Historical Anniversaries this Week

March 23

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (died 1917)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet and activist (died 1924)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, Burmese poet, writer and political leader (died 1964)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Chris Hoy, Scottish cyclist^[42]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Smriti Irani, Indian actress, producer and politician, Indian Minister of Human Resource Development

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle racer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Michelle Monaghan, American actress^[43]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player^[44]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Keri Russell, American actress^[30]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Benny Sa, Chinese television host

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian race car driver

Commemorations:
World Meteorological Day

March 24

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a seven-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.^[60][61]

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Matilda Joslyn Gage, American activist and author (died 1898)^[117]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Desmond Connell, Irish cardinal (died 2017)^[186]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)^[187]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – William Porter, American hurdler (died 2000)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Aaron Brooks, American football player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Aliou Cissé, Senegalese footballer and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Athanasios Kostoulas, Greek footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Peyton Manning, American football player and entrepreneur^[217]

 Deaths (250 years ago today): 1776 – John Harrison, English carpenter and clockmaker, invented the Marine chronometer (born 1693)^[98]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (born 1872)^[304][305]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (born 1887)^[328][329]

Commemorations:
World Tuberculosis Day

March 25

 Events (450 years ago today): 1576 – Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.

 Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – American Revolutionary War – American Patriots conduct a Raid on Tybee Island, primarily seeking to capture runaway slaves who sought refuge with British forces stationed there.^[15]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (died 1957)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (died 2014)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – László Papp, Hungarian boxer (died 2003)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Shirley Jean Rickert, American actress (died 2009)^[36]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and politician (died 1999)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Francie Bellew, Irish footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Lars Figura, German sprinter

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Rima Wakarua, New Zealand-Italian rugby player

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator (born 1888)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (born 1890)

Commemorations:
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

March 26

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – William of Wied, prince of Albania (died 1945)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Kate Richards O'Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor (died 1948)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Amy Smart, American actress and former model

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Alex Varas, Chilean footballer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Eirik Verås Larsen, Norwegian sprint kayaker^[41]

 Deaths (700 years ago today): 1326 – Alessandra Giliani, anatomist (born c. 1307)

 Deaths (300 years ago today): 1726 – John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (born 1664)

 Deaths (250 years ago today): 1776 – Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (born 1725)

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1852)

March 27

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – The first section of the Washington Metro opens to the public.^[12]

 Births (350 years ago today): 1676 – Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (died 1735)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Frank O'Hara, American writer (died 1966)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Roberta Anastase, Romanian politician, 57th President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Danny Fortson, American basketball player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Adrian Anca, Romanian footballer

 Deaths (350 years ago today): 1676 – Bernardino de Rebolledo, Spanish poet, soldier, and diplomat (born 1597)

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Kick Kelly, American baseball player, manager, and umpire (born 1856)

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 – Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1887)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Georg August Zinn, German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Hesse (born 1901)

March 28

 Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.^[8]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (died 2014)^[123]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (died 2006)^[124]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Richard Arlen, American actor (born 1899)^[260]

March 29

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (died 1900)^[64]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Vladimir Bolotin, Russian physicist (died 2008)^[113]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player^[215]

 Deaths (200 years ago today): 1826 – Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator and academic (born 1751)^[257]