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

1922  Death of Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (b. 1845) on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79   

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

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

1934  On February - 23 death of augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard   

1935  On February - 23 jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44   

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

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

1944  On February - 23 leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies   

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

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

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 February - 23.   

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

1960  On this day in history death of arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898)   

1961  Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies on February - 23.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1971  King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73 on February - 23.   

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 February - 23.   

1974  On February - 23 florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63   

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

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

1980  Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62 on February - 23.   

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

1985  Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71 on February - 23.   

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

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1417  On February - 23 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  Jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter was born on this day in history.   

1615  On February - 23 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  Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

1648  On February - 23 birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)