March 23
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Art and culture
- 1782 - Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos is published
- 1919 - In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
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Births
- 1618 - Ferrante Pallavicino, Italian writer of pasquinades (La retorica delle puttane) (d. 1644)
- 1865 - Félix Vallotton, Swiss painter and graphic artist (d. 1925)
- 1887 - Juan Gris, Spanish artist (d. 1927)
- 1900 - Erich Fromm, German-born psychoanalyst (d. 1980)
- 1905 - Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977)
- 1910 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (d. 1998)
- 1922 - Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
- 1934 - Peter Kubelka, Austrian experimental filmmaker (Our Trip to Africa).
- 1942 - Michael Haneke, Austrian filmmaker (Funny Games)
- 1944 - Michael Nyman, British minimalist composer
- 1945 – Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter and director
- 1950 - Corinne Clery, French actress
- 1953 - Chaka Khan, American singer
- 1959 - Catherine Keener, American actress (Being John Malkovich)
- 1961 - Karen Young, American singer ("Hot Shot") (d. 1991)
- 1968 - Mitch Cullin, American novelist
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Deaths
- 1842 - Stendhal, French writer (b. 1783)
- 1953 - Raoul Dufy, French Fauvist painter. (b. 1877)
- 1964 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (b. 1904)
- 1972 - Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer (b. 1895)
- 1982 - Mario Praz, Italian-born critic of art and literature (The Romantic Agony) (b. 1896)
- 1983 - Anton Constandse, Dutch writer and anarchist (d. 1899)
- 1984 - Jean Prouvé, French architect and designer (b. 1901)
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