Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 23
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March 23: Republic Day in Pakistan (1956)
- 1775 - American Revolution: Patrick Henry (pictured) made his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
- 1801 - Tsar Alexander I acceded to the Russian throne after his father Paul I was brutally murdered.
- 1940 - Pakistan Movement: The All India Muslim League adopted the Lahore Resolution.
- 1978 - The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for a peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
- 1996 - Lee Teng-hui was elected President of the Republic of China in the first direct presidential election in Taiwan.
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