March 23
March 23 is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 283 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 851 - Zhou Chi, Chinese historian and politician (b. 713)
- 1103 – Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)
- 1361 – Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. 1310)
- 1369 – King Peter of Castile (b. 1334)
- 1555 – Pope Julius III (b. 1489)
- 1559 - Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia
- 1606 – Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (b. 1547)
- 1675 - Antoni van Goordt, Dutch composer and organist (b. 1619)
- 1680 - Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615)
- 1742 – Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)
- 1748 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German music theorist, organist and composer (b. 1684)
- 1783 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)
- 1801 – Tsar Paul I of Russia (b. 1754)
- 1819 – August von Kotzebue, German dramatist and writer (b. 1761)
- 1842 – Stendhal, French writer (b. 1783)
- 1881 – Nikolai Rubinstein, Russian composer (b. 1835)
1901 – 2000
- 1923 – Hovhannes Tumanyan Armenian poet and writer (b. 1869)
- 1927 - Paul César Helleu, French painter (b. 1859)
- 1931 – Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom writer (b. 1907)
- 1931 – Rajguru, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1908)
- 1931 – Sukhdev, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1907)
- 1935 - Florence Moore, American actress (b. 1886)
- 1938 - Thomas Walter Scott, Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1867)
- 1945 – Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese commander (b. 1891)
- 1947 - Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (b. 1870)
- 1948 – Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian philosopher (b. 1874)
- 1953 – Raoul Dufy, French painter (b. 1877)
- 1955 – Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (b. 1875)
- 1960 - Raoul Paoli, French athlete, boxer and rower (b. 1887)
- 1964 – Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (b. 1904)
- 1965 - Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer and screenwriter (b. 1885)
- 1971 - Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer (b. 1898)
- 1972 - Cristobal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer (b. 1895)
- 1978 - Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Israeli biochemist (b. 1893)
- 1979 – Ted Anderson, English footballer (b. 1911)
- 1981 - Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1941)
- 1985 - Richard Beeching, British physicist and engineer (b. 1913)
- 1985 – Zoot Sims, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1925)
- 1990 – John Dexter, English stage and movie director (b. 1925)
- 1992 – Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist (b. 1899)
- 1994 – Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (b. 1950)
- 1994 - Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (b. 1921)
- 1994 - Donald Swann, British composer, musician and entertainer (b. 1923)
From 2001
- 2002 – Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977)
- 2003 – Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-born journalist (b. 1926)
- 2004 - Rupert Hamer, Australian politician, 39th Premier of Victoria (b. 1916)
- 2006 – Cindy Walker, American singer, songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)
- 2008 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 2009 – Ghukas Chubaryan, Armenian sculptor (b. 1923)
- 2011 – Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, former President of Somalia (b. 1934)
- 2012 - Chico Anysio, Brazilian actor, writer, comedian and composer (b. 1931)
- 2013 - Boris Berezovsky, Russian businessman and oligarch (b. 1946)
- 2013 - Joe Weider, American bodybuilder (b. 1920)
- 2013 - Virgil Trucks, American baseball player (b. 1917)
- 2014 - Adolfo Suarez, former Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1932)
- 2014 - Dave Brockie, Canadian-American musician (b. 1963)
- 2014 - Peter Oakley, British internet vlogger (b. 1927)
- 2014 - Jürg Neuenschwander, Swiss organist and composer (b. 1947)
- 2014 - David Henshaw, New Zealand cartoonist (b. 1939)
- 2015 - Lee Kuan Yew, first Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1923)
- 2015 - Lil' Chris, English singer and television personality (b. 1990)
- 2015 - Herberto Hélder, Portuguese poet and writer (b. 1930)
- 2015 - Bobby Lowther, American basketball player (b. 1923)
- 2016 - Ken Howard, American actor (b. 1944)
- 2016 - Joe Garagiola, Sr., American baseball player (b. 1926)
- 2016 - Jimmy Riley, Jamaican reggae musician (b. 1954)
- 2017 - Lola Albright, American actress (b. 1924)
- 2017 - Ashokamitran, Indian writer (b. 1931)
- 2017 - Meir Einstein, Israeli sports broadcaster (b. 1951)
- 2017 - William H. Keeler, American cardinal (b. 1931)
- 2017 - Cino Tortorella, Italian television presenter and comedian (b. 1927)
- 2017 - Denis Voronenkov, Russian politician (b. 1971)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1904 - German Busch, President of Bolivia (d. 1939)
- 1905 – Lale Andersen, German singer and actress (d. 1972)
- 1905 – Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977)
- 1906 - José Della Torre, Argentine footballer (d. 1979)
- 1907 – Daniel Bovet, Swiss scientist (d. 1992)
- 1910 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese movie director (d. 1998)
- 1912 – Wernher von Braun, German physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
- 1915 – Vasily Zaytsev, Soviet World War II figure (d. 1991)
- 1915 - Thomas Pashby, Canadian advocate for safety in ice hockey (d. 2005)
- 1918 - Stanley Armour Dunham, Barack Obama's grandfather (d. 1992)
- 1918 - Emile Derlin Zinsou, former President of Benin
- 1920 - Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
- 1921 – Donald Campbell, British car and motorboat racer (d. 1967)
- 1922 - Marty Allen, American comedian and actor
- 1922 - Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
- 1923 - Martha Wright, American actress (d. 2016)
- 1924 - Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor (d. 1980)
- 1925 - David Watkin, British cinematographer (d. 2008)
- 1929 – Roger Bannister, British runner
- 1931 – Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (d. 2005)
- 1931 – Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player
- 1931 - Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Russian skier (d. 2013)
- 1932 – Louisiana Red, American blues musician (d. 2012)
- 1934 - Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician and physicist
- 1934 - Mark Rydell, American director
- 1935 - Barry Cryer, British writer and comedian
- 1937 - Ibrahim Abouleish, Egyptian chemist and businessman
- 1937 – Craig Breedlove, American land speed record holder
- 1937 - Tony Burton, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1937 - Robert Gallo, American virologist
- 1938 - Dave Pike, American jazz musician
- 1940 - Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghanaian writer, playwright and academic
- 1942 – Michael Haneke, Austrian movie maker and writer
- 1942 - Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and politician
- 1944 – Tony McPhee, British singer and guitarist
- 1944 - Michael Nyman, British composer
- 1945 - Franco Battiato, Italian singer, songwriter and movie maker
- 1945 - David Grisman, American bluegrass musician
- 1945 - Erik De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist (d. 2015)
- 1950 – Valgerdur Sverrisdottir, Icelandic politician
- 1950 – Mike Easley, American politician, former Governor of North Carolina
- 1950 - Corinne Cléry, French actress
1951 – 1975
- 1952 - Francesco Clemente, Italian artist
- 1952 - Pola Kinski, German actress
- 1952 - Kim Stanley Robinson, American writer
- 1952 - Rex Tillerson, 69th United States Secretary of State and former Chief Executive of ExxonMobil
- 1953 – Chaka Khan, American singer
- 1955 - Moses Malone, American basketball player (d. 2015)
- 1956 – José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese politician, former President of the European Commission
- 1956 - Andrew Mitchell, British politician
- 1957 – Lucio Gutiérrez, former President of Ecuador
- 1957 - Amanda Plummer, American actress
- 1958 - Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- 1958 - Serena Grandi, Italian actress
- 1958 – Eldon Hoke, American singer and drummer (d. 1997)
- 1960 – Nicol Stephen, Scottish politician
- 1961 - Colin Pitchfork, English murderer
- 1962 - Bassel al-Assad, Syrian engineer, colonel and politician (d. 1994)
- 1962 – Steve Redgrave, English rower, five-time Olympic champion
- 1963 - Michel, Spanish footballer
- 1964 – Hope Davis, American actress
- 1964 - John Pinette, American comedian and actor (d. 2014)
- 1965 - Jonathan Dow, British actor
- 1965 – Marti Pellow, Scottish singer
- 1965 - Richard Grieco, American actor
- 1965 - Steve Turner, American rock musician
- 1966 - Alfred Nijhuis, Dutch footballer
- 1968 – Damon Albarn, British singer (Blur)
- 1968 – Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer
- 1968 – Mike Atherton, English cricketer
- 1970 - Melissa Errico, American actress and singer
- 1970 - Gianni Infantino, 9th President of FIFA
- 1971 – Gail Porter, Scottish television presenter
- 1971 - Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1971 - Karen McDougal, American model and actress
- 1972 – Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer
- 1972 - Jonas Bjorkman, Swedish tennis player
- 1973 – Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
- 1973 – Jason Kidd, American basketball player
From 1976
- 1976 – Chris Hoy, Scottish cyclist, six-time Olympic champion
- 1976 – Michelle Monaghan, American actress
- 1976 – Keri Russell, American actress
- 1978 – Walter Samuel, Argentine footballer
- 1978 – Perez Hilton, American blogger
- 1978 - Nicholle Tom, American actress
- 1980 – Russell Howard, English comedian
- 1980 - Ryan Day, Welsh snooker player
- 1981 – Shelley Rudman, English skeleton bobsledder
- 1982 – José Raul Contreras, Chilean footballer
- 1983 – Mo Farah, British track-and-field athlete, four-time Olympic gold medallist
- 1983 – Sascha Riether, German footballer
- 1983 – Jerome Thomas, English footballer
- 1983 - Hakan Balta, Turkish footballer
- 1986 – Andrea Dovizioso, Italian motorcycle racer
- 1985 - Stevie McCrorie, Scottish singer
- 1987 - Kangna Ranaut, Indian actress
- 1988 - Jason Kenny, English cyclist, Olympic champion
- 1989 - Mai Nishida, Japanese model, entertainer and actress
- 1990 – Princess Eugenie of York, member of the British royal family
- 1991 - Gregg Wylde, Scottish footballer
- 1992 - Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player
- 1992 – Vanessa Morgan, Canadian actress and singer
- 1994 - Nick Powell, English footballer
Deaths
Observances
- Republic Day/Pakistan Day (Pakistan)
- Polish-Hungarian friendship day
- Day of the Sea (Bolivia)
- World Meteorological Day
- Family Day (South Africa)
- Western Christianity - Earliest possible date for Easter Monday (April 26 is the latest)
- Western Christianity - Second-earliest possible date for Easter, last occurred on this date in 2008, next in 2160.