Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 23

1913  Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies on February - 23.   

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  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 February - 23.   

1930  On this day in history horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22   

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

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 February - 23 claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies   

1942  On February - 23 stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60   

1944  On this day in history leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies   

1945  On this day in history aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62   

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

1948  On this day in history 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 February - 23.   

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

1961  On this day in history wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies   

1965  Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74 on February - 23.   

1968  On this day in history fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78   

1969  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1971  King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73 on this day in history.   

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 February - 23.   

1974  Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63 on February - 23.   

1976  Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1980  Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1983  Adrian Boult, conductor, dies on February - 23.   

1985  On February - 23 alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71   

1987  Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80 on February - 23.   

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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  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  Samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709) was born on February - 23.   

1648  Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730) was born on February - 23.