Template:Selected anniversaries/March 23
1749: Mathematician and astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace born. He will make important contributions to mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy.
1882: Mathematician Emmy Noether born. She will make landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.
1964: Physicist and academic Louis de Broglie uses the wave nature of electrons to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
2001: The Mir spacecraft is de-orbited. It had been in orbit for 15 years, it was occupied for ten of those years.
2002: Computer scientist Tony Hoare publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which improve transdimensional quicksort routines.
2011: Jean Bartik dies. She was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer.