Famous Deaths In February - 23

1913  On this day in history jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies   

1915  Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC on this day in history.   

1916  On February - 23 george Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71   

1920  Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1922  Death of Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (b. 1845) on February - 23.   

1927  On February - 23 sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79   

1930  Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

1931  Nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies on February - 23.   

1934  On this day in history death of augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard   

1935  Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1937  Claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60   

1944  Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies on this day in history.   

1945  On February - 23 aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62   

1946  On this day in history death of tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885)   

1948  On February - 23 death of john Robert Gregg, Irish-born publisher and inventor (b. 1866)   

1955  Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1957  Death of Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918) on this day in history.   

1960  Death of Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898) on February - 23.   

1961  On February - 23 wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies   

1965  On February - 23 stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74   

1968  Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78 on February - 23.   

1969  On this day in history abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67   

1970  On February - 23 death of hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904)   

1971  King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73 on February - 23.   

1972  On this day in history michael Taube, composer, dies at 81   

1973  Death of Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

1974  On February - 23 florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63   

1976  Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74 on February - 23.   

1979  Death of W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62   

1983  Adrian Boult, conductor, dies on this day in history.   

1985  Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1987  Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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1417  On February - 23 birth of paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)   

1417  On this day in history birth of pope Paul II (d. 1471)   

1583  Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.   

1614  Jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter was born on this day in history.   

1615  On this day in history birth of cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised   

1633  On February - 23 birth of samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs)   

1646  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)   

1648  Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.