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March 23 is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 283 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
Pakistan Day (Urdu: یومِ پاکستان, lit. Yaum-e-Pakistan) or Pakistan Resolution Day, also Republic Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan primarily commemorating the adoption of the first Constitution of Pakistan during the transition of the Dominion of Pakistan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 23 March 1956 making Pakistan the world's first Islamic republic.
23–27 March. On Monday, 23 March 2020, Asia-Pacific stock markets closed up while European and U.S. stock markets closed mostly down. Oil prices rose, while the yields on 10-year and 30-year U.S. Treasury securities fell to 0.82% and 1.34% respectively.
The February Revolution ( Russian: Февральская революция ), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution [note 1] and sometimes as the March Revolution, [a] was the first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917. The main events of the revolution took place in and near Petrograd ...
Battle of Nasiriyah. A USMC Assault Amphibious Vehicle destroyed at Nasiriyah, Iraq, in a maintenance area. 11 April 2003. The Battle of Nasiriyah was fought between the US 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Iraqi forces from 23 March to 2 April 2003 during the US-led invasion of Iraq. On the night of 24–25 March, the bulk of the Marines of ...
March 1, 1939 (Wednesday) A munitions dump exploded in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan. Early estimates put the dead at over 200 people dead and almost 500 wounded. [1] The Papal conclave to elect a new pope began. The drama film The Little Princess starring Shirley Temple premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
Current events/2021 March 23. Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani rejects the United States peace plans, but says that he is open to holding a new presidential election in six months. ( Business Recorder) Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar says that China is working closely with the country to restore peace there.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Mexico and is greeted by thousands in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, and is also greeted by President Felipe Calderón. (BBC) During his pastoral visit in Mexico the Pope Benedict XVI is expected to address the problem of drug trafficking and the associated violence. (Catholic World News), (National Catholic Reporter ...