- 1775] Liberty rules: Patrick Henry calls for America's independence from Britain, telling the Virginia Provincial Convention: "Give me liberty of give me death."...
- 1839] OK?: The first recorded use of "OK" is used in the Boston Morning Post...
- 1857] Going up?: Elisha Otis installs the first modern passenger elevator in a public building at the corner of Broome & Broadway in Manhattan...1858] Eleazer A. Gardner of Philadelphia patents the cable streetcar and then is escorted out of his neighborhood when neighbors find out that his name is Eleazer...
- 1942] Evacuation day: With WWII being fought, the U.S. Government begins evacuating Japanese-Americans from West Coast homes to detention centers...
- 1950] You can beat this: "Beat The Clock" premieres on CBS-TV, hosted by Bud Collyer. The original show will run through February, 1958 when the show switches to ABC-TV until January, 1961. The show goes into syndication and continues to run until September of 1979...
- 1983] Star Wars: President Ronald Reagan proposes the Strategic Defense Initiative aka "Star Wars."...
- 1983] "Happy Trails": 61-year old Dr. Barney Clark, a retired dentist dies after living 112 days with a permanent artificial heart...
- 1989] Guilty as charged: Joel Steinberg is sentenced to 25 years for killing his adopted daughter. After serving some time he is released and is now a construction worker in Harlem...
- 1998] Hold the ice: "Titanic" wins 11 Oscars tying "Ben-Hur" and "The Lord of The Rings (the Return of the King)" with the most Academy Awards in history...
- 2003] Saving Private Lynch: A U.S. Army maintenance convoy is ambushed in Iraq with 11 soldiers killed and 7, including Pfc. Jessica Lynch, captured...2008] The death toll in Iraq reaches 4,000...For more on March 23rd:
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