{"id":620920,"date":"2023-03-23T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/23\/on-this-day-march-23-reagan-calls-for-anti-missile-defense-system-dubbed-star-wars-by-some\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T07:00:00","slug":"on-this-day-march-23-reagan-calls-for-anti-missile-defense-system-dubbed-star-wars-by-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/23\/on-this-day-march-23-reagan-calls-for-anti-missile-defense-system-dubbed-star-wars-by-some\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, March 23: Reagan calls for anti-missile defense system dubbed ‘Star Wars’ by some"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 23, 1983, President Ronald Reagan called for the development of an anti-missile defense system to protect the United States from potential nuclear attacks. The Strategic Defense Initiative was dubbed “Star Wars” by some. File Photo by Rich Lipski\/UPI | License Photo<\/a><\/p>\n

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March 23 (UPI) —<\/span> On this date in history:<\/p>\n

In 1775, in a speech supporting the arming of the Virginia militia, Patrick Henry declared, “Give me liberty or give me death.”\n<\/p>\n

In 1909, Theodore Roosevelt began his post-presidency, embarking on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition, part specimen collection, part hunting trip<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 1933, the Enabling Act was passed by the German government, giving Chancellor Adolf Hitler the ability to enact laws unilaterally. Opening a session of the Reichstag, Hitler threatened to “destroy all those seeking to damage our people,”<\/a> while at the same time stressing “we are sincere friends of peace and shall heal the wounds from which all are suffering.”<\/p>\n

In 1965, astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young were launched in Gemini 3<\/a>, the first U.S. two-man crew in space. Along for the ride, a corned beef sandwich<\/a> snuck aboard the Gemini 3 probe by astronaut John Young.<\/p>\n

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In 1966, Pope Paul VI met Britain’s Archbishop of Canterbury at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, the first meeting<\/a> between the heads of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches in 400 years.\n<\/p>\n

In 1983, the world’s first recipient of a permanent artificial heart, Barney Clark of Seattle, died in a Salt Lake City hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan called for the development<\/a> of an anti-missile defense system to protect the United States from potential nuclear attacks. The Strategic Defense Initiative was dubbed “Star Wars” by some.<\/p>\n

In 1985, the United States completed the secret air evacuation of 800 Ethiopian Jews<\/a> to Israel.<\/p>\n

In 1994, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party was fatally shot<\/a> during a campaign appearance in Tijuana.<\/p>\n

In 1996, Taiwan elected Lee Teng-hui in the island’s first direct presidential election<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In 1998, Titanic<\/em> won 11 Academy Awards<\/a>, tying the record total won by Ben-Hur<\/em> in 1959. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King<\/em> also won 11 — in 2004.<\/p>\n

In 2001, the Russian space station Mir was brought down<\/a> in the Pacific Ocean near Fiji after more than 15 years in orbit.\n<\/p>\n

In 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law<\/a>. The landmark legislation was designed to extend health insurance to about 32 million Americans over a 10-year period. Obama said it would “set in motion reforms that generations of Americans have fought for and marched for and hungered to see.”<\/p>\n

In 2021, the Ever Given, a large container ship, ran aground<\/a> and became stuck horizontally in the Suez Canal, blocking traffic for six days.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Australian Ash Barty, 25, announced her retirement<\/a> as the top-ranked women’s tennis player in the world.<\/p>\n

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