On this day …
March 23, 2018
- In 1775, Patrick Henry delivered the memorable line, “Give me liberty or give me death!” in Richmond, Va.
- In 1857, the first Otis elevator was installed at 488 Broadway in New York City.
- In 1868, the University of California was founded.
- In 1919, Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement in Milan, Italy.
- In 1956, Pakistan became the first Islamic republic in the world.
- In 1994, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was assassinated in Tijuana.
