This is a list of selected March 23 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.
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1400 – The Trần Dynasty of Vietnam was deposed after 175 years of rule by Ho Quy Ly, a court official. | tagged for cleanup |
1775 – American Revolution: Patrick Henry made his " Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses, urging military action against the British Empire. | {{ prose}} |
1868 – Governor of California Henry Huntly Haight signed a law establishing the University of California, today a public university system that is considered a model for public institutions across the United States. | Tagged with {{ refimprove}} |
1801 – Tsar Alexander I acceded to the Russian throne after his father Paul I was murdered in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle. | Tagged with {{ refimprove}} |
1933 – The German Reichstag passed the Enabling Act, essentially giving German Chancellor Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers by granting him and the Cabinet the authority to enact laws without the participation of the Reichstag. | Tagged with {{ refimprove}} |
1965 – NASA launched Gemini 3, the first American two-person space flight. | refimprove |
1994 – Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed into a hillside in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, after the pilot's 15-year-old son, while seated at the controls, had unknowingly disabled the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board. | refimprove |
1994 – Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was assassinated during a meeting on his presidential campaign in Tijuana. | no footnotes |
1996 – Lee Teng-hui was elected President of the Republic of China in the first direct presidential election in Taiwan. | refimprove section |
March 23: Earth Hour (20:30 local time in various areas, 2013); Republic Day in Pakistan ( 1956); Day of Hungarian–Polish Friendship in Hungary and Poland
This is a list of selected March 23 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.
Use only ONE image at a time
Blurb | Reason |
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1400 – The Trần Dynasty of Vietnam was deposed after 175 years of rule by Ho Quy Ly, a court official. | tagged for cleanup |
1775 – American Revolution: Patrick Henry made his " Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses, urging military action against the British Empire. | {{ prose}} |
1868 – Governor of California Henry Huntly Haight signed a law establishing the University of California, today a public university system that is considered a model for public institutions across the United States. | Tagged with {{ refimprove}} |
1801 – Tsar Alexander I acceded to the Russian throne after his father Paul I was murdered in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle. | Tagged with {{ refimprove}} |
1933 – The German Reichstag passed the Enabling Act, essentially giving German Chancellor Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers by granting him and the Cabinet the authority to enact laws without the participation of the Reichstag. | Tagged with {{ refimprove}} |
1965 – NASA launched Gemini 3, the first American two-person space flight. | refimprove |
1994 – Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed into a hillside in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, after the pilot's 15-year-old son, while seated at the controls, had unknowingly disabled the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board. | refimprove |
1994 – Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was assassinated during a meeting on his presidential campaign in Tijuana. | no footnotes |
1996 – Lee Teng-hui was elected President of the Republic of China in the first direct presidential election in Taiwan. | refimprove section |
March 23: Earth Hour (20:30 local time in various areas, 2013); Republic Day in Pakistan ( 1956); Day of Hungarian–Polish Friendship in Hungary and Poland