On this day, March 23 ...

1998: "Titanic" ties an Academy Awards record by winning 11 Oscars, including best picture, director (James Cameron) and song (”My Heart Will Go On”).

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1775: Patrick Henry delivers an address to the Virginia Provincial Convention in which observers say he declares, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

Patrick Henry delivers an address to the Virginia Provincial Convention in which observers say he declares, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” 1806: Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, having reached the Pacific coast, begin their journey back east.

Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, having reached the Pacific coast, begin their journey back east. 1933: The German Reichstag adopts the Enabling Act, which effectively grants Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers.

The German Reichstag adopts the Enabling Act, which effectively grants Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers. 1942: The first Japanese-Americans evacuated by the U.S. Army during World War II arrive at the internment camp in Manzanar, Calif.

The first Japanese-Americans evacuated by the U.S. Army during World War II arrive at the internment camp in Manzanar, Calif. 1956: Pakistan becomes an Islamic republic.

Pakistan becomes an Islamic republic. 1965: America’s first two-person space mission takes place as Gemini 3 blasts off with astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and John W. Young aboard for a nearly 5-hour flight.

America’s first two-person space mission takes place as Gemini 3 blasts off with astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom and John W. Young aboard for a nearly 5-hour flight. 1983: President Ronald Reagan first proposes developing technology to intercept incoming enemy missiles - an idea that came to be known as the Strategic Defense Initiative.

President Ronald Reagan first proposes developing technology to intercept incoming enemy missiles - an idea that came to be known as the Strategic Defense Initiative. 1983: Dr. Barney Clark, recipient of a Jarvik permanent artificial heart, dies at the University of Utah Medical Center after 112 days with the device.