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1417 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71) 1614 Jacob Coln(s), coat of arms painter 1633 Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary, Memoirs) 1649 John Blow, composer of 1st English opera (Venus & Adonis) (baptized) 1685 Georg Friedrich Hndel, English/German organist/composer (De Messias) 1744 Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founded House of Rothschild 1776 John Walter II, manager of Times (London) 1787 Emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame) 1792 Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor 1818 Jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept 1818 Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 1824 Lewis Cass Hunt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 1831 Hendrik W Mesdag, painter (Panorama Knife) 1838 Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 1840 Carl Menger, Austrian economist 1859 Theodor Batthy nyi, Hungarian statesman/contra revolutionary 1865 Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner (Pitts Pirates) 1868 William E B Du Bois, Mass, civil rights writer (Souls of Black Folk) 1874 Konstantin Pts, Estonian PM (1921-23, 1932-33), dictator (1933-40) 1875 Jozef E Stokvis, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (SDAP) 1881 Titus [Anno S] Brandsma, philosopher 1883 Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/existentialist philosopher 1883 Victor Fleming, Pasadena Cal, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind) 1889 Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations) 19-- Catherine Larson, actress (Ryan's Hope) 19-- Michael Wilton, rock guitarist (Queensrche-Warning) 19-- Patricia Richardson, Bethesada Md, actress (Beth-Double Trouble) 1904 Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy/founded (CP Palestina) 1904 William L Shirer, historian (Rise & Fall of 3rd Reich) 1908 William McMahon, PM of Australia (Liberal) (1971-72) 1911 G Mennen Williams, Detroit, Sup Court Justice/(Gov-D-Mich, 1949-60) 1913 Charles Leonard, US, pentathelete (Olympic-1936) 1916 George Abel, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1972) 1917 Kenneth Tobey, actor (Chuck-Whirlybirds) 1920 Hall Overton, Bangor Michigan, composer (Enchanted Pear Tree) 1925 Louis Stokes, (Rep-D-OH, 1969- ) 1926 Regine Crespin, French (actress?) 1928 Vasili G Lazarev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18-1) 1929 Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st black NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP) 1930 Harry Boldt, German Fed Rep, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1976) 1930 Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer (Black Venus) 1930 Johnny Seven, NYC, actor (Ironside, Amy Prentiss) 1933 Lee Quencey Calhoun, Laurel MS, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60) 1938 Diane Varsi, San Mateo Calif, actress (Peyton Place) 1938 Sylvia Chase, St Paul Minn, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20) 1939 Josef Feistmantl, Austria, lugeist (Olympic-gold-1964) 1939 Majel Barrett, Columbus Ohio, actress (Christine Chapel-Star Trek) 1940 Peter Fonda, actor (Easy Rider, Lilith, Wild Angels, Trip) 1941 William Hjrtsberg, NYC, writer (Gray Matters, Fallen Angel) 1942 Beau Boulter, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- ) 1943 Fred Biletnikoff, NFL wide receiver (Oakland Raiders, Montral) 1943 Jada Rowland, NYC, actress (Penny-Hamptons, Amy-Secret Storm) 1944 Johnny Winter, [John Dawson], Leland Miss, guitarist (Silver Train) 1946 Rusty Young, rock steel guitarist (Poco-Heat of the Night) 1947 Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress (Man Who be King)/Miss Guyana (1967) 1949 Anna-Maria Mller, German DR, Luge (Olympic-gold-1972) 1949 Marc Garneau, Canada, astronaut (STS 13) 1951 Ed "Too Tall" Jones, NFLer (Dallas Cowboys) 1952 Brad Whitford, Mass, rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun) 1955 Howard Jones, rock vocalist (Things Can Only Get Better) 1956 Maren Jensen, Glendale Cal, actress (Battlestar Galactica) 1958 David Sylvian, vocal/guitar (Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex) 1958 Ria Brieffies, singer (Dolly Dots) 1960 Gloria von Thurm und Taxis, Munich German FR, Princess 1962 Melinda Mays, Augusta Ga, playmate (Feb, 1983) 1965 Helena Sukova, Czech, tennis player (1985 US Open's Double) 1966 Marc Price, actor/comedian (Skippy-Family Ties) 1971 Jason Keller, Scarsdale NY, actor (Jason-Out of the Blue) 1971 Shane Keller, Scarsdale NY, actor (Shane-Out of the Blue) Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 231447 Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies 1554 Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, is executed 1792 Joshua Reynolds, painter, dies 1821 John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome 1821 Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor, dies 1828 Mih ly Fazekar, Hungarian botanicus/literary (Book of Spices), dies 1848 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 1915 Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC 1922 Henri Landru, executed for having 11 wives, in France 1930 Horst Wessel, German nazi writer (Die Fahne hoch), dies 1931 Lady Nellie Melba, [Heal Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies 1934 Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard 1934 Edward W Elgar, English composer/conductor (Coronation Ode), dies 1935 Jan Duiker, architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies 1942 Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies 1955 Paul Claudel, French poet/song writer (L'otage), dies at 86 1965 Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies in Calif 1968 Edna Ferber, US author (Giant, Showboat), dies at 80 1968 Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78 1969 Abd al-Aziz,ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saoed/King Saudia, dies 1990 Annelien Kappeyne Van de Coppello, Dutch politician (Liberal), dies 1990 James Gavin, commandant US 82nd Airborn Div (Normandy), dies at 82 1990 Jos Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 23[Brunei] National Day (1984) [Guyana] Republic Day (1970) [US] Iwo Jima Day (1945) [World] Brotherhood Day (1934) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 23[Ancient Rome] Terminalia; festival of Terminus, god of boundaries 166 [Ang, Luth, RC] Memorial of St Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, martyr 1072 [old RC] Feast of St Peter Damian, bp of Ostia/confessor/doctor (2/2) 1719 [Luth] Commemoration of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, missionary 1993 [Christian] Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) 1993 [Moslem] 1st day of Ramadn (1413 AH) 1994 [Ang, RC] Ember Day 1998 [Christian] Shrove Monday Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 23 [Ancient Rome] a d vij Kal Mar 303 Emperor Diocletian orders general persecution of Christians 1455 Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, Bible (estimated date) 1574 5th War of Religion breaks out in France 1778 Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge 1804 Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII 1813 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass 1821 College of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st US pharmacy college 1822 Boston is incorporated as a city 1836 Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed 1846 Polish revolutionaries march on Cracow, but are defeated 1847 Battle of Buena Vista Mxico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans 1852 "H M S Birkenhead" sinks off South Africa killing 420 troops 1861 By popular referendum, Texas becomes 7th state to secede from US 1869 Louisiana governor signs public accommodations law 1870 Mississippi is readmitted to US 1875 J Palisa discovers asteroid #143 Adria 1883 Alabama becomes 1st US state to enact an antitrust law 1883 American Anti-Vivisection Society organized at Philadelphia 1887 Congress grants Seal Rocks to SF 1887 French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die 1892 1st college student govt established, Bryn Mawr, Penn 1895 M Wolf discovers asteroid #399 Persephone 1895 William Heard, AME minister & educator, named minister to Liberia 1900 Steamer "Rio de Janiero" sinks in SF Bay 1903 Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA 1904 Control of Panama Canal Zone acquired by US for $10 million 1905 Rotary Club International established by 4 men in Chicago 1906 Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart for HW boxing champ in 20 rounds 1909 Russian tsar Nicolas II disolves Finland 1910 1st radio contest held, Philadelphia 1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #742 Edisona 1915 Nevada enforces convenient divorce law 1916 Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin 1919 Mussolini finds Facist party of Italy 1920 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #928 Hildrun 1921 1st US transcontinental air mail flight arrives in NYC from SF 1923 German Republic day with laws against worker 1923 Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5% 1927 US Radio Commission created (FCC predecessor) 1934 Casey Stengel becomes manager of Brooklyn Dodgers 1934 Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium 1936 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, NY 1936 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2067 Aksnes 1938 E Delporte discovers asteroids #1491 Balduinus & #1722 Goffin 1938 Joe Louis KOs Nathan Mann 1940 Russian troops conquer Lasi Island 1942 Japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood, Calif 1945 Operation Grenade: Gen Simpsons 9th Army attacks Ruhr 1945 US Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo & statue 1954 1st mass inoculation with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh) 1954 Syrian army drives out president Adib el-Shishakli 1955 Edgar Faure forms French government 1956 Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin 1958 5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels 1958 Last Municipal arc light, Mission & 25th removed (installed in 1913) 1959 KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field 1965 Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president 1967 25th amendment (presidential succession) declared ratified 1968 Wilt Chamberlain becomes 1st NBA to score 25,000 points 1969 WWVU (now WNPB) TV channel 24 in Morgantown, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast 1970 Guyana becomes a republic (National Day) 1971 George Harrison is fined & his driving license is suspended for 1 year 1971 Lt Calley confessed & implicates Captain Medina 1973 Gold goes up $10 overnight to record $95 an ounce in London 1974 Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Confessions of an Orth" 1976 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2079 Jacchia 1979 Frank Peterson Jr named 1st black general in Marine Corps 1979 George Harrison releases "George Harrison" album 1980 Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics 1980 Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-mil-gallon spill 1981 Attempted military coup in Spain 1981 People mag features drug ordeal of Mackenzie & Papa John Phillips 1983 USFL NJ Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 mil) 1984 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3519 1985 Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game 1985 US Senated confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general 1986 Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 6 m indoor (7.00 sec) 1987 Supernova 1987A in LMC 1st seen; 1st naked-eye supernova since 1604 1988 15th Winter Olympic games opens in Calgary, Alberta 1991 Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested 1991 US insists Iraq publically announce it is leaving Kuwait by 12 PM EST 1992 16th Olympic Winter games closes in Albertville, France Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 2354th day of the year with 311 days left (Numerology = 7) 1874 72øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1889 5øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 2302/23/51 --- I Apologize --- Eckstine, Billy 02/23/51 --- Sparrow In The Tree Top --- Mitchell, Guy 02/23/57 --- Butterfly --- Gracie, Charlie 02/23/57 --- Teen-Age Crush --- Sands, Tommy 02/23/59 --- Venus --- Avalon, Frankie 02/23/59 --- Alvin's Harmonica --- Chipmunks 02/23/63 --- In Dreams --- Orbison, Roy 02/23/63 --- Our Day Will Come --- Ruby & The Romantics 02/23/74 --- Jet --- McCartney, Paul 02/23/80 --- Off The Wall --- Jackson, Michael 02/23/85 --- One More Night --- Collins, Phil 02/23/91 --- You're In Love --- 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