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Historical Events
on March 23rd
- Lead Story
- OK enters national vernacular,1839
- American Revolution
- Patrick Henry voices American opposition to British policy,1775
- Automotive
- Craig Breedlove, land-speed record holder, born,1937
- Civil War
- Jackson is defeated at Kernstown,1862
- Cold War
- Reagan calls for new antimissile technology,1983
- Crime
- Two men sentenced in murder of former Chilean diplomat,1979
- Disaster
- Tornadoes devastate Nebraska,1913
- General Interest
- Mussolini founds the Fascist party,1919
- Artificial-heart patient dies,1983
- Leading Mexican presidential candidate assassinated,1994
- Hollywood
- James Cameron's Titanic wins 11 Academy Awards,1998
- Literary
- Thomas Harris delivers Hannibal manuscript,1999
- Music
- Jim Morrison prompts a "Rally for Decency",1969
- Old West
- Lewis and Clark depart Fort Clatsop,1806
- Presidential
- Jackie Kennedy receives horse from governor of Pakistan,1962
- Sports
- Wayne Gretzky scores number 802,1994
- Vietnam War
- U.S. plane shot down over Laos,1961
- Prince Sihanouk issues a call for arms,1970
- World War I
- Paris hit by shells from new German gun,1918
- World War II
- Germans slaughter Italian civilians,1944
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