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What happened in history on this day: March 23?
On March 23 in ...
- 1910 - First race at Los Angeles Motordrome (first US auto speedway).
- 1926 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens outscore Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-4 in two games.
- 1930 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson.
- 1930 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner.
- 1938 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 Saint Louis Cardinals' minor league players.
- 1946 - 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina 43-40.
- 1952 - New York Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks; Mosienko scores three times in 21 seconds.
- 1956 - 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa 83-71; this is San Francisco's second consecutive national basketball championship.
- 1957 - 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Kansas 54-53 (three overtimes).
- 1962 - Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket versus West Indies age 21 years 77 days.
- 1962 - Wake Forest coach "Bones" McKinney becomes second person to play and coach.
- 1962 - William DeWitt buys Cincinnati Reds for US$4,625,000.
- 1963 - 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola beats Cincinnati 60-58 (overtime).
- 1968 - 30th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats North Carolina 78-55.
- 1969 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Charlotte Golf Invitational.
- 1972 - New York Yankees agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx.
- 1975 - Sue Roberts wins LPGA Bing Crosby International Golf Classic.
- 1979 - Larry Holmes TKOs Osvaldo Ocasio in 7 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1980 - Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket versus Pakistan.
- 1980 - Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA National Golf Tournament.
- 1982 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals.
- 1984 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa, Canada won by Underhill and Paul Martini (Canada).
- 1984 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa, Canada won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic).
- 1984 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa, Canada won by Scott Hamilton (USA).
- 1984 - Andrea Schöne skates ladies world record 3 km (4:00.91).
- 1984 - World Ice Dance Championship in Ottawa, Canada won by J Torvill and Chris Dean (Great Britain).
- 1985 - Betsy King wins LPGA Standard Register PING.
- 1986 - Penny Pulz wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open.
- 1990 - Howard Spira is arrested for extorting money from George Steinbrenner. The New York Yankees' owner paid Spira US$40,000 in January.
- 1991 - First World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Durham 9-3 and Montréal beats Birmingham 20-5.
- 1991 - Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12 metre).
- 1993 - New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl.
- 1994 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:08).
- 1994 - Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev.
- 1994 - Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Cleveland Indians' new ball park at Gateway for US$13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field).
- 1994 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored.
- 1997 - Laura Davies wins Standard Register PING Golf Tournament.
- 1997 - Phil Mickelson wins Bay Hill Golf Invitiational.
- 2003 - The 2003 Cricket World Cup ends as Australia wins over India by 125 runs in Centurion, South Africa.
- 2009 - Japan defeats South Korea 5-3 in the 2009 World Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
- 2022 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Chicago Blackhawks beats Anaheim Ducks by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats Colorado Avalanche by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Buffalo Sabres beats Pittsburgh Penguins by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats New Jersey Devils by score 3-2.
Births of sports figures on March 23
- 1911 - Birth of Richard Chapman; golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur).
- 1912 - Birth of Alfred Schwarzmann in Germany; gymnast (Olympics-2 golds-1936).
- 1921 - Birth of Donald Malcom Campbell in Surrey, United Kingdom; boat racer (1955 speed records).
- 1923 - Birth of Arnie Weinmeister; AAFC, NFL defensive tackle (New York Yankees, New York Giants).
- 1925 - Birth of Cees de Ruyter; European champion billiards player.
- 1929 - Birth of Roger Bannister in England; first to run a 4-minute mile (May 6, 1954).
- 1935 - Birth of Szilárd Kun in Hungary; rapid fire pistol (Olympics-silver-1952).
- 1937 - Birth of Craig Breedlove in Los Angeles, California, USA; auto-racing champion (600 MPH - Spirit of America).
- 1940 - Birth of Brian Hastings; cricket player (New Zealand batsman in 1970s).
- 1943 - Birth of Gail Goodrich; NBA star (Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns).
- 1944 - Birth of Salim Altaf; cricket player (Pakistan medium-pacer in 21 Tests 1967-78).
- 1948 - Birth of Wasim Bari; cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistan's most successful).
- 1951 - Birth of Dick Mast in Bluffton, Ohio, USA; Nike golfer (1990 Mississippi Gulf Coast).
- 1954 - Birth of Moses Malone; NBA all star center (Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia '76ers).
- 1955 - Birth of Cindy Olavarri in Pleasant Hills, California, USA; cyclist (7-Eleven team).
- 1957 - Birth of Sheila Rena Ingram in Washington, DC, USA; 4X400 metre relay racer (Olympics-silver-1976).
- 1962 - Birth of Johan Steur; soccer player (FC Volendam).
- 1963 - Birth of Ana Quirot in Cuba; 800 metre runner (Olympics-bronze/silver-1992, 1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Kim Williams in Bethesda, Maryland, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Heartland-26th).
- 1965 - Birth of Dante Jones; NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos).
- 1965 - Birth of Daren Puppa in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada; NHL goalie (Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 1965 - Birth of Wayne Presley in Detroit, Michigan, USA; NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs).
- 1966 - Birth of James Saxon; NFL fullback (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1966 - Birth of Mike Remlinger in Middletown, New York, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1967 - Birth of David Ford in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; kayaker (Olympics-15-1992, 1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Atul Wassan; cricket player (Indian pace bowler 1989-90).
- 1968 - Birth of Curtis Mayfield; Canadian Football League receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1968 - Birth of David Maeva; Canadian Football League linebacker (British Columbia Lions).
- 1968 - Birth of Mark Maddox; linebacker (Buffalo Bills).
- 1968 - Birth of Mike Atherton; cricket player (Lancashire batsman and England captain).
- 1970 - Birth of Carl Pickens; NFL wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1970 - Birth of Turhon O'Bannon; Canadian Football League receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1971 - Birth of Alexander Selivanov in Moscow, Russia; NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 1971 - Birth of Chris Lipuma in Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA; NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 1971 - Birth of Demetrius DuBose; NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1971 - Birth of Hiroyoshi Yamamoto; wrestler (NJPW).
- 1972 - Birth of Jonas Bjorkman in Vaxjo, Sweden; tennis star (Davis Cup 1994).
- 1972 - Birth of Ryan Kuwabara; hockey forward (Team Japan 1998).
- 1973 - Birth of David Vaughn; NBA forward (Orlando Magic, San Francisco Warriors).
- 1973 - Birth of Igor Nikitin; hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998).
- 1973 - Birth of Jason Kidd; NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks).
- 1973 - Birth of Kathy Carboy in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; diver (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Naoko Sawamatsu in Nishinomiya, Japan; tennis star (1994 Singapore).
- 1973 - Birth of Rob Lazeo; Canadian Football League offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1974 - Birth of Eric Washington; NBA guard (Denver Nuggets).
- 1974 - Birth of Scott Galyon; linebacker (New York Giants).
- 1974 - Birth of Tony Alberda; Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Emmen).
- 1975 - Birth of Rita Grande in Napoli, Italy; tennis star (3rd round 1996 Australian Open).
- 1976 - Birth of Nolan Baumgartner in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals).
- 1982 - Birth of Tomasz Kuszczak; Polish football (soccer) goalkeeper.
Deaths of sports figures on March 23
- 1906 - Victor Barton, cricket player (scored 23 in Test England versus South Africa 1892), dies.
- 1950 - Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies.
- 1961 - A C Russell, cricket player (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies.
- 1963 - American boxer Davey Moore dies seconds after being knocked-out in feather-weight boxing championship at age 29.
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