 1967)
- 1920 - Neal Smith, former United States Congressman
- 1920 - Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
- 1919 - Carl Graffunder, architect
- 1915 - Vasily Zaitsev, Soviet World War II figure (d. 1991)
- 1914 - Milbourne Christopher, American illusionist (d. 1984)
- 1912 - Wernher von Braun, German-born physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
- 1910 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (d. 1998)
- 1907 - Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
- 1905 - Lale Andersen, German singer and cabaretist (d. 1972)
- 1905 - Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977)
- 1904 - H. Beam Piper, American science fiction author (d. 1964)
- 1900 - Erich Fromm, German-born psychoanalyst (d. 1980)
- 1899 - Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (d. 1943)
- 1895 - Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (d. 2001)
- 1893 - Cedric Gibbons, American art director (d. 1960)
- 1893 - G. D. Naidu (Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu), Indian Inventor & Engineer (Edison of India) (d. 1974)
- 1887 - Juan Gris, Spanish artist (d. 1927)
- 1887 - Josef ?apek, Czech writer (d. 1945)
- 1887 - Prince Felix Yussupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967)
- 1882 - Emmy Noether, German mathematician (d. 1935)
- 1881 - Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1958)
- 1881 - Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
- 1880 - Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (d. 1922)
- 1878 - Franz Schreker, Austrian composer (d. 1934)
- 1874 - J. C. Leyendecker, German American Illustrator (d. 1951)
- 1869 - Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1955)
- 1868 - Dietrich Eckart, early supporter of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party and member of Thule Society (d. 1923)
- 1862 - Nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d. 1950)
- 1858 - Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1941)
- 1834 - Julius Reubke, German composer (d. 1858)
- 1831 - Eduard Schlagintweit, German writer (d. 1866)
- 1826 - Léon Minkus, German/Czech composer and violinist (d. 1917)
- 1823 - Schuyler Colfax, American politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
- 1769 - William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (d. 1839)
- 1769 - Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (d. 1832)
- 1754 - Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (d. 1802)
- 1732 - Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)
- 1723 - Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)
- 1699 - John Bartram, American botanist (d. 1777)
- 1645 - William Kidd, Scottish sailor (d. 1701)
- 1638 - Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1731)
- 1429 - Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)