Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 23

1913  On February - 23 jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies   

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

1927  Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79 on February - 23.   

1930  On February - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

1942  On February - 23 stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60   

1944  Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies on February - 23.   

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

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  Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86 on February - 23.   

1957  On this day in history death of marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)   

1960  On February - 23 death of arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898)   

1961  Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies on this day in history.   

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  Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1976  On this day in history fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74   

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  On February - 23 adrian Boult, conductor, dies   

1985  On this day in history alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71   

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  On this day in history birth of pope Paul II (d. 1471)   

1583  On February - 23 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 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  Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

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