March 23rd, 1888

Born on March 23rd, 1888

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 23rd, 1888?

March 23rd, 1888

In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Football_League

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McGregor_(football)

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on March 23rd, 1888

87

Hans Thirring

Austrian physicist (1888-1976)

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

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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

73

Joan Crawford

American actress (1904–1977)

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

58

Josef Čapek

Czech painter and writer (1887-1945)

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

77

Roger Martin du Gard

French writer

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

58

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

84

Hermann Staudinger

German chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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

65

Wernher von Braun

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

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

40

Juan Gris

Spanish artist (1887–1927)

*March 23rd, 1887, Madrid †May 11th, 1927, Boulogne-Billancourt

30

JP Saxe

Canadian musician and singer

*March 23rd, 1994, Toronto

54

Gianni Infantino Riovaldi

Swiss-Italian football administrator

*March 23rd, 1970, Brig-Glis

59

Sidney Hillman

American labor leader

*March 23rd, 1887, Žagarė †July 10th, 1946, Point Lookout

62

Steve Redgrave

British rower

*March 23rd, 1962, Marlow

67

Amanda Plummer

American actress

*March 23rd, 1957, New York City

88

Roger Bannister

English physician and athlete

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

60

Hope Davis

American actress

*March 23rd, 1964, Englewood

21

Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

Icelandic association football player

*March 23rd, 2003, Sutton Coldfield

53

Emmy Noether

German Jewish mathematician (1882–1935)

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

41

Mo Farah

British track and field athlete

*March 23rd, 1983, Gabiley

56

Frank Irons

Athletics competitor (1886-1942)

*March 23rd, 1886, Des Moines †June 19th, 1942, Palatine

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Born in 1888

85

Oswald Menghin

Austrian prehistorian

*April 19th, 1888, Merano †November 29th, 1973, Buenos Aires

81

Mary Barratt Due

Norwegian pianist

*April 9th, 1888, Bergen †December 24th, 1969, Oslo

76

T. S. Eliot

US-born British poet (1888–1965)

*September 26th, 1888, St. Louis †January 4th, 1965, Kensington

101

Irving Berlin

American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)

*May 11th, 1888, Talačyn †September 22nd, 1989, New York City

65

Eugene O'Neill

American playwright (1888–1953)

*October 16th, 1888, New York City †November 27th, 1953, Boston

88

Edith Evans

British actress (1888–1976)

*February 8th, 1888, London †October 14th, 1976, Cranbrook

77

Clemence Dane

English novelist (1888-1965)

*February 21st, 1888, London Borough of Lewisham †March 28th, 1965, London

58

Antoinette Perry

American actress, stage director and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing

*June 27th, 1888, Denver †June 28th, 1946, Manhattan

81

Otto Stern

German-American physicist (1888–1969)

*February 17th, 1888, Żory †August 17th, 1969, Berkeley

57

John Logie Baird

Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television

*August 14th, 1888, Helensburgh †June 14th, 1946, Bexhill-on-Sea

85

Sol Hurok

Ukraine-born American impresario

*April 9th, 1888, Pogar †March 5th, 1974, New York City

88

Hermann Pünder

German politician (1888-1976)

*April 1st, 1888, Trier †October 3rd, 1976, Fulda

53

José Raúl Capablanca

Cuban chess player (1888-1942)

*November 6th, 1888, Havana †March 8th, 1942, New York City

72

George Relph

British stage and film actor (1888-1960)

*January 27th, 1888, Cullercoats †April 24th, 1960, London

88

Paul Morand

French writer (1888-1976)

*March 13th, 1888, 8th arrondissement of Paris †July 23rd, 1976, Paris

83

Maurice Chevalier

French singer, actor, and entertainer (1888–1972)

*September 12th, 1888, Paris †January 1st, 1972, Paris

73

Werner Jaeger

German-american classical philologist (1888-1961)

*July 30th, 1888, Lobberich †October 19th, 1961, Cambridge

90

Giorgio de Chirico

Italian artist (1888–1978)

*July 10th, 1888, Volos †November 20th, 1978, Rome

70

Maxwell Anderson

American playwright and writer (1888–1959)

*December 15th, 1888, Atlantic †February 28th, 1959, Stamford

82

Gladys Cooper

British actress (1888-1971)

*December 18th, 1888, Hither Green †November 17th, 1971, Henley-on-Thames

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Leap year

Yes: 1888 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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