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02/23/1889
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Cyril Delevanti, England, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis, Black Eye)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1889
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Frederik M baron of Asbeck, Dutch lawyer (League of Nations)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1892
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Kathleen Harrison, actress (Fast Lady, Big Money, West 11)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1892
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1st college student govt forms at Bryn Mawr Penn
Type: Event
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02/23/1894
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Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play
Type: Event
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02/23/1895
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Richard Goolden, London England, actor (School for Husbands)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1895
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Jaap Eden skates world record 10km (17:56)
Type: Event
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02/23/1895
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William Heard, AME minister and educator, named minister to Liberia
Type: Event
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02/23/1896
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Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield
Type: Event
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02/23/1897
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Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68
Type: Death
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02/23/1898
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In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus
Type: Event
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02/23/1898
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Reinhard Herbig, German archaeologist
Type: Birth
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02/23/1899
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E Langg„sser, writer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1899
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Erich K„stner, Dresden German author (Emil and the Detective)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1900
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Elinor Remick Warren, composer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1900
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William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies
Type: Death
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02/23/1900
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Steamer "Rio de Janeiro" sinks in SF Bay
Type: Event
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02/23/1900
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Battle at Hart's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
Type: Event
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02/23/1901
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Aartje W "Mien" van It Sant-van Bommel, author (Mieke-serial)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1902
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Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72
Type: Death
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02/23/1903
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Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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02/23/1903
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Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57
Type: Death
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02/23/1903
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Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA
Type: Event
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02/23/1903
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Grigori V Aleksandrov, Russian director (Veselye Rebjata)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1904
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US acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million
Type: Event
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02/23/1904
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Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy/founded (CP Palestina)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1904
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William L Shirer, historian (Rise and Fall of 3rd Reich)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1905
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Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago
Type: Event
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02/23/1905
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Leonidas Zoras, composer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1906
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Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
Type: Event
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02/23/1906
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Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed
Type: Death
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02/23/1907
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Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman
Type: Birth
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02/23/1908
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William McMahon, PM of Australia (Liberal) (1971-72)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1909
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Russian tsar Nicolas II dissolves Finnish Diet
Type: Event
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02/23/1909
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Frank Ward, cricketer (Australian leggie late 30s)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1910
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George Bernard Shaw's "Misalliance," premieres in London
Type: Event
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02/23/1910
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1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)
Type: Event
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02/23/1911
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G Mennen Williams, Detroit, Sup Court Justice/(Gov-D-Mich, 1949-60)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1911
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Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic
Type: Birth
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02/23/1913
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Charles Leonard, US, pentathelete (Olympic-1936)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1913
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Earl of Lincoln
Type: Birth
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02/23/1913
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Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies
Type: Death
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02/23/1914
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Margaret Farrer, CEO (Central Midwives Board)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1915
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Nevada enforces convenient divorce law
Type: Event
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02/23/1915
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Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC
Type: Death
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02/23/1915
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Germany sinks US ships Carib and Evelyn and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin
Type: Event
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02/23/1915
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Heinrich Schirmbeck, German author (Das Spiegellabyrinth)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1916
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Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin
Type: Event
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02/23/1916
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French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verdun
Type: Event
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02/23/1916
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George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71
Type: Death
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