Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 23

1913  On February - 23 jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies   

1915  On February - 23 robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC   

1916  On this day in history george Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71   

1920  On this day in history alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61   

1922  On February - 23 death of albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (b. 1845)   

1927  Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79 on February - 23.   

1930  On this day in history horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22   

1931  Nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history death of augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard   

1935  Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44 on February - 23.   

1937  Claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies on February - 23.   

1942  On this day in history stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60   

1944  Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies on this day in history.   

1945  Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62 on February - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1957  On February - 23 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 February - 23.   

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  On February - 23 abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67   

1970  On February - 23 death of hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904)   

1971  King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73 on February - 23.   

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  On this day in history florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63   

1976  Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74 on February - 23.   

1979  Death of W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62   

1983  On February - 23 adrian Boult, conductor, dies   

1985  On February - 23 alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71   

1987  On this day in history esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80   

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1417  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71) was born on this day in history.   

1417  On this day in history birth of pope Paul II (d. 1471)   

1583  Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1646  On February - 23 birth of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)   

1648  Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.