March 23
This day in history:
- 2009 β FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
- 1889 β The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
- 1848 β The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded.
- 1540 β Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Births:
- 1950 β Corinne ClΓ©ry, French actress
- 1957 β Amanda Plummer, American actress
- 1338 β Emperor Go-KΕgon of Japan (d. 1374)
Deaths:
- 1910 β Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
- 1985 β Peter Charanis, Greek-American scholar and educator (b. 1908)
- 1992 β Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1949)
Holidays:
- World Meteorological Day
- Pakistan Day (Pakistan)
- Day of the Sea (Bolivia)
Random Article of the day:
List of historical separatist movements in Oceania