Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 23

1913  Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC   

1916  George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71 on February - 23.   

1920  Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61 on February - 23.   

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

1927  Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1931  On February - 23 nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies   

1934  Death of Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard on February - 23.   

1935  On this day in history jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44   

1937  Claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies on February - 23.   

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 February - 23.   

1945  Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62 on February - 23.   

1946  Death of Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885) on this day in history.   

1948  Death of John Robert Gregg, Irish-born publisher and inventor (b. 1866) on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86   

1957  On February - 23 death of marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)   

1960  On February - 23 death of arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898)   

1961  Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74   

1968  On February - 23 fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78   

1969  On February - 23 abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67   

1970  Death of Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904) on February - 23.   

1971  On February - 23 king Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73   

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

1973  On February - 23 death of dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895)   

1974  Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1976  On February - 23 fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74   

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  On this day in history adrian Boult, conductor, dies   

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 February - 23.   

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1417  On this day in history birth of paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)   

1417  On February - 23 birth of pope Paul II (d. 1471)   

1583  On February - 23 birth of jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)   

1614  On February - 23 birth of jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter   

1615  Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised was born on February - 23.   

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

1646  On February - 23 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.