On This Day: March 23

7 verified moments happened on March 23. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1990💄 Pretty Woman opens, and Julia Roberts's megawatt Hollywood Boulevard fairy tale makes her a superstar.Movies · Source: Wikipedia / D23: US release (Buena Vista)
2. 1994Wayne Gretzky scores his 802nd goal to pass Gordie Howe for the most regular-season goals in NHL historySports · Source: NHL.com 'Gretzky passed Howe for 1st on NHL goal list'; SI 'This Day in History' (March 23, 1994)
3. 1998🏆 Titanic wins Best Picture and ties the record with eleven Academy Awards in a single night.Movies · Source: Wikipedia, '70th Academy Awards' (Mar 23 1998)
4. 2003Kurt Busch wins the Food City 500 at Bristol, tightening his grip on the concrete half-mile bullringStock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, “2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series” — Food City 500, Bristol Motor Speedway, Mar 23, 2003
5. 2006🎧 This Stasi-surveillance drama opens in Germany, going on to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.Movies · Source: Wikipedia: The Lives of Others (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lives_of_Others)
6. 2022World number one Ash Barty stuns tennis by retiring at 25, weeks after winning her home Australian Open.Sports · Source: https://ausopen.com/articles/news/ash-barty-retires-ive-given-absolutely-everything
7. 2023🦁 Harry Kane converts a penalty against Italy in Naples, his 54th England goal, passing Wayne Rooney's national record.Soccer · Source: Sky Sports; ESPN (Mar 23 2023)