Disaster · March 23, 2021

2021 Suez Canal obstruction

Name: 2021 Suez Canal obstruction
Start: 2021-03-23
Location: Suez Canal, Egypt

5 years ago · Suez Canal, Egypt

5th anniversary

The Suez Canal was blocked for six days from 23 to 29 March 2021 by the Ever Given, a container ship that had run aground in the canal.

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The 6th anniversary falls on March 23, 2027.

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1910–1998

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa (黒澤明 or 黒沢明, Kurosawa Akira; March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades.

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1749–1827

Pierre-Simon Laplace

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (French:; 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French polymath, a scholar whose work has been instrumental in the fields of physics, astronomy, mathematics, engineering, statistics, and philosophy.

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1900–1980

Erich Fromm

Erich Seligmann Fromm (German:; March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and settled in the United States.

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1912–1977

Wernher von Braun

Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (US: VUR-nər von BROWN; German:; 23 March 1912 – 16 June 1977) was a German American aerospace engineer and space architect.

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AD 625

Battle of Uhud

The Battle of Uhud (Arabic: غزوة أحد, romanized: Ghazwat ʾUḥud) was fought between the early Muslims and the Quraysh during the Muslim–Quraysh wars in a valley north of Medina near Mount Uhud on Saturday, 23 March 625 AD (7 Shawwal, 3 AH).

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1963

Eurovision Song Contest 1963

The Eurovision Song Contest 1963 was the eighth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on Saturday 23 March 1963 at the BBC Television Centre in London, United Kingdom, and presented by Katie Boyle for a second time.

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Culture

1998

70th Academy Awards

The 70th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 23, 1998, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m.

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2003

75th Academy Awards

The 75th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 23, 2003, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2002.

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