Historical Events on March 23

Obamacare

Here are some historical events that happened on March 23:

1801 - Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle in St. Petersburg.

1857 - Elisha Otis installs the first modern passenger elevator in a public building, at the E.V. Haughwout & Co. store in New York City.

1889 - The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.

1903 - The Wright brothers obtain an airplane patent.

1908 - American diplomat Durham Stevens is attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in a hospital two days later.

1919 - Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy.

1933 - The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.

1942 - World War II: In the Indian Ocean, Japanese forces capture the Andaman Islands.

1983 - Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) is announced by President Ronald Reagan.

1994 - At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.

2001 - The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.

2010 - The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.

2014 - A mudslide in Oso, Washington, kills 43 people.

2019 - The United States recognizes Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

These are just a few of the significant events that have taken place on March 23 throughout history.