MARCH 23RD HISTORY ARCHIVE

March 23, 1775
- American Revolutionary
War Patrick Henry delivers his
famous speech - "Gives me
Liberty or give me Death",
at St. John's Church in
Richmond Virginia.

March 23, 1840
- Draper took first successfully
photo of the MOON
(daguerreotype).

March 23, 1857
- Elisha Otis installed the first
modern passenger elevator in the
5-story Haughwout and Co. building
at 488 Broadway in New York City.

March 23, 1889
- The Ahmadiya Muslim community is
established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
in Qadian India.

March 23, 1880
- John Stevens of Neenah, Wils,
patented the grain crushing mill.
This mill allowed flour production
to increase by 70 percent.

March 23, 1903
- The Wright brothers obtained an
airplane patent.

March 23, 1919
- Benito Mussolini founded his
Fascist political movement in
Milan, Italy.

March 23, 1933
- The Reichstag passes the Enabling
act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany.

March 23, 1950
- UN World Meteorological Organisation
was established.