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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_23" title="March 23">March 23</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Hour" title="Earth Hour">Earth Hour</a></b> (20:30 local time, 2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888" title="1888">1888</a> – Chaired by <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McGregor_(football)" title="William McGregor (football)">William McGregor</a></b>, a meeting of ten English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> clubs was held in London, which would eventually result in the establishment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931" title="1931">1931</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagat_Singh" title="Bhagat Singh">Bhagat Singh</a></b>, one of the most influential revolutionaries of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_independence_movement" title="Indian independence movement">Indian independence movement</a>, and two others were executed by the British authorities.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a> – Two researchers announced the discovery of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_fusion" title="Cold fusion">cold fusion</a></b>, a claim which was later discredited.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593" title="Aeroflot Flight 593">Aeroflot Flight 593</a></b> crashed into a hillside in Russia's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemerovo_Oblast" title="Kemerovo Oblast">Kemerovo Oblast</a>, killing all 75 people on board, after the pilot's 15-year-old son had unknowingly disabled the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopilot" title="Autopilot">autopilot</a> while seated at the controls.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_refinery_explosion" title="Texas City refinery explosion">A fire and explosion</a></b> at the third-largest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_refinery" title="Oil refinery">oil refinery</a> in the United States killed 15 workers and kicked off process safety programs throughout the world.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_of_Grosmont,_Duke_of_Lancaster" title="Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster">Henry of Grosmont</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1361); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Simon_Laplace" title="Pierre-Simon Laplace">Pierre-Simon Laplace</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1749); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa" title="Akira Kurosawa">Akira Kurosawa</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1910); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangana_Ranaut" title="Kangana Ranaut">Kangana Ranaut</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1987)</p>
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