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| March 23rd |
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| About March 23rd 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 calendar year. Births 1823 - Schuyler Colfax, 17th U.S. Vice President 1905 - Joan Crawford, actress (Sudden Fear, Possessed) 1923 - Arnie Weinmeister, Hall of Fame defensive tackle 1955 - Moses Malone, Hall of Fame basketball player 1964 - Hope Davis, actress (About Schmidt) 1976 - Keri Russell, actress, dancer (Felicity) 1976 - Michelle Monaghan, actress (Mission: Impossible III) 1985 - Maurice Jones-Drew, professional football player Deaths 1555 - Pope Julius III, Pope from 1550 to 1555 1965 - Mae Murray, silent film era actress 1977 - Joe Stydahar, Hall of Fame offensive tackle 2006 - Cindy Walker, country music singer, songwriter Events 1775 - Patrick Henry delivers his "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia. 1942 - The U.S. government begins moving Japanese-Americans from their West Coast homes to detention centers during World War II. 1965 - NASA launches Gemini 3 from Cape Kennedy, the United States first two-man space flight. 1983 - President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles, dubbed as "Star Wars" by its opponents. 1994 - Wayne Gretzky breaks Gordie Howe's National Hockey League career record with his 802nd goal. 2001 - Russia's orbiting Mir space station ends its 15-year odyssey by plunging into the southern Pacific Ocean. |
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