Famous Deaths In February - 23
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1913 Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies on February - 23.
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22
1931 On this day in history nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies
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 February - 23.
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 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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86
1957 On this day in history death of marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)
1960 Death of Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898) on February - 23.
1961 On this day in history wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies
1965 On this day in history 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 Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1970 On February - 23 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 this day in history michael Taube, composer, dies at 81
1973 On this day in history death of dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895)
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 February - 23.
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 February - 23.
1987 Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80 on February - 23.
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