Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 23

March 23: Republic Day in Pakistan (1956)

• 1775 - American Revolution: Patrick Henry 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 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 (pictured) was elected President of the Republic of China in the first direct presidential election in Taiwan.

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