March 23rd, 1877

Born on March 23rd, 1877

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 53,000 days old!

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What happened on March 23rd?

March 23rd, 2007

The Iranian military arrested 15 Royal Navy personnel, claiming that they had entered Iran's territorial waters.

March 23rd, 1996

Lee Teng-hui (pictured) was elected President of the Republic of China in the first direct presidential election in Taiwan.

March 23rd, 1994

Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed into a hillside in Russia's Kemerovo Oblast, killing all 75 people on board, after the pilot's 15-year-old son had unknowingly disabled the autopilot while seated at the controls.

March 23rd, 1993

The demolition of Kowloon Walled City (pictured), a densely crowded slum in Hong Kong, began.

March 23rd, 1989

Two researchers announced the discovery of cold fusion, a claim which was later discredited.

March 23rd, 1977

British journalist David Frost began a series of interviews with former U.S. president Richard Nixon, starting with the Watergate scandal.

March 23rd, 1933

The Nazi Party took the first step in the Gleichschaltung process by having the Enabling Act passed, giving the government the right to make laws without the involvement of the Reichstag.

March 23rd, 1931

Bhagat Singh (pictured), one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement, and two others were executed by the British authorities.

March 23rd, 1919

Benito Mussolini and his supporters founded the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, the predecessor of the National Fascist Party.

March 23rd, 1908

American diplomat Durham Stevens, an employee of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was fatally shot in San Francisco by two Korean immigrants unhappy with his support of increased Japanese presence in Korea.

March 23rd, 1905

About 1,500 Cretans, led by Eleftherios Venizelos, met at the village of Theriso to call for the island's unification with Greece, beginning the Theriso revolt.

March 23rd, 1889

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founded the Ahmadiyya Islamic religious movement in British India.

March 23rd, 1888

Chaired by William McGregor, a meeting of ten English football clubs was held in London, which would eventually result in the establishment of the Football League.

March 23rd, 1862

American Civil War: General Stonewall Jackson of the Confederate States Army lost the First Battle of Kernstown, but was still able to prevent the Union Army from reinforcing the Peninsula campaign.

March 23rd, 1839

An earthquake struck central Burma, causing significant damage and killing an estimated 300 to 400 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 23rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 23rd?

67

Cedric Gibbons

American art director (1890–1960)

*March 23rd, 1893, Dublin †July 26th, 1960, Hollywood

86

Paul Valentine

American actor (1919-2006)

*March 23rd, 1919, New York City †January 27th, 2006, Los Angeles

77

Roger Martin du Gard

French writer

*March 23rd, 1881, Neuilly-sur-Seine †August 22nd, 1958, Château du Tertre

73

Joan Crawford

American actress (1904–1977)

*March 23rd, 1904, San Antonio †May 10th, 1977, New York City

84

Hermann Staudinger

German chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

*March 23rd, 1881, Worms †September 8th, 1965, Freiburg im Breisgau

87

Hans Thirring

Austrian physicist (1888-1976)

*March 23rd, 1888, Vienna †March 22nd, 1976, Vienna

58

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

30

JP Saxe

Canadian musician and singer

*March 23rd, 1994, Toronto

54

Gianni Infantino Riovaldi

Swiss-Italian football administrator

*March 23rd, 1970, Brig-Glis

65

Wernher von Braun

German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)

*March 23rd, 1912, Wyrzysk †June 16th, 1977, Alexandria

53

Emmy Noether

German Jewish mathematician (1882–1935)

*March 23rd, 1882, Erlangen †April 14th, 1935, Bryn Mawr

62

Steve Redgrave

British rower

*March 23rd, 1962, Marlow

67

Amanda Plummer

American actress

*March 23rd, 1957, New York City

58

Josef Čapek

Czech painter and writer (1887-1945)

*March 23rd, 1887, Hronov †April 1st, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

60

Hope Davis

American actress

*March 23rd, 1964, Englewood

21

Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

Icelandic association football player

*March 23rd, 2003, Sutton Coldfield

88

Roger Bannister

English physician and athlete

*March 23rd, 1929, London Borough of Harrow †March 3rd, 2018, Oxford

41

Mo Farah

British track and field athlete

*March 23rd, 1983, Gabiley

55

Dietrich Eckart

German journalist and politician (1868-1923)

*March 23rd, 1868, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz †December 26th, 1923, Berchtesgaden

48

Ziya Gökalp

Turkish writer and journalist (1876–1924)

*March 23rd, 1876, Diyarbakır †October 25th, 1924, Istanbul

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Born in 1877

66

Eveline Peterson

Badminton player

*January 17th, 1877, Jalpaiguri †November 30th, 1943, Totnes

85

Hermann Hesse

Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)

*July 2nd, 1877, Calw †August 9th, 1962, Montagnola

58

O.P. Heggie

American actor (1877-1936)

*September 17th, 1877, Angaston †February 7th, 1936, Los Angeles

50

Isadora cucan

American dancer and choreographer

*May 26th, 1877, San Francisco †September 14th, 1927, Nice

72

Rex Beach

Author and water polo player (1877-1949)

*September 1st, 1877, Antrim County †December 7th, 1949, Sebring

71

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater

*August 7th, 1877, Copenhagen †April 19th, 1949, Hedvig Eleonora parish

92

Laura Knight

English artist (1877-1970)

*August 4th, 1877, Long Eaton †July 7th, 1970, London

64

Hendrik Bolkestein

Dutch classical scholar

*December 18th, 1877, Amsterdam †July 24th, 1942, Utrecht

70

G.H. Hardy

British mathematician (1877–1947)

*February 7th, 1877, Cranleigh †December 1st, 1947, Cambridge

60

Muhammad Iqbal

South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, and politician

*November 9th, 1877, Sialkot †April 21st, 1938, Lahore

93

Hjalmar Schacht

German politician and economist

*January 22nd, 1877, Tinglev Municipality †June 3rd, 1970, Munich

75

Raoul Dufy

French artist (1877-1953)

*June 3rd, 1877, Le Havre †March 23rd, 1953, Montcuq

69

Wilhelm Frick

German Nazi official (1877-1946)

*March 12th, 1877, Alsenz †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

83

Hélène Dutrieu

Belgian cyclist, stunt driver and aviator

*July 10th, 1877, Tournai †June 26th, 1961, Paris

82

James Montgomery Flagg

American artist (1877-1960)

*June 18th, 1877, Pelham Manor †May 25th, 1960, New York City

63

Rudolf Hilferding

German politician (1877-1941)

*August 10th, 1877, Vienna †February 11th, 1941, Paris

41

Endre Ady

Hungarian poet (1877-1919)

*November 22nd, 1877, Ady Endre †January 27th, 1919, Budapest

76

Ibn Saud

Founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1877–1953)

*January 15th, 1877, Riyadh †November 9th, 1953, Ta'if

82

Roelof Klein

Dutch rower

*June 7th, 1877, Lemmer †February 13th, 1960, Montclair

53

Viktor Dyk

Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer (1877-1931)

*December 31st, 1877, Pšovka †May 14th, 1931, Lopud

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1877 is a normal year and no leap year.

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