Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 23

1913  Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies on February - 23.   

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

1916  George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1927  Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1930  Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

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

1934  Death of Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 23 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 February - 23.   

1960  On this day in history death of arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898)   

1961  On February - 23 wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies   

1965  On this day in history stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74   

1968  On February - 23 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 this day in history.   

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  Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1973  Death of Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895) on February - 23.   

1974  On February - 23 florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63   

1976  On this day in history fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74   

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  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 February - 23.   

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

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

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

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  Samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs) was born on this day in history.   

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

1648  On February - 23 birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)