Page 7: Historical Events In February - 23

1944  On this day in history leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies   

1945  On February - 23 2nd Dutch government of Gerbrandy forms in London   

1945  Canadian troops occupy Kalkar on February - 23.   

1945  Operation Grenade General Simpson's 9th Army crosses Ruhr on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history uS Marines raise the American flag after taking Mount Suribachi on the island Iwo Jima, during WWII.   

1945  2nd Dutch govt of Gerbrandy forms in London on this day in history.   

1945  Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1947  On February - 23 general Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170 million in aid for European Jews   

1947  Gen Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews on this day in history.   

1951  On February - 23 in Korea Canadian troops with 27th British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade make first contact with enemy.   

1954  Pittsburgh begins the first mass inoculation of children against polio in the US, using the vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history syrian army drives out President Adib el-Shishakli   

1954  On this day in history 1st mass inoculation with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh)   

1955  On February - 23 edgar Faure forms French government   

1955  Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86 on February - 23.   

1956  20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin   

1957  On this day in history "Mr Wonderful" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 383 performances   

1958  5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history arturo Frondizi elected President of Argentina   

1958  On this day in history last Municipal arc light, Mission & 25th removed (installed in 1913)   

1958  USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR on February - 23.   

1959  On February - 23 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open   

1959  KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton CA (PBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1960  On February - 23 demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field (opened in 1913)   

1961  On February - 23 wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies   

1962  On February - 23 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1964  Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in Kansas City on February - 23.   

1965  Comedian Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy fame, dies in Santa Monica, CA on this day in history.   

1965  Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president on February - 23.   

1965  On February - 23 in Ottawa the Government approves collective bargaining and arbitration in the Civil Service but takes it away when it is convenient   

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

1966  Aldo Moro forms Italian government on February - 23.   

1966  Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government on February - 23.   

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1417  On February - 23 birth of paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)   

1417  Pope Paul II (d. 1471) was born on February - 23.   

1583  Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656) was born on February - 23.   

1614  Jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter was born on February - 23.   

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 February - 23.   

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.   

0155  Death of Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake on February - 23.   

1011  On this day in history death of willigis, Archbishop of Mainz   

1100  Death of Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076) on this day in history.   

1447  On this day in history eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies   

1464  Death of Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) on February - 23.   

1468  John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies on this day in history.   

1526  Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies on this day in history.   

1554  Death of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed on February - 23.