March 23

Section: March 23

March 23, 1917

Birth of singer Josef Locke (Joe McLaughlin) in Derry

March 23, 1893

Birth in Dublin of Cedric Gibbons, designer of the coveted Oscar statuette

March 23, 1889

Robert Gibbings, illustrator and writer, is born in Cork

March 23, 1848

First Scottish settlers arrive in Dunedin, New Zealand.

March 23, 1847

Choctaw Indians collect money to donate to starving Irish Hunger victims

March 23, 1402

Yann V becomes Duke of Brittany, providing 43 years of economic prosperity and artistic creativity