430 Historic Events for February 23
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy/founded (CP Palestina)
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| 1904 |
Birth |
William L Shirer, historian (Rise and Fall of 3rd Reich)
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| 1905 |
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Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Leonidas Zoras, composer
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| 1906 |
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Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
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| 1906 |
Death |
Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman
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| 1908 |
Birth |
William McMahon, PM of Australia (Liberal) (1971-72)
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| 1909 |
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Russian tsar Nicolas II dissolves Finnish Diet
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Frank Ward, cricketer (Australian leggie late 30s)
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| 1910 |
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George Bernard Shaw's "Misalliance," premieres in London
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| 1910 |
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1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
G Mennen Williams, Detroit, Sup Court Justice/(Gov-D-Mich, 1949-60)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Charles Leonard, US, pentathelete (Olympic-1936)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Earl of Lincoln
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| 1913 |
Death |
Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Margaret Farrer, CEO (Central Midwives Board)
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| 1915 |
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Nevada enforces convenient divorce law
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| 1915 |
Death |
Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC
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| 1915 |
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Germany sinks US ships Carib and Evelyn and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Heinrich Schirmbeck, German author (Das Spiegellabyrinth)
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| 1916 |
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Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin
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| 1916 |
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French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verdun
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| 1916 |
Death |
George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71
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