Page 7: 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  On February - 23 canadian troops occupy Kalkar   

1945  Operation Grenade General Simpson's 9th Army crosses Ruhr on this day in history.   

1945  US Marines raise the American flag after taking Mount Suribachi on the island Iwo Jima, during WWII on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history 2nd Dutch govt of Gerbrandy forms in London   

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

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

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 February - 23 pittsburgh begins the first mass inoculation of children against polio in the US, using the vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk.   

1954  On February - 23 syrian army drives out President Adib el-Shishakli   

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

1955  On February - 23 edgar Faure forms French government   

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

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

1956  On February - 23 russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin   

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 February - 23.   

1958  Arturo Frondizi elected President of Argentina on February - 23.   

1958  Last Municipal arc light, Mission & 25th removed (installed in 1913) on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR   

1959  On February - 23 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open   

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

1960  Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field (opened in 1913) on February - 23.   

1961  On this day in history wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies   

1962  On February - 23 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1964  On February - 23 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 February - 23.   

1965  On February - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

1966  Aldo Moro forms Italian government on February - 23.   

1966  Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government on this day in history.   

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

1417  Pope Paul II (d. 1471) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)   

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

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

1633  On this day in history 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  Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730) was born on February - 23.   

0155  Death of Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake on February - 23.   

1011  On February - 23 death of willigis, Archbishop of Mainz   

1100  On this day in history death of emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076)   

1447  Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies on this day in history.   

1464  On February - 23 death of zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427)   

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

1526  On February - 23 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