This Day in History
March 23
OK Day
1026 Halley’s Comet passes by earth
1839 The word OK is used for the first time in Boston Morning Post
1857 At 488 Broadway in New York the first Elevator is installed by Elisha Otis
1858 E A Gardner patents the Street Car
1888 The Football league has it’s first meeting in England
1946 Oklahoma State wins NCAA basketball Championship over North Carolina
1955 The Blackboard Jungle premiers in theatres the film will help make Rock Around the Clock a 1 hit.
1978 Bob Marley and the Wailers release the album Kaya
1984 Police Academy opens in theatres Directed by Hugh Wilson staring, Bubba Smith, Steve Guttenberg
1994 Above The Rim hits movie thearyers starring Tupac
1997 WrestleMania 13 Undertaker beat Sycho Sid for WWF World Heavyweight Title
1997 At the Golden Raspberry Awards Striptease wins best picture
1999 Outkast release the song Rosa Parks
2004 Madvillain releases the album Madvillainy
2016 Phife Dawg pases away
Happy Birthday
1937 Tony Burton actor Rocky, The Shining
1953 Chaka Khan musician
1968 Damon Albarn musician in Blur, Gorillaz
1973 Jason Kidd basketball player & coach
1978 Perez Hilton Blogger
1978 Nicholle Tom actress Beethoven, The Nanny
1992 Vanessa Morgan actress My Babysitter’s a Vampire
