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What happened on 23 March?
6 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.
1933
Enabling Act
Reichstag votes Hitler the power to legislate without parliament; formal end of the Weimar constitution.
1927
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
Heisenberg shows you cannot simultaneously know position and momentum of a particle.
1929
Born: Roger Bannister
First sub-4-minute mile in 1954.
2021
Suez Canal blockage by Ever Given
Container ship grounds in Suez Canal, blocking global trade for six days.
1940
The Lahore Resolution demands Pakistan
At its Lahore session the Muslim League formally resolves that India's Muslim-majority zones must be 'independent states' — the two-nation theory made policy. The word Pakistan app
1858
Rani Lakshmibai defends Jhansi
The Rani holds her fort against Rose's siege guns for a fortnight, escapes by night with her son strapped to her back, and dies in the saddle at Gwalior.
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