March 23rd, 1912

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Born on March 23rd, 1912 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 23rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 23rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (March 1912)

Born on March 23rd, 1912

Weekday

Saturday

March 23rd, 1912 was a Saturday.

Age

112

People born on March 23rd, 1912 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 112 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

March 21st, 1912 - April 20th, 1912

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 40,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 61 days, exactly on June 23rd, 2024, people who were born on March 23rd, 1912 will be 41,000 days old!

40,939 Days

5,848 Weeks

1,345 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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Hours

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

Born on March 23rd, 1912

Wernher von Braun

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

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

100

Neil McCorkell

Cricketer (1912-2013)

*March 23rd, 1912, Portsmouth †February 28th, 2013, South Africa

Leo Amberg

Swiss racing cyclist

*March 23rd, 1912, Ballwil †September 18th, 1999, Oberriet

Eleanor Cameron

Canadian American children's writer (1912-1996)

*March 23rd, 1912, Winnipeg †October 11th, 1996

Jeff York

American actor (1912–1995)

*March 23rd, 1912, Los Angeles †October 11th, 1995, Los Angeles

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

Paul Valentine

American actor (1919-2006)

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

Joan Crawford

American actress (1904–1977)

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

Cedric Gibbons

American art director (1890–1960)

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

Akira Kurosawa

Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)

*March 23rd, 1910, Shinagawa-ku †September 6th, 1998, Setagaya-ku

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

Roger Bannister

English physician and athlete

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

JP Saxe

Canadian musician and singer

*March 23rd, 1994, Toronto

Gianni Infantino Riovaldi

Swiss-Italian football administrator

*March 23rd, 1970, Brig-Glis

Daniel Bovet

Nobel Prize-winning pharmacologist (1907–1992)

*March 23rd, 1907, Fleurier †April 8th, 1992, Rome

Amanda Plummer

American actress

*March 23rd, 1957, New York City

Steve Redgrave

British rower

*March 23rd, 1962, Marlow

Hope Davis

American actress

*March 23rd, 1964, Englewood

Abidin Dino

Turkish artist (1913-1993)

*March 23rd, 1913, Istanbul †December 7th, 1993, Paris

Roger Martin du Gard

French writer

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

Hans Thirring

Austrian physicist (1888-1976)

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

Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

Icelandic association football player

*March 23rd, 2003, Sutton Coldfield

Mo Farah

British track and field athlete

*March 23rd, 1983, Gabiley

Erik De Vlaeminck

Belgian cyclist

*March 23rd, 1945, Eeklo †December 4th, 2015, Wilskerke

Perez Hilton

American actor and blogger

*March 23rd, 1978, Miami

Gerhart Münch

German musician

*March 23rd, 1907, Dresden †December 9th, 1988, Michoacán

Same year
Born in 1912

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

*August 22nd, 1912, Manchester †October 20th, 2016, Arcadia

Erich Honecker

Former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)

*August 25th, 1912, Neunkirchen †May 29th, 1994, La Reina

Alan Turing

English computer scientist (1912–1954)

*June 23rd, 1912, Maida Vale †June 7th, 1954, Wilmslow

Jack Marshall

Prime Minister of New Zealand, politician (1912-1988)

*March 5th, 1912, Wellington †August 30th, 1988, Snape

104

Ingeborg Rapoport

German physician and East German communist functionary (1912-2017)

*September 2nd, 1912, Kribi †March 23rd, 2017, Berlin

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

German physicist (1912–2007)

*June 28th, 1912, Kiel †April 28th, 2007, Söcking

Per Imerslund

Norwegian national socialist

*May 9th, 1912, Christiania †December 7th, 1943, Oslo

Leiva Petersen

German classical philologist and publisher

*November 28th, 1912, Berlin †April 17th, 1992, Weimar

John Paul I

Pope of the Catholic Church in 1978 (1912-1978)

*October 17th, 1912, Canale d'Agordo †September 28th, 1978, Vatican City

John Cage

American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)

*September 5th, 1912, Los Angeles †August 12th, 1992, New York City

Sally Kessler

*February 21st, 1912, Cologne †March 27th, 1985, Cologne

Wendy Hiller

English film and stage actress (1912-2003)

*August 15th, 1912, Stockport †May 14th, 2003, Beaconsfield

Milton Friedman

American economist and statistician (1912–2006)

*July 31st, 1912, Brooklyn †November 16th, 2006, San Francisco

104

Lukas Ammann

Swiss actor (1912-2017)

*September 29th, 1912, Basel †May 3rd, 2017, Munich

Jean Vilar

French theatre director and actor (1912–1971)

*March 25th, 1912, Sète †May 28th, 1971, Sète

Jackson Pollock

American painter (1912–1956)

*January 28th, 1912, Cody †August 11th, 1956, East Hampton

Ray Eames

American artist, designer, and filmmaker

*December 15th, 1912, Sacramento †August 21st, 1988, Los Angeles

June Havoc

American actress, vaudeville performer, and memoirist

*November 8th, 1912, Vancouver †March 28th, 2010, Stamford

Patrick White

English-born Australian writer

*May 28th, 1912, London †September 30th, 1990, Sydney

John Payne

American actor 1912-1989

*May 23rd, 1912, Roanoke †December 6th, 1989, Malibu

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 23rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIII.III.MCMXII

23.3.1912

Legend

M = 1000

CM = 900

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1912 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).

Calendar
March 1912

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March 23rd, 1912

Born on March 23rd, 1912

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 40,000 days old!

40,939 Days

5,848 Weeks

1,345 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 23rd?

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Born on March 23rd, 1912

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

Cricketer (1912-2013)

Swiss racing cyclist

Canadian American children's writer (1912-1996)

American actor (1912–1995)

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

Same year Born in 1912

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 23rd

Gregory the Illuminator (Episcopal Church)

Gwinear

Joseph Oriol

Ottone Frangipane

Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (Maronite Church)

Turibius of Mogrovejo

Victorian, Frumentius and Companions

March 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship (Hungary and Poland)

Day of the Sea (Bolivia)

Family Day (South Africa)

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Day (Azerbaijan)

Pakistan Day (Pakistan)

Promised Messiah Day (Ahmadiyya)

World Meteorological Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

23.3.1912

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 40,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1912

Calendar
March 1912

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
9					1	2	3
10	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
12	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
13	25	26	27	28	29	30	31