Here are some historical events that occurred on March 23 in the United States:
- 1775: Patrick Henry delivers his famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech to the Virginia Convention, urging colonists to prepare for war against the British.
- 1792: The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act, establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the production of coins.
- 1919: The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is founded.
- 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Emergency Banking Act, which authorizes the reopening of banks that had been closed during the Great Depression.
- 1956: Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world.
- 1965: Astronaut Gus Grissom becomes the first person to conduct a spacewalk, lasting 20 minutes outside the Gemini 3 spacecraft.
- 1983: President Ronald Reagan proposes the Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as "Star Wars," which aims to develop a missile defense system using space-based weapons.
- 1994: Wayne Gretzky breaks Gordie Howe's record for most career goals in the National Hockey League.
- 2010: President Barack Obama signs the Affordable Care Act into law, overhauling the U.S. healthcare system.
These are just a few of the many historical events that have occurred on March 23 in the United States.
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