CoM Moderators Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1752 - Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, dies 2 days later 1861 - London's 1st tramcars, designed by Mr Train of NY, begins operating 1931 - Indian independence fighters Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged after conducting an assassination and a bombing. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused. 1933 - Kroll Opera in Berlin opens 1950 - "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 performances 1980 - PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass Country Club (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida): Lee Trevino wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Ben Crenshaw 1981 - US Supreme Court upholds law making statutory rape a crime only for men 1988 - Geffen Records releases "Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 13th studio album 2019 - More than 130 Fulani people killed in Ogossagou, Mali, in attack by Dogon hunters, prompting government ban on the hunters 2023 - Canada records record population growth (+2.7%), adding 1 million people in 2022, mostly through immigration More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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