Page 7: Historical Events In February - 23

1944  On February - 23 leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies   

1945  2nd Dutch government of Gerbrandy forms in London on February - 23.   

1945  On February - 23 canadian troops occupy Kalkar   

1945  On February - 23 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  2nd Dutch govt of Gerbrandy forms in London on this day in history.   

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

1947  On February - 23 general Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170 million in aid for European Jews   

1947  On February - 23 gen Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews   

1951  In Korea Canadian troops with 27th British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade make first contact with enemy on this day in history.   

1954  On February - 23 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 February - 23 1st mass inoculation with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh)   

1955  Edgar Faure forms French government on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1958  5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels on this day in history.   

1958  On February - 23 arturo Frondizi elected President of Argentina   

1958  On this day in history last Municipal arc light, Mission & 25th removed (installed in 1913)   

1958  On February - 23 uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

1959  On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open   

1959  KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton CA (PBS) begins broadcasting on February - 23.   

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  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 23.   

1964  Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in Kansas City on February - 23.   

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

1965  On February - 23 constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president   

1965  On this day in history in Ottawa the Government approves collective bargaining and arbitration in the Civil Service but takes it away when it is convenient   

1965  Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74 on February - 23.   

1966  On this day in history aldo Moro forms Italian government   

1966  On February - 23 military coup in Syria ends Bitar government   

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

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

1615  Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1633  On February - 23 birth of samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs)   

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

1648  On this day in history birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)   

0155  On February - 23 death of polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake   

1011  Death of Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.   

1100  On February - 23 death of emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076)   

1447  On February - 23 eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies   

1464  Death of Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) on February - 23.   

1468  On February - 23 john Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies   

1526  On this day in history diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies   

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