Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Tue Feb 23 2021 07:00 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta
By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
02/23/1417 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)
02/23/1614 Jacob Col�n(s), coat of arms painter
02/23/1615 Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised
02/23/1633 Samuel Pepys, English composer (Diary, Memoirs)
02/23/1649 John Blow, composer of 1st English opera (Venus & Adonis) (baptized)
02/23/1664 Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer
02/23/1685 Georg Friedrich H�ndel, English/German organist/composer (De Messias
02/23/1700 Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Innige Christian Religion)
02/23/1730 Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer
02/23/1744 Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founded House of Rothschild
02/23/1776 John Walter II, manager of Times (London)
02/23/1787 Emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame)
02/23/1792 Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor
02/23/1811 George Washington Hewitt, composer
02/23/1818 Jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept
02/23/1818 Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
02/23/1824 Herman N van Tuuk, translator (Tobasche Spraakkunst)
02/23/1824 Lewis Cass Hunt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
02/23/1831 Hendrik W Mesdag, painter (Panorama Knife)
02/23/1838 Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
02/23/1840 Carl Menger, Austrian economist
02/23/1848 Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer
02/23/1859 Theodor Batthy�nyi, Hungarian statesman/contra revolutionary
02/23/1865 Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner (Pitts Pirates)
02/23/1868 William E B Du Bois, Mass, civil rights writer (Souls of Black Folk)
02/23/1873 Dmitri Arakishvili, composer
02/23/1874 Konstantin P�ts, Estonian PM (1921-23, 1932-33), dictator (1933-40)
02/23/1875 Jozef E Stokvis, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (SDAP)
02/23/1876 Wadi' Sabra, composer
02/23/1880 Edgar Istel, composer
02/23/1881 Titus [Anno S] Brandsma, philosopher
02/23/1882 Ladislav Vycpalek, composer
02/23/1883 Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/existentialist philosopher
02/23/1883 Victor Fleming, Pasadena Cal, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind
02/23/1884 Frank Cellier, actor (Rhodes of Africa, Big Blockade, Quiet Weekend)
02/23/1884 Herman Courtens, Belgian painter
02/23/1886 Albert Edward Sammons, composer
02/23/1887 Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer
02/23/1889 Cyril Delevanti, actor (Black Eye)
02/23/1889 Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations)
02/23/1895 Richard Goolden, actor (School for Husbands)
02/23/1900 Elinor Remick Warren, composer
02/23/1903 Grigori V Aleksandrov, Russian director (Veselye Rebjata)
02/23/1904 Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy/founded (CP Palestina)
02/23/1904 William L Shirer, historian (Rise & Fall of 3rd Reich)
02/23/1905 Leonidas Zoras, composer
02/23/1908 William McMahon, PM of Australia (Liberal) (1971-72)
02/23/1911 G Mennen Williams, Detroit, Sup Court Justice/(Gov-D-Mich, 1949-60)
02/23/1913 Charles Leonard, US, pentathelete (Olympic-1936)
02/23/1916 George Abel, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1972)
02/23/1917 Kenneth Tobey, actor (Chuck-Whirlybirds)
02/23/1920 Hall Overton, Bangor Michigan, composer (Enchanted Pear Tree)
02/23/1923 Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet
02/23/1924 Lejaren Hiller, composer
02/23/1925 Louis Stokes, (Rep-D-OH, 1969- )
02/23/1926 Regine Crespin, French (actress?)
02/23/1927 Ivan Hrusovsky, composer
02/23/1928 Vasili G Lazarev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18-1)
02/23/1929 Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st black NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP)
02/23/1929 Richard Moryl, composer
02/23/1930 Harry Boldt, German Fed Rep, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1976)
02/23/1930 Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer (Black Venus)
02/23/1930 Johnny Seven, NYC, actor (Ironside, Amy Prentiss)
02/23/1931 Tom Wesselman, US statue artist (Great American Nudes)
02/23/1933 Lee Quencey Calhoun, Laurel MS, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
02/23/1938 Diane Varsi, San Mateo Calif, actress (Peyton Place)
02/23/1938 Sylvia Chase, St Paul Minn, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20)
02/23/1939 Josef Feistmantl, Austria, lugeist (Olympic-gold-1964)
02/23/1939 Majel Barrett, Columbus Ohio, actress (Christine Chapel-Star Trek)
02/23/1940 Peter Fonda, actor (Easy Rider, Lilith, Wild Angels, Trip)
02/23/1941 William Hj�rtsberg, NYC, writer (Gray Matters, Fallen Angel)
02/23/1942 Beau Boulter, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- )
02/23/1943 Fred Biletnikoff, NFL wide receiver (Oakland Raiders, Montr�al)
02/23/1943 Jada Rowland, NYC, actress (Penny-Hamptons, Amy-Secret Storm)
02/23/1944 Johnny Winter, [John Dawson], Leland Miss, guitarist (Silver Train)
02/23/1946 Rusty Young, rock steel guitarist (Poco-Heat of the Night)
02/23/1947 Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress (Man Who be King)/Miss Guyana (1967)
02/23/1948 Susan Lucci, actress (All My Children)
02/23/1949 Anna-Maria M�ller, German DR, Luge (Olympic-gold-1972)
02/23/1949 Larry Demps, US R&B singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones)
02/23/1949 Marc Garneau, Canada, astronaut (STS 13)
02/23/1951 Ed 'Too Tall' Jones, NFLer (Dallas Cowboys)
02/23/1952 Brad Whitford, Mass, rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun)
02/23/1955 Howard Jones, rock vocalist (Things Can Only Get Better)
02/23/1956 Maren Jensen, Glendale Cal, actress (Battlestar Galactica)
02/23/1958 David Sylvian, vocal/guitar (Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex)
02/23/1958 Ria Brieffies, singer (Dolly Dots)
02/23/1960 Gloria von Thurm und Taxis, Munich German FR, Princess
02/23/1960 Maria Gloria von Sch�nberg-Glauchau, wife of prince Thurn un Taxis
02/23/1962 Melinda Mays, Augusta Ga, playmate (Feb, 1983)
02/23/1962 Michael Wilton, rock guitarist (Queensr�che-Warning)
02/23/1964 John Norum, rocker
02/23/1965 Helena Sukova, Czech, tennis player (1985 US Open's Double)
02/23/1966 Marc Price, actor/comedian (Skippy-Family Ties)
02/23/1971 Jason Keller, Scarsdale NY, actor (Jason-Out of the Blue)
02/23/1971 Shane Keller, Scarsdale NY, actor (Shane-Out of the Blue)
02/23/1973 Robert Pipkins, Staten Island NY, luger (Olympics-1994)
Deaths:
02/23/1447 Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies
02/23/1554 Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, is executed
02/23/1662 Johann Cruger, composer, dies at 63
02/23/1669 Lieuwe van Aitzema, Fries historian, dies at 68
02/23/1682 Abraham de Wicquefort, diplomat/historian, dies at 75
02/23/1704 Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 51
02/23/1718 Fran�ois Fagel, field marshal/mayor of Nijmegen, dies at 63
02/23/1792 Joshua Reynolds, painter, dies
02/23/1806 John Alcock, composer, dies at 90
02/23/1807 Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61
02/23/1821 John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome
02/23/1821 Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor, dies
02/23/1828 Mih�ly Fazekar, Hungarian botanicus/literary (Book of Spices), dies
02/23/1848 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80
02/23/1867 George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90
02/23/1884 Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal, dies at 23
02/23/1897 Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68
02/23/1903 Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57
02/23/1903 Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer, dies at 70
02/23/1915 Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC
02/23/1916 George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71
02/23/1920 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61
02/23/1922 Henri Landru, executed for having 11 wives, in France
02/23/1927 Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 80
02/23/1930 Horst Wessel, German nazi writer (Die Fahne hoch), dies
02/23/1930 Mabel Normand, actress/director (Extra Girl), dies at 35
02/23/1931 Lady Nellie Melba, [Heal Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies
02/23/1934 Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard
02/23/1934 Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 77
02/23/1935 Jan Duiker, architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies
02/23/1942 Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies
02/23/1945 Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62
02/23/1955 Paul Claudel, French poet/song writer (L'otage), dies at 86
02/23/1965 Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies in Calif
02/23/1968 Edna Ferber, US author (Giant, Showboat), dies at 80
02/23/1968 Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78
02/23/1969 Abd al-Aziz,ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saoed/King Saudia, dies
02/23/1969 Joseph Messner, composer, dies at 75
02/23/1971 King Lockwood, dies
02/23/1972 Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81
02/23/1974 Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63
02/23/1976 Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74
02/23/1980 Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62
02/23/1987 Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies
02/23/1990 Annelien Kappeyne Van de Coppello, Dutch politician (Liberal), dies
02/23/1990 James Gavin, commandant US 82nd Airborn Div (Normandy), dies at 82
02/23/1990 Jos� Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador, dies
02/23/1992 Jacquelyn Hyde, actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies
02/23/1993 Edwin Louis Battle, actor, dies
Significant Events:
02/23/ 303 Emperor Diocletian orders general persecution of Christians
02/23/1455 Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, Bible (estimated date)
02/23/1574 5th War of Religion breaks out in France
02/23/1672 Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam
02/23/1689 Dutch prince Willem III proclaimed king of England
02/23/1778 Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge
02/23/1804 Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII
02/23/1813 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass
02/23/1821 College of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st US pharmacy college
02/23/1822 Boston is incorporated as a city
02/23/1836 Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed
02/23/1846 Polish revolutionaries march on Cracow, but are defeated
02/23/1847 Battle of Buena Vista M�xico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans
02/23/1852 'H M S Birkenhead' sinks off South Africa killing 420 troops
02/23/1861 By popular referendum, Texas becomes 7th state to secede from US
02/23/1861 Dutch premier Floris A van Hall resigns
02/23/1869 Louisiana governor signs public accommodations law
02/23/1870 Mississippi is readmitted to US
02/23/1875 J Palisa discovers asteroid #143 Adria
02/23/1883 Alabama becomes 1st US state to enact an antitrust law
02/23/1883 American Anti-Vivisection Society organized at Philadelphia
02/23/1887 Congress grants Seal Rocks to SF
02/23/1887 French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die
02/23/1892 1st college student govt established, Bryn Mawr, Penn
02/23/1895 Cut Eden skates world record 10km (17:56)
02/23/1895 M Wolf discovers asteroid #399 Persephone
02/23/1895 William Heard, AME minister & educator, named minister to Liberia
02/23/1900 Battle at Hart's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
02/23/1900 Steamer 'Rio de Janeiro' sinks in SF Bay
02/23/1903 Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA
02/23/1904 Control of Panama Canal Zone acquired by US for $10 million
02/23/1905 Rotary Club International established by 4 men in Chicago
02/23/1906 Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart for HW boxing champ in 20 rounds
02/23/1909 Russian tsar Nicolas II dissolves Finland
02/23/1910 1st radio contest held, Philadelphia
02/23/1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #742 Edisona
02/23/1915 Nevada enforces convenient divorce law
02/23/1916 Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin
02/23/1916 French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verd
02/23/1919 Mussolini finds Fascist party of Italy
02/23/1920 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #928 Hildrun
02/23/1921 1st US transcontinental air mail flight arrives in NYC from SF
02/23/1923 German Republic day with laws against worker
02/23/1923 Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5%
02/23/1927 US Radio Commission created (FCC predecessor)
02/23/1934 Casey Stengel becomes manager of Brooklyn Dodgers
02/23/1934 Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium
02/23/1936 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, NY
02/23/1936 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2067 Aksnes
02/23/1938 E Delporte discovers asteroids #1491 Balduinus & #1722 Goffin
02/23/1938 Joe Louis KOs Nathan Mann
02/23/1939 Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
02/23/1940 Russian troops conquer Lasi Island
02/23/1942 Japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood, Calif
02/23/1945 2nd Dutch govt of Gerbrandy forms in London
02/23/1945 Operation Grenade: Gen Simpsons 9th Army attacks Ruhr
02/23/1945 US Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo & statue
02/23/1954 1st mass inoculation with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh)
02/23/1954 Syrian army drives out president Adib el-Shishakli
02/23/1955 Edgar Faure forms French government
02/23/1956 Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin
02/23/1958 5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels
02/23/1958 Last Municipal arc light, Mission & 25th removed (installed in 1913)
02/23/1959 KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, CA (PBS) begins broadcasti
02/23/1960 Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field
02/23/1965 Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president
02/23/1966 Aldo Moro forms Italian government
02/23/1966 Military coup in Syria ends Bitar govt
02/23/1966 Premier Obote grabs power in Uganda
02/23/1967 25th amendment (presidential succession) declared ratified
02/23/1968 Wilt Chamberlain becomes 1st NBA to score 25,000 points
02/23/1969 Nayif Hawatimah forms Dem People's front for Liberation of Palestine
02/23/1969 WWVU (now WNPB) TV channel 24 in Morgantown, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast
02/23/1970 Guyana becomes a republic (National Day)
02/23/1971 George Harrison is fined & his driving license is suspended for 1 ye
02/23/1971 Lt Calley confessed & implicates Captain Medina
02/23/1973 Gold goes up $10 overnight to record $95 an ounce in London
02/23/1974 Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in 'Confessions of an Orth'
02/23/1976 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2079 Jacchia
02/23/1979 Frank Peterson Jr named 1st black general in Marine Corps
02/23/1979 George Harrison releases 'George Harrison' album
02/23/1980 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, NY
02/23/1980 Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics
02/23/1980 Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-mil-gallon spill
02/23/1981 Attempted military coup in Spain
02/23/1981 People mag features drug ordeal of Mackenzie & Papa John Phillips
02/23/1981 Spanish coup under lt-col Antonio Tejero Molina fails
02/23/1983 USFL NJ Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 mil
02/23/1984 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3519
02/23/1985 Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game
02/23/1985 US Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general
02/23/1986 Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 6 m indoor (7.00 sec)
02/23/1987 Russian Writers Union accepts Boris Pasternak posthumous as member
02/23/1987 Supernova 1987A in LMC 1st seen; 1st naked-eye supernova since 1604
02/23/1988 15th Winter Olympic games opens in Calgary, Alberta
02/23/1991 Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested
02/23/1991 US insists Iraq publicly announce it is leaving Kuwait by 12 PM EST
02/23/1992 16th Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France
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