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Birth of singer Josef Locke (Joe McLaughlin) in Derry
Birth of singer Josef Locke (Joe McLaughlin) in Derry Joseph McLaughlin (23 March 1917 – 15 October 1999), known professionally as Josef Locke, was an Irish tenor. He was successful in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s. …

Birth in Dublin of Cedric Gibbons, designer of the coveted Oscar statuette
Birth in Dublin of Cedric Gibbons, designer of the coveted Oscar statuette Cedric Gibbons (23 March 1893 - 26 July 1960) was an art director, generally regarded as the most important and influential in the history of American film. The son of an architect, Austin Cedric Gibbons was born in Dublin, Ireland and emigrated with his family to New York City. He worked on his first film released in 1919 by Edison Studios but after his one film the studio was closed and he signed with Samuel Goldwyn. This evolved to working for Louis B. Mayer and a thity-two year career at MGM. …

Robert Gibbings, illustrator and writer, is born in Cork
Robert Gibbings, illustrator and writer, is born in Cork Robert John Gibbings (23 March 1889 – 19 January 1958) was an Irish artist and author who was most noted for his work as a wood engraver and sculptor, and for his books on travel and natural history. …

First Scottish settlers arrive in Dunedin, New Zealand.
First Scottish settlers arrive in Dunedin, New Zealand. The Otago Settlement, sponsored by the Free Church of Scotland, materialised in March 1848 with the arrival of the first two immigrant ships from Greenock on the Firth of Clyde – the John Wickliffe and the Philip Laing. Captain William Cargill, a veteran of the Peninsular War, served as the colony’s first leader: Otago citizens subsequently elected him to the office of Superintendent. …

Choctaw Indians collect money to donate to starving Irish Hunger victims
Choctaw Indians collect money to donate to starving Irish Hunger victims Native American nations, Irish immigrants to the United States, and residents of Ireland have a history of often-supportive interactions dating back to the start of the Great Famine. Across multiple generations, people from both communities have drawn attention to their parallel histories of colonization by English-speaking countries. …

Yann V becomes Duke of Brittany, providing 43 years of economic prosperity and artistic creativity
Yann V becomes Duke of Brittany, providing 43 years of economic prosperity and artistic creativity John V, sometimes numbered as VI, (24 December 1389 – 29 August 1442) bynamed John the Wise (Breton: Yann ar Fur ; French: Jean le Sage), was Duke of Brittany and Count of Montfort from 1399 to his death. His rule coincided with the height of the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. John’s reversals in that conflict, as well as in other internal struggles in France, served to strengthen his duchy and to maintain its independence. …