Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 23

1913  Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies on this day in history.   

1915  Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC on February - 23.   

1916  George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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 February - 23 sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79   

1930  Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44   

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

1945  Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1946  Death of Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885) on February - 23.   

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  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  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  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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 23 adrian Boult, conductor, dies   

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 this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)   

1614  On February - 23 birth of jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter   

1615  On February - 23 birth of cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised   

1633  On February - 23 birth of samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs)   

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

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