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02/23/1949
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Terry "Tex" Comer, bassist/guitarist
Type: Birth
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02/23/1949
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Terry Comer, rocker
Type: Birth
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02/23/1950
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Neil Jordan, Sligo Ireland, novelist (Dream of a Beast, Past)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1950
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Steve Priest, London, rock bassist (Sweet Hayes)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1951
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Ed "Too Tall" Jones, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1951
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Nicholas Kenyon, controller (BBC Radio 3)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1951
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Patricia Richardson, Bethesada Md, actress (Double Trouble, Home Imp)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1952
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Brad Whitford, Mass, rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1953
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Sallie L Baliunas, astrophysicist
Type: Birth
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02/23/1954
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1st mass inoculation with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh)
Type: Event
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02/23/1954
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Syrian army drives out president Adib el-Shishakli
Type: Event
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02/23/1955
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Edgar Faure forms French government
Type: Event
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02/23/1955
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Howard Jones, rock pianist/vocalist (Things Can Only Get Better)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1955
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Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86
Type: Death
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02/23/1956
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20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow
Type: Event
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02/23/1956
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Russian party leader Khrushchev attacks memory of Stalin
Type: Event
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02/23/1957
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"Mr Wonderful" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 383 performances
Type: Event
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02/23/1958
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5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels
Type: Event
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02/23/1958
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Arturo Frondizi elected president of Argentina
Type: Event
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02/23/1958
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Last Municipal arc light, Mission and 25th removed (installed in 1913)
Type: Event
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02/23/1958
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USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Type: Event
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02/23/1958
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David Sylvian, vocal/guitar (Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1958
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Lorraine Michaels, Canterbury England, playmate (April, 1981)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1958
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Ria Brieffies, Dutch vocalist (Dolly Dots)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1959
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
Type: Event
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02/23/1959
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KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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02/23/1959
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John Arthur Wilson, Ceres CA, PGA golfer (1994 Anheuser-Busch-4th)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1960
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Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field (opened in 1913)
Type: Event
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02/23/1960
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Cindy Figg-Currier, Mt Pleasant MI, golfer (1994 Brit Open-6th)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1960
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Gloria von Thurm un Taxis, Munich German FR, Princess
Type: Birth
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02/23/1960
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Maria Gloria von Sch”nberg-Glauchau, wife of prince Thurn un Taxis
Type: Birth
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02/23/1960
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Naruhito, crown prince of Japan
Type: Birth
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02/23/1961
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Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies
Type: Death
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02/23/1962
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Type: Event
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02/23/1962
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Melinda Mays, Augusta Ga, playmate (Feb, 1983)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1962
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Michael Wilton, rock guitarist (Queensrijche-Warning)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1963
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Bobby Bonilla, NYC, outfielder (NY Mets, Balt Orioles, Marlins)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1963
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Debbie Kruck, Danbury CT, Ms Fitness USA (1994)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1963
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Reza Abdoh, theatre director
Type: Birth
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02/23/1963
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Robert Collins, keyboard player
Type: Birth
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02/23/1964
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Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in Kansas City
Type: Event
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02/23/1964
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Byron Evans, NFL linebacker (Phila Eagles)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1964
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Dana Katherine Scully, fictional character (X-Files)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1964
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John Norum, rocker
Type: Birth
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02/23/1965
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Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president
Type: Event
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02/23/1965
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Helena Sukova, Prague Czech Rep, tennis star (1985 US Open's Double)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1965
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Kristin Davis, actress (Melrose Place)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1965
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Sylvie Guillem, France, ballerina (Royal Ballet)
Type: Birth
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02/23/1965
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Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel and Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74
Type: Death
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02/23/1966
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Aldo Moro forms Italian government
Type: Event
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