Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened 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  George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71 on February - 23.   

1920  Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61 on February - 23.   

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

1927  On February - 23 sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79   

1930  On February - 23 horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies   

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

1946  On this day in history death of tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885)   

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  On this day in history death of marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)   

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  Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78 on February - 23.   

1969  On this day in history 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  Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81 on February - 23.   

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 February - 23 fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74   

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  Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71 on February - 23.   

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  Pope Paul II (d. 1471) was born on February - 23.   

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

1614  Jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter was born on this day in history.   

1615  Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised was born on February - 23.   

1633  Samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs) was born on February - 23.   

1646  Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.   

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