March 23 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | March 23 Calendar
March 23th Daily Holidays include:
- Cuddly Kitten Day
- National Chia Day
- National Chip and Dip Day
- National Melba Toast Day
- National Organize Your Home Office
- National Puppy Day – (Normally observed on March 23)
- National Tamale Day
- Near Miss Day
- OK Day
- Ravenclaw Pride Day
- World Meteorological Day
March 23: Famous Birthdays
- March 23, 1645 – William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)
- March 23, 1904 – Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977)
- March 23, 1924 – Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor of liquid paper (d. 1980)
- March 23, 1959 – Catherine Keener, American actress ( Being John Malkovich Capote, Into the Wild)
- March 23, 1965 – Richard Grieco, American actor and model (21 Jump Street, Booker)
- March 23, 1976 – Michelle Monaghan, American actress (Made of Honor)
- March 23, 1976 – Keri Russell, American actress (Felicity, The Americans)
- March 23, 1990 – Princess Eugenie of York, younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York
March 23: Historical Events
- March 23, 1775 – Patrick Henry delivers his speech, “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!” at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia
- March 23, 1839 – 1st recorded use of “OK” [oll korrect] in the Boston’s Morning Post (Today is OK Day!)
- March 23, 1840 – Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon
- March 23, 1868 – The University of California is founded in Oakland, California
- March 23, 1901 – Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast (Today is National Melba Toast Day!)
- March 23, 1909 – Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa sponsored by National Geographic, and the Smithsonian Institute
- March 23, 1919 – Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan Italy
- March 23, 1929 – 1st telephone installed in White House
- March 23, 1934 – US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945
- March 23, 1945 – Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 US Navy ships bomb Okinawa
- March 23, 1950 – UN World Meteorological Org established (Today is World Meteorological Day)
- March 23, 1956 – Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world
- March 23, 1957 – US army sells last homing pigeons
- March 23, 1987 – US offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf
March 23: Music Events
- March 23, 1973 – Yoko Ono (wife of John Lennon of The Beatles), is granted permanent residence in US
- March 23, 1974 – Cher’s Dark Lady hits #1
- March 23, 1977 – Daryl Hall & John Oates’ Rich Girl hits #1
- March 23, 1981 – Blondie’s Rapture hits #1
- March 23, 1983 – Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean hits #1
- March 23, 1985 – Julian Lennon’s 1st concert in San Antonio Texas (John Lennon’s son)
- March 23, 1985 – John Fogerty’s Centerfield album hits #1
- March 23, 1991 – R.E.M.’s album Out of Time hits #1 in the UK
- March 23, 1996 – Celine Dion’s Because You Loved Me hits #1
- March 23, 2004 – With Confessions, Usher becomes the first R&B artist to have an album sell 1.1 million copies in its first week
- March 23, 2008 – Jack Johnson’s fifth album, Sleep Through the Static, hits #1
March 23: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for March 23 is Aries.
March Birthstone:
What is the March Birthstone? Aquamarine
The modern birthstone representing March is aquamarine. Famed for millennia for its pure and even blue or blue-green color, potentially large size, and sparkling clarity, the aquamarine has been a valued gem to many cultures.
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