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  Canadian troops occupy Kalkar on February - 23.   

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

1945  On February - 23 uS Marines raise the American flag after taking Mount Suribachi on the island Iwo Jima, during WWII.   

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

1945  Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1954  On this day in history pittsburgh begins the first mass inoculation of children against polio in the US, using the vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk.   

1954  Syrian army drives out President Adib el-Shishakli on February - 23.   

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

1955  On February - 23 edgar Faure forms French government   

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

1956  On this day in history 20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow   

1956  Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin on February - 23.   

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

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  USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR on this day in history.   

1959  On February - 23 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in Kansas City   

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

1965  On this day in history constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president   

1965  In Ottawa the Government approves collective bargaining and arbitration in the Civil Service but takes it away when it is convenient on February - 23.   

1965  On February - 23 stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74   

1966  Aldo Moro forms Italian government on this day in history.   

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

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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 this day in history.   

1583  Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656) was born on February - 23.   

1614  Jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter was born on February - 23.   

1615  On February - 23 birth of cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised   

1633  On this day in history birth of samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs)   

1646  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)   

1648  Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730) was born on February - 23.   

0155  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1526  Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies on February - 23.   

1554  On this day in history death of henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed