March 2023: Events and Anniversaries Preview
1 March 2023
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March 2023
1 March: Women's History Month UK
2 March: World Book Day
5 March: Joseph Stalin - 70th anniversary of his death
8 March: International Women's Day
8 March: Holi Festival
8 March: Walter Jens - 100th anniversary of his birth
12 March: Karl Hagemeister - 175th anniversary of his birth
14 March: Michael Caine - 90th birthday
14 March: Karl Marx - 140th anniversary of his death
16 March: Aubrey Beardsley - 125th anniversary of his death
17 March: St Patrick's Day
18 March: German revolutions of 1848-1849 - 175th anniversary
19 March: Mother's Day UK
22 March: World Water Day
22 March: Ramadan begins
22 March: George Benson - 80th birthday
22 March: Marcel Marceau - 100th anniversary of his birth
26 March: Sarah Bernhardt - 100th anniversary of her death
26 March: Daylight Savings begins, UK - clocks go forward one hour
30 March: Vincent Van Gogh - 170th anniversary of his birth
April 2023
1 April: April Fool's Day
3 April: The Marshall Plan is signed into law by President Truman- 75th anniversary
3 April: Washington Irving - 240th anniversary of his birth
5 April: Passover begins
7 April: Good Friday
7 April: James Garner - 95th anniversary of his birth
8 April: Pablo Picasso - 50th anniversary of his death
9 April: Easter Sunday
12 April: Ann Miller - 100th anniversary of her birth
18 April: Gustave Moreau - 125th anniversary of his death
19th April: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - 80th anniversary
21 April: Spanish-American War begins - 125th anniversary
22 April: Earth Day
23 April: St George's Day
25 April: ANZAC Day
26 April: Eugene Delacroix - 225th anniversary of his birth
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May 2023
1 May: May Day/International Worker's Day
4 May: Star Wars Day
6 May: Coronation of King Charles III
6 May: Tony Blair - 70th birthday
7 May: Anne Baxter - 100th anniversary of her birth
9-13 May: Eurovision Song Contest
14 May: British Mandate of Palestine is terminated, creating the state of Israel - 75th anniversary
14 May: Mother's Day - US, Australia, Canada and other countries
14 May: Skylab is launched into Earth orbit - 50th anniversary
16 May - Operation Chastise/Dam Buster Raid - 80th anniversary
19 May- Grace Jones - 75th birthday
22 May: Fritz von Uhde - 175th anniversary of his birth
25 May: Ralph Waldo Emerson - 220th anniversary of his birth
26-27 May: 24 Hours of Le Mans - 100th anniversary
27 May: Henry Kissinger - 100th anniversary of his birth
29 May: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summit Everest - 70th anniversary
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June 2023
2 June: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - 70th anniversary
6 June: Louis Lumière - 75th anniversary of his death
7 June: Paul Gauguin - 175th anniversary of his birth
16 June: Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space - 60 years
18 June: Father's Day UK
19 June: Blaise Pascal - 400th anniversary of his birth
19 June: Juneteenth USA
21 June: Summer Solstice
22 June: Windrush Day - 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush
22 June: Erich Maria Remarque - 125th anniversary of his birth
24 June: Berlin Blockade and Berlin Airlift - 75 years
25 June: Sam Francis - 100th anniversary of his birth
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