Historical Events for 23rd March 2026

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1867 - Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto
1880 - Flour rolling mill patent is issued to John Stevens of Wisconsin
1919 - Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, designated as the first autonomous republic of Soviet Russia
1972 - Geoge Harrison and Friends' "The Concert for Bangladesh" concert film, directed by Saul Swimmer released in the US
1998 - 70th Academy Awards: "Titanic", Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt win
2016 - GPR investigation of Shakespeare's tomb at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford concludes the Bard's skull probably has been stolen
2019 - More than 130 Fulani people killed in Ogossagou, Mali, in attack by Dogon hunters, prompting government ban on the hunters
2021 - Brazil's daily COVID-19 death toll passes 3,000 (3,251) for the first time (298,676 total deaths reported) as country's Supreme Court blocks President Jair Bolsonaro overturning local restrictions

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