March 23

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[edit] Events

  1. 1801 - Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle.
  2. 1919 - In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
  3. 1933 - The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.

[edit] Births

  1. 1645 - William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701)
  2. 1868 - Dietrich Eckart, early supporter of NSDAP and member of the Thule Society (d. 1923)
  3. 1915 - Vasily Zaytsev Soviet sniper in WWII.

[edit] Deaths

  1. 1555 - Pope Julius III (b. 1487)
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