Historical Events In February - 23

1944  On February - 23 leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies   

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

1945  On February - 23 canadian troops occupy Kalkar   

1945  On this day in history operation Grenade General Simpson's 9th Army crosses Ruhr   

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

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

1945  On February - 23 aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62   

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

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  Edgar Faure forms French government on this day in history.   

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

1956  20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow on February - 23.   

1956  Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin on this day in history.   

1957  On February - 23 "Mr Wonderful" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 383 performances   

1958  On February - 23 5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels   

1958  Arturo Frondizi elected President of Argentina on February - 23.   

1958  Last Municipal arc light, Mission & 25th removed (installed in 1913) on this day in history.   

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

1959  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open on February - 23.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1965  In Ottawa the Government approves collective bargaining and arbitration in the Civil Service but takes it away when it is convenient on this day in history.   

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

1966  On this day in history aldo Moro forms Italian government   

1966  Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government on this day in history.   

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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  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)   

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  On this day in history birth of samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs)   

1646  Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709) was born on February - 23.   

1648  On February - 23 birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)   

0155  On February - 23 death of polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake   

1011  Death of Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz on February - 23.   

1100  On February - 23 death of emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076)   

1447  Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies on February - 23.   

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

1468  On this day in history john Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies   

1526  On February - 23 diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies   

1554  On February - 23 death of henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed