Famous Deaths In February - 23

1913  On this day in history 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  Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history death of albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (b. 1845)   

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

1930  Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22 on February - 23.   

1931  Nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies on February - 23.   

1934  On February - 23 death of augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard   

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

1937  On February - 23 claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies   

1942  On February - 23 stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60   

1944  Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies on February - 23.   

1945  On this day in history aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62   

1946  Death of Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885) on February - 23.   

1948  On this day in history death of john Robert Gregg, Irish-born publisher and inventor (b. 1866)   

1955  On this day in history paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86   

1957  Death of Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918) on this day in history.   

1960  Death of Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898) on this day in history.   

1961  Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies on February - 23.   

1965  Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74 on this day in history.   

1968  On February - 23 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 this day in history 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 February - 23 michael Taube, composer, dies at 81   

1973  On this day in history death of dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895)   

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  On February - 23 death of w.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b. 1900)   

1980  Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1983  Adrian Boult, conductor, dies on February - 23.   

1985  Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1987  On February - 23 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 February - 23.   

1417  On February - 23 birth of pope Paul II (d. 1471)   

1583  On February - 23 birth of jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)   

1614  On this day in history birth of jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter   

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 this day in history.