Re: Bakers Dozen 2015.2 : Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:51 pm
13 famous events which occurred on March 23 ...1. 1888 - The Football League, the world's oldest professional Association Football league, meets for the first time
2. 2007 - Emma Watson signs on to appear as Hermione in the final three Harry Potter films
3. 1919 - Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement in Milan
4. 1972 - Evel Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars
5. 2001 - The Russian Mir space station breaks up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji
6. 1984 - Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill & Chris Dean (GRB)
7. 1998 - James Cameron’s Titanic wins 11 Academy Awards
8. 1994 - Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev
9. 2003 – Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq
10. 1743 - George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London
11. 1857 - The first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway, New York City
12. 1901 - Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast
13. 1978 - The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for a peacekeeping mission
