Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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 February - 23.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1930  Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22 on February - 23.   

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

1934  On February - 23 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  On February - 23 claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies   

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

1946  On February - 23 death of tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885)   

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

1955  On February - 23 paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86   

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

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

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

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

1972  Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81 on February - 23.   

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 February - 23.   

1979  On February - 23 death of w.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b. 1900)   

1980  On February - 23 robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62   

1983  On February - 23 adrian Boult, conductor, dies   

1985  On this day in history alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71   

1987  On this day in history esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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