On This Day in History March 23, 2023

Historical Events 1490  1st dated edition of Maimonides "Mishneh Torah", a code of Jewish religious law is published 1775  Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death" in speech in favour of Virginian troops joining US Revolutionary war 1919  8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party re-establishes a five-member Politburo which becomes the center of political power in the Soviet Union. Original members Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Lev Kamenev and Nikolai Krestinsky 1933  Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers 1945  Battle of Okinawa: US Navy ships bomb the Japanese island of Okinawa in preparation for the Allied invasion; it would become the largest battle of the Pacific War in World War II 2019  Syrian Democratic Forces announce that the last Islamic State territory has been retaken raising flags in Baghuz, Syria and ending the five-year Islamic State "caliphate" More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Akira Kurosawa 1910 - 1998 James Bradley 1693 - 1762 Roger Bannister 1929 - 2018 Wernher von Braun 1912 - 1977 More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Agrippina the Younger 15 AD - 59 AD Peter the Cruel 1334 - 1369 More Famous Deaths March 23: Tsar Goes a Step Too Far For over 300 years Russia’s famous Romanov family possessed fabulous wealth and power, but it wasn’t enough to keep them out of reach of assassins. Read the Article