Famous Deaths In February - 23
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1913 On this day in history jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies
1915 Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC on this day in history.
1916 On February - 23 george Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71
1920 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1922 Death of Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (b. 1845) on February - 23.
1927 Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1930 On this day in history horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22
1931 On this day in history nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies
1934 Death of Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard on this day in history.
1935 On February - 23 jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44
1937 On this day in history claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
1942 Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60 on February - 23.
1944 On this day in history leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies
1945 On February - 23 aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62
1946 On February - 23 death of tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885)
1948 Death of John Robert Gregg, Irish-born publisher and inventor (b. 1866) on February - 23.
1955 Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86 on this day in history.
1957 On this day in history death of marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)
1960 On this day in history death of arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898)
1961 Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies on this day in history.
1965 On this day in history stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74
1968 On this day in history fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78
1969 Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67 on February - 23.
1970 Death of Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904) on February - 23.
1971 King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73 on this day in history.
1972 On this day in history michael Taube, composer, dies at 81
1973 Death of Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895) on this day in history.
1974 Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63 on February - 23.
1976 On February - 23 fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74
1979 On this day in history death of w.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b. 1900)
1980 On February - 23 robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62
1983 On this day in history adrian Boult, conductor, dies
1985 On this day in history alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71
1987 Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80 on this day in history.
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