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 this day in history.   

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

1920  On February - 23 alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61   

1922  Death of Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (b. 1845) on February - 23.   

1927  Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 February - 23 death of john Robert Gregg, Irish-born publisher and inventor (b. 1866)   

1955  Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

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 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  Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63 on February - 23.   

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  On February - 23 robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62   

1983  On this day in history adrian Boult, conductor, dies   

1985  Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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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  Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.   

1614  On this day in history 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  Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.