What are the important events that happened on March 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 23: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 23 is the 83^rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 283 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 10, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,711,152,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontatrigon’ day.

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 312 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,110 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 23 Historical Events

• 1801 –
  Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael’s Castle.
• 1868 –
  The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.
• 1889 –
  The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India.
• 1909 –
  Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
• 1962 –
  Ship NS, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace initiative.
• 1965 –
  NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States’ first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
• 1994 –
  Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot’s fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board.
• 1994 –
  At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.
• 2001 –
  The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
• 2005 –
  Texas City Refinery explosion: During a test on a distillation tower liquid waste builds up and flows out of a blowout tower. Waste fumes ignite and explode killing 15 workers.

Who were born on March 23?

• 1430 –
  Margaret of Anjou, queen consort of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)
• 1862 –
  Nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d. 1950)
• 1868 –
  Dietrich Eckart, early supporter of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party and member of Thule Society (d. 1923)
• 1874 –
  J. C. Leyendecker, German American Illustrator (d. 1951)
• 1905 –
  Lale Andersen, German singer and cabaretist (d. 1972)
• 1948 –
  David Olney, American musician
• 1949 –
  Roland Lee, American artist
• 1957 –
  Teresa Ganzel, American actress
• 1971 –
  Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1980 –
  Itay Tiran, Israeli actor

Who died on March 23?

• 1103 –
  Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)
• 1606 –
  Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (b. 1547)
• 1675 –
  Anthoni van Noordt, Dutch composer and organist (b. 1619)
• 1955 –
  Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1979 –
  Ted Anderson, English footballer (b. 1911)
• 1980 –
  Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (b. 1928)
• 1985 –
  Ben Hardwick, Britain’s youngest liver transplant patient (b. 1982)
• 1994 –
  Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (b. 1921)
• 2006 –
  Cindy Walker, American singer, songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)
• 2006 –
  Desmond Doss, American soldier and first conscientious objector Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)