On this day: 23 March

Selected events and births on 23 March, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1400 – After 175 years of rule, the Trần dynasty of Vietnam was deposed by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. Read more: Trần dynasty Hồ Quý Ly
• 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. Read more: Henry Huntly Haight University of California Public university
• 1888 – Chaired by William McGregor, a meeting of ten English football clubs was held in London, eventually resulting in the establishment of the Football League. Read more: William McGregor (football) Association football English Football League
• 1889 – Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founded the Ahmadiyya Islamic religious movement in British India. Read more: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Ahmadiyya British Raj
• 1919 – Benito Mussolini and his supporters founded the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, the predecessor of the National Fascist Party. Read more: Benito Mussolini Fasci Italiani di Combattimento National Fascist Party
• 1977 – British journalist David Frost began a series of interviews with former U.S. president Richard Nixon, starting with the Watergate scandal. Read more: David Frost David Frost's interviews with Richard Nixon Richard Nixon
• 1993 – The demolition of Kowloon Walled City, a densely crowded slum in Hong Kong, began. Read more: Kowloon Walled City
• 1996 – Lee Teng-hui was elected President of the Republic of China in the first direct presidential election in Taiwan. Read more: Lee Teng-hui President of the Republic of China 1996 Taiwanese presidential election
• 2001 – The Russian space agency deorbited the space station Mir, causing it to reenter the Earth's atmosphere and break up over the Pacific Ocean. Read more: Roscosmos Deorbit of Mir Mir
• 2021 – A container ship ran aground and obstructed the Suez Canal for six days. Read more: 2021 Suez Canal obstruction Suez Canal

Born on this day

• 1951 – Adrian Reynard, English businessman, founded Reynard Motorsport Read more: Adrian Reynard Reynard Motorsport
• 1952 – Rex Tillerson, American businessman, engineer and diplomat; 69th United States Secretary of State Read more: Rex Tillerson United States Secretary of State
• 1954 – Kenneth Cole, American fashion designer, founded Kenneth Cole Productions Read more: Kenneth Cole (designer) Kenneth Cole Productions
• 1956 – José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese academic and politician, 115th Prime Minister of Portugal Read more: José Manuel Barroso Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1957 – Lucio Gutiérrez, Ecuadorian politician, 52nd President of Ecuador Read more: Lucio Gutiérrez President of Ecuador
• 1960 – Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen, Scottish lawyer and politician, 2nd Deputy First Minister of Scotland Read more: Nicol Stephen Deputy First Minister of Scotland
• 1970 – Gianni Infantino, Swiss-Italian football administrator, president of FIFA Read more: Gianni Infantino List of presidents of FIFA
• 1976 – Smriti Irani, Indian actress, producer and politician, Indian Minister of Human Resource Development Read more: Smriti Irani Ministry of Education (India)
• 1996 – Alexander Albon, Thai-British race car driver Read more: Alex Albon
• 1996 – Joel Kiviranta, Finnish ice hockey player Read more: Joel Kiviranta
• 1997 – Ben Manenti, Australian cricketer Read more: Ben Manenti
• 2001 – Anna Hall, American world champion heptathlete Read more: Anna Hall (heptathlete) Heptathlon

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / March 23 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.