March 23

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1708	James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth.	Genesis	Firth of Fifth	Selling England by the Pound
2	1775	American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech	Aloha	Liberty	That's Your Fire
3	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.	Stars	Violent	The Comeback
4	1806	After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" begin their arduous journey home.	Wire	On Returning	154
5	1857	Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.	Beck	Elevator Music	The Information
6	1909	Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.	The Raincoats	Off Duty Trip	The Raincoats
7	1983	Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.	SSD	Star Wars	Power
8	1994	Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot's fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board.	The Lapis Sanctuary	Functioning on Autopilot	The Lapis Sanctuary

(Historical facts about March 23 are from Wikipedia.)