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

1916  On February - 23 george Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71   

1920  On this day in history 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 this day in history sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79   

1930  On this day in history horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22   

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

1937  On this day in history 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  Death of Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918) on this day in history.   

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

1961  On this day in history wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies   

1965  Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74 on February - 23.   

1968  On February - 23 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 February - 23.   

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

1972  On February - 23 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  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 February - 23.   

1979  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised was born on February - 23.   

1633  Samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On February - 23 birth of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)   

1648  Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.