Famous Deaths In February - 23
Friday, 31 March 2023
1913 On February - 23 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 this day in history george Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71
1920 On February - 23 alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61
1922 Death of Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (b. 1845) on this day in history.
1927 Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1930 Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22 on February - 23.
1931 Nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies on this day in history.
1934 Death of Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard on this day in history.
1935 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44 on this day in history.
1937 On this day in history claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
1942 Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60 on this day in history.
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 On February - 23 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 On this day in history death of marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)
1960 On February - 23 death of arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898)
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 Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1970 On February - 23 death of hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904)
1971 On this day in history king Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73
1972 Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1973 On this day in history 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 February - 23.
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 February - 23.
1980 Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1983 Adrian Boult, conductor, dies on February - 23.
1985 Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1987 On February - 23 esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80
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