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Saturday, March 23, 2013

This was 82nd day of the year and 283 days remained in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 12 Nisan 5773
Chinese calendar — the 12th day of the 2nd month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

March 23 Birthdays

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Pronunciation: [äkE´rä kOOrO´säwä]
1910–1998, Japanese film director, scriptwriter, and producer, born in Tokyo.

John Bartram
botanist (1699)

Pierre Simon Laplace
astronomer and mathematician (1749)

William Smith
geologist (1769)

Juan Gris
artist (1887)

Erich Fromm
psychoanalyst and author (1900)

Joan Crawford
actress (1908)

Wernher von Braun
scientist (1912)

Donald Malcolm Campbell
automobile and boat racer (1921)

Roger Bannister
physician, athlete (1929)

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March 23 in History

1775

Patrick Henry declared "Give me liberty, or give me death."

1806

Lewis and Clark began their return journey east.

1919

Benito Mussolini founded his own party in Italy, the Fasci di Combattimento.

1983

U.S. President Ronald Reagan proposed a space-based missile defense system called the Strategic Defense Initiative or “Star Wars.”

1998

The motion picture epic “Titanic” won 11 Oscars at the 70th Academy Awards, tying it with “Ben-Hur” for the most ever.

2001

Russia's Mir space station ended its 15-year orbit of the Earth, splashing down in the South Pacific.

2003

A U.S. Army convoy was ambushed in Iraq with 11 killed and seven captured, including Pfc. Jessica Lynch.

2010

President Barack Obama signed a health-care overhaul bill, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, into law.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.