What happend on 23rd March

22.03
24.03
1931

Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused.

1919

In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.

1909

Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.

1903

The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of one of the first successful airplanes after much hard work.

1889

The free Woolwich Ferry officially opens in east London.

1889

Land run: President Benjamin Harrison opens Oklahoma to white settlement starting on April 22.

1868

The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law.

1857

Death of Emile L'Angelier in Glasgow, Scotland -- possibly by the hand of Madeleine Smith.

1857

Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway, New York City.

1848

The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.