What happend on 23rd March

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24.03
1983

Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.

1978

The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.

1965

NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).

1963

In London, United Kingdom, Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann win the eighth Eurovision Song Contest for Denmark singing "Dansevise" (Dancing tune).

1962

NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, was launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace initiative.

1956

Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world.

1942

World War II: In the Indian Ocean, Japanese forces capture the Andaman Islands.

1940

The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All India Muslim League.

1935

Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

1933

The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.