March 23

Saturday 23, 1996:

Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President

Thursday 23, 1989:

A 1,000-foot diameter Near-Earth asteroid misses the Earth by 400,000 miles.

Saturday 23, 1940:

The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All India Muslim League.

Monday 23, 1931:

Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt embrace the gallows during the Indian struggle for independence. Their request to be shot by a firing squad is refused.

Saturday 23, 1839:

First recorded use of "OK" as an abbreviation for "oll korrect" in the Boston Morning Post.