| March 23, 1775: <a href="/ce6/people/A0823385.html">Patrick Henry</a> declared "Give me liberty, or give me death." |
| March 23, 1806: <a href="/node/156476">Lewis and Clark</a> began their return journey east. |
| March 23, 1877: The first <a href="/node/156038">Easter egg roll</a> was held on the <a href="/ce6/us/A0852117.html">White House</a> lawn. |
| March 23, 1919: <a href="/ce6/people/A0834588.html">Benito Mussolini</a> founded his own party in Italy, the Fasci di Combattimento. |
| March 23, 2001: Russia's <a href="/ce6/sci/A0846143.html"><i>Mir</i> space station</a> ended its 15-year orbit of the Earth, splashing down in the South Pacific. |
| March 23, 2003: A U.S. Army convoy was ambushed in <a href="/node/156354">Iraq</a> with 11 killed and seven captured, including Pfc. <a href="/node/148146">Jessica Lynch</a>. |
| March 23, 2010: President Barack Obama signed a health-care overhaul bill, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, into law. |
| More events from This Day in History: March 23 |