This Day In History

March 23

St. Turibius

4004 BC  In 1654 Archbishop James Ussler calculated this date as the exact date of creation.
1743  George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah, had its London premiere.
1775  Patrick Henry exclaims "Give me liberty or give me death." during a speech in Virginia
1806  Lewis & Clark began their journey back east from the US Pacific coast.
1919  Benito Mussolini begins his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy.
1942  The US began imprisoning American citizens of Japanese descent in "detention centers."
1983  US President Reagan proposes the Strategic Defense Initiative (popularly known as "Star Wars").
1992  Nobel Peach Prize winner Friedrich von Hayek dies at age 92 in Freiburg, Germany.
1999  For the very first time since its creation in 1949, NATO forces in Europe, backed by the US, begin airstrikes against Yugoslavia for the invation and genocide of Albanian citizens.

1900   Psychoanalyst Erich Fromm
1908  Actress Joan Crawford

1960

• The Theme from "A Summer Place" - Percy Faith

• Wild One - Bobby Rydell

• Baby You've Got What it Takes - Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

• He'll Have to Go - Jim Reeves

1969

• Dizzy - Tommy Roe

• Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival

• Crimson and Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells

• Only the Lonely - Sonny James

1972

• Heart of Gold - Neil Young

• A Horse with No Name - America

• Precious and Few - Climax

• My Hang-Up is You - Freddie Hart

1982

• I Love Rock 'n Roll - Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

• Open Arms - Journey

• Sweet Dreams - Air Supply

• Mountain of Love - Charley Pride

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