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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 23
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Bryan Bass; headmaster (City of London School).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Mark Rydell in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Havana, Punchline, Long Goodbye).
- 90th: 1934 - US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Michael Nyman; composer (Mesmer, Carrington).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Salim Altaf; cricket player (Pakistan medium-pacer in 21 Tests 1967-78).
- 80th: 1944 - Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die.
- 80th: 1944 - O C Wingate, British General-Major (Burma), dies in air crash.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Moses Malone; NBA all star center (Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia '76ers).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Hope Davis; actress (Six Degrees).
- 60th: 1964 - UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva, Switzerland.
- 60th: 1964 - Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at age 66.
- 60th: 1964 - Death of Peter Lorre at age 59 of a stroke; host (Mystery in The Air radio show, Nightmare radio show), actor (Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Suspense radio show, Playhouse 90 TV show, Climax show, 77 Sunset Strip TV show, The Red Skelton Show TV show, Casino Royale, Maltese Falcon, Raven).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Eric Washington; NBA guard (Denver Nuggets).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Scott Galyon; linebacker (New York Giants).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Tony Alberda; Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Emmen).
- 40th: 1984 - Warner Bros. releases the film Police Academy to theaters.
- 40th: 1984 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa, Canada won by Underhill and Paul Martini (Canada).
- 40th: 1984 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa, Canada won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic).
- 40th: 1984 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa, Canada won by Scott Hamilton (USA).
- 40th: 1984 - General Rahimuddin Khan becomes the first man in Pakistan's history to rule over two of its provinces, after becoming interim Governor of Sindh.
- 40th: 1984 - Andrea Schöne skates ladies world record 3 km (4:00.91).
- 40th: 1984 - World Ice Dance Championship in Ottawa, Canada won by J Torvill and Chris Dean (Great Britain).
- 30th: 1994 - Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at age 80.
- 30th: 1994 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:08).
- 30th: 1994 - Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev.
- 30th: 1994 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican Presidential candidate, assassinated at age 44 (born 1950).
- 30th: 1994 - Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Cleveland Indians' new ball park at Gateway for US$13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field).
- 30th: 1994 - Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed).
- 30th: 1994 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored.
- 25th: 1999 - Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
- 15th: 2009 - Suncor Energy announces it will buy Petro-Canada for CDN$18.43 billion (US$15.1 billion) to create Canada's biggest oil company.
- 15th: 2009 - Japan defeats South Korea 5-3 in the 2009 World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
- 10th: 2014 - Death of Adolfo Suárez, 138th Prime Minister of Spain (born 1932).
- 5th: 2019 - The final territory of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, located in Al-Baghuz Fawqani, Syria, is liberated.
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