Page 7: Historical Events In February - 23

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

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

1945  On this day in history canadian troops occupy Kalkar   

1945  On February - 23 operation Grenade General Simpson's 9th Army crosses Ruhr   

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 February - 23.   

1947  General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170 million in aid for European Jews on February - 23.   

1947  Gen Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews on February - 23.   

1951  In Korea Canadian troops with 27th British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade make first contact with enemy on this day in history.   

1954  Pittsburgh begins the first mass inoculation of children against polio in the US, using the vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk on February - 23.   

1954  Syrian army drives out President Adib el-Shishakli on this day in history.   

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

1955  Edgar Faure forms French government on February - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1956  On February - 23 russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin   

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

1958  On this day in history 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 February - 23.   

1958  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

1959  On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open   

1959  On this day in history kVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton CA (PBS) begins broadcasting   

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 February - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 23 stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74   

1966  On this day in history aldo Moro forms Italian government   

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

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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 February - 23.   

1614  On this day in history 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)   

0155  Death of Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake on this day in history.   

1011  On February - 23 death of willigis, Archbishop of Mainz   

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

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

1464  On this day in history death of zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427)   

1468  John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies on February - 23.   

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

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