1977 – The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.

1980 – Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.

1983 – Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.

2001 – The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.

And if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…

1887 – Josef Čapek, Czech painter and poet (d. 1945)

1887 – Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1927)

1895 – Dane Rudhyar, French-American astrologer, author and composer (d. 1985)

1900 – Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist (d. 1980)

1904 – Joan Crawford, American film actress (d. 1977)

1910 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer and screenwriter (d. 1998)

1912 – Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977)

1922 – Marty Allen, American comedian and actor (d. 2018)

1924 – Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor, invented Liquid Paper (d. 1980)

1933 – Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist and academic

1937 – Robert Gallo, American physician and academic

1945 – David Grisman, American mandolin player and composer

1952 – Kim Stanley Robinson, American author

1953 – Chaka Khan, American singer-songwriter

1957 – Amanda Plummer, American actress

Almanac - Monday 3/23/20

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