March 23rd, 1949

Born on March 23rd, 1949

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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

Born on March 23rd, 1949

75

Trevor Jones

South African film score composer

*March 23rd, 1949, Cape Town

70

Ric Ocasek

American musician

*March 23rd, 1949, Baltimore †September 15th, 2019, Manhattan

64

Max Stadler

German politician (1949-2013)

*March 23rd, 1949, Passau †May 12th, 2013, Thyrnau

73

Thomas Aumüller

German judge and jurist

*March 23rd, 1949, Frankfurt †December 10th, 2022

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

86

Paul Valentine

American actor (1919-2006)

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

74

Corinne Cléry

French actress

*March 23rd, 1950, Paris

58

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

67

Amanda Plummer

American actress

*March 23rd, 1957, New York City

70

Erik De Vlaeminck

Belgian cyclist

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

62

Steve Redgrave

British rower

*March 23rd, 1962, Marlow

54

Gianni Infantino Riovaldi

Swiss-Italian football administrator

*March 23rd, 1970, Brig-Glis

60

Hope Davis

American actress

*March 23rd, 1964, Englewood

30

JP Saxe

Canadian musician and singer

*March 23rd, 1994, Toronto

67

Cedric Gibbons

American art director (1890–1960)

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

73

Joan Crawford

American actress (1904–1977)

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

73

Jörg Landvoigt

East German rower

*March 23rd, 1951, Brandenburg an der Havel

82

Michael Haneke

Austrian film director and screenwriter

*March 23rd, 1942, Munich

41

Mo Farah

British track and field athlete

*March 23rd, 1983, Gabiley

68

José Manuel Durão Barroso

Portuguese politician and teacher (born 1956)

*March 23rd, 1956, Lisbon

71

Chaka Khan

American singer (born. 1953)

*March 23rd, 1953, Chicago

88

Roger Bannister

English physician and athlete

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

21

Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

Icelandic association football player

*March 23rd, 2003, Sutton Coldfield

46

Perez Hilton

American actor and blogger

*March 23rd, 1978, Miami

65

Catherine Keener

American actress

*March 23rd, 1959, Miami

Same year
Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

74

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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

Born on March 23rd, 1949
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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