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March 23rd

Fri 23 Mar 1917

Birth of singer Josef Locke (Joe McLaughlin) in Derry

Thu 23 Mar 1893

Birth in Dublin of Cedric Gibbons, designer of the coveted Oscar statuette

Sat 23 Mar 1889

Robert Gibbings, illustrator and writer, is born in Cork

Thu 23 Mar 1848

First Scottish settlers arrive in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Tue 23 Mar 1847

Choctaw Indians collect money to donate to starving Irish Hunger victims

Tue 23 Mar 1402

Yann V becomes Duke of Brittany, providing 43 years of economic prosperity and artistic creativity