Famous Deaths In February - 23

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

1915  On February - 23 robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC   

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  On this day in history death of albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (b. 1845)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1935  Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44 on February - 23.   

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

1942  Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60 on February - 23.   

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 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 February - 23.   

1960  Death of Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1970  On this day in history death of hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904)   

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

1972  On February - 23 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  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 February - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1417  Pope Paul II (d. 1471) was born on this day in history.   

1583  Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656) was born on February - 23.   

1614  On this day in history birth of jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter   

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

1633  Samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs) was born on February - 23.   

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

1648  On this day in history birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)