Template:On this day/March 23

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

March 23:

• 1806 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition return journey commenced when the explorers left their soggy winter headquarters at what they called Fort Clatsop, near present-day Astoria, Oregon, and began paddling up the Columbia River. The party of 33 (including Sacagawea and her infant son) traveled in six boats. In May 1804 the Corps of Discovery -- its official military title -- departed Wood River, Illinois; the beginning of an arduous trip up the 2,500-mile-long Missouri River.
• 1935 – City almost isolated as sleet storm cuts wires and blocks highways.
• 1935 – Lions Club given charter.
• 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: Governor Northam closed all public and private schools until the end of the academic year.