Page 6: Historical Events In February - 23
Saturday, 20 June 2026
1923 German Republic day with laws against worker 

1923 Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5%. 

1923 Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet. 

1927 The Federal Radio Commission, now known as the Federal Communications Commission, is established in Washington, DC. 

1927 Pres Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FCC). 

1927 Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79. 

1930 Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22. 

1931 Nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies. 

1934 Casey Stengel is recorded as becoming manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. 

1934 Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium 

1934 Casey Stengel is recorded as becoming manager of Brooklyn Dodgers. 

1934 Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard. 

1935 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44 

1936 inaugural rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake NY 

1936 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, NY 

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

1938 Joe Louis KOs Nathan Mann in 3 for heavyweight boxing title. 

1939 Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St Louis, to become wrestling champion 

1939 Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St Louis, to become wrestling champ 

1940 Russian troops conquer Lasi Island. 

1940 Peter Fonda, American actor is born 

1940 Walt Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio," released 

1941 Plutonium was inaugural produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg 

1942 Japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood CA 

1942 Japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood, Calif 

1942 Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60 

1943 General-Major Bradley arrives in Dakar and Marrakesh. 

1943 German troops pull back through Kasserine-pass Tunisia 

1943 Gen-Maj Bradley arrives in Dakar and Marrakesh. 

1944 Forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people to Central Asia. 

1944 Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies 

1945 2nd Dutch government of Gerbrandy forms in London 

1945 Canadian troops occupy Kalkar. 

1945 Operation Grenade General Simpson's 9th Army crosses Ruhr. 

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