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02/23/1916
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Martindale Sidwell, organist/conductor
Type: Birth
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02/23/1916
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William Walsh, academic
Type: Birth
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02/23/1916
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George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/23/1917
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February revolution begins in Russia
Type: Event
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02/23/1917
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Kenneth Tobey, actor (Chuck-Whirlybirds) [or Mar 23]
Type: Birth
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02/23/1918
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Dom Aelred Watkin, headmaster (Downside School)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1919
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Fascist Party forms in Italy by Benito Mussolini
Type: Event
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02/23/1919
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Johnny Carey, soccer star
Type: Birth
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02/23/1919
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Lord Ezra
Type: Birth
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02/23/1920
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David Wright, poet
Type: Birth
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02/23/1920
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Hall Overton, Bangor Michigan, composer (Enchanted Pear Tree)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1920
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Lord St Levan
Type: Birth
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02/23/1920
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Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61
Type: Death
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02/23/1921
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1st US transcontinental air mail flight arrives in NYC from SF
Type: Event
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02/23/1923
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German Republic day with laws against worker
Type: Event
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02/23/1923
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Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5%
Type: Event
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02/23/1923
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Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet
Type: Birth
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02/23/1924
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Lejaren Hiller, composer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1924
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President (1913-21), dies
Type: Death
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02/23/1925
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Ian Smith, cricket leg-spinner (S Afr 1947-58 avg 64.08)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1925
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Louis Stokes, (Rep-D-OH, 1969- )
Type: Birth
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02/23/1926
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Regine Crespin, French vocalist (Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1927
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Pres Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FCC)
Type: Event
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02/23/1927
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Ivan Hrusovsky, composer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1927
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Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79
Type: Death
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02/23/1928
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Duke of Beaufort
Type: Birth
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02/23/1928
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Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev, Siberia USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1929
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Eduard W "Ed" Bauer, [Eddy Evers], Dutch actor (Bluejackets)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1929
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Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st black NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1929
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Richard Moryl, composer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1929
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R‚gine Crespin, Marseilles France, operatic soprano
Type: Birth
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02/23/1930
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Gerry Davis, writer
Type: Birth
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02/23/1930
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Harry Boldt, German Fed Rep, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1976)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1930
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Imre Gyongyossy, film Maker
Type: Birth
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02/23/1930
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Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer (Black Venus)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1930
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Johnny Seven, NYC, actor (Ironside, Amy Prentiss)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1930
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Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22
Type: Death
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02/23/1930
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Mabel Normand, actress/director (Extra Girl), dies at 35
Type: Death
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02/23/1931
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Tom Wesselman, US sculptor (Great American Nudes)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1931
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Nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies
Type: Death
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02/23/1933
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Donna J Stone, poet
Type: Birth
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02/23/1933
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Lee Calhoun, Laurel Miss, hurdler (Olympics-gold-56, 60)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1933
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Lee Quencey Calhoun, Laurel MS, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1934
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Casey Stengel becomes manager of Brooklyn Dodgers
Type: Event
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02/23/1934
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Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium
Type: Event
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02/23/1934
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Lady Digby
Type: Birth
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02/23/1934
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Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard
Type: Death
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02/23/1934
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Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76
Type: Death
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02/23/1935
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Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44
Type: Death
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02/23/1936
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1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, NY
Type: Event
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