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23 Mairch

Bhagat Singh

• 1888 – Chaired by William McGregor, a meetin o ten English fitba clubs was held in London, whilk wad eventually result in the establishment o the Football League.
• 1931 – Bhagat Singh (pictured), ane o the maist influential revolutionaries o the Indian independence movement, an twa ither folk were executed by the British authorities.
• 1989 – Two researchers announced the discoverin o cold fusion, a claim whilk was later discredited.
• 1994 – Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed intae a hillside in Russia's Kemerovo Oblast, killin aw 75 folk on board, efter the pilot's 15-year-auld son had unknowingly disabled the autopilot while seated at the controls.
• 2005 – A fire an explosion at the third-largist oil refinery in the United States killed 15 workers an kicked aff process safety programs throu the warld.