March 23
People born on this day are Aries.
- 2003
Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
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Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India.
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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.
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The Affordable Care Act becomes law in the United States.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) reports cases of Ebola in the forested rural region of southeastern Guinea, marking the beginning of the largest Ebola outbreak in history.
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President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns from the presidency amid a mass corruption scandal before certain impeachment by the opposition-majority Congress of Peru.
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The Kazakh capital of Astana is renamed to Nur-Sultan.
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The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces capture the town of Baghuz in Eastern Syria, declaring military victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant after four years of fighting, although the group maintains a scattered presence and sleeper cells across Syria and Iraq.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson puts the United Kingdom into its first national lockdown in response to COVID-19.
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A container ship runs aground and obstructs the Suez Canal for six days.
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Israel Defense Forces kill 15 aid workers in the Rafah paramedic massacre.
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An Aerospace Force Lockheed C-130 crashes during take-off in Puerto Leguízamo, Colombia, killing 69 people.
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2001Anna Hall, American world champion heptathlete
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1997Ben Manenti, Australian cricketer
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1996Alexander Albon, Thai-British race car driver
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1996Joel Kiviranta, Finnish ice hockey player
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1995Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist
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1995Victoria Pedretti, American actress
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1995Ozan Tufan, Turkish footballer
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1994Nick Powell, English footballer
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1994Oskar Sundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
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1993Quinn Cook, American basketball player
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1993Tomáš Hyka, Czech ice hockey player
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1993Dmitrij Jaškin, Russian-Czech ice hockey player
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