430 Historic Events for February 23
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| 1916 |
Birth |
George Abel, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1972)
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| 1916 |
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Martindale Sidwell, organist/conductor
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| 1916 |
Birth |
William Walsh, academic
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| 1917 |
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February revolution begins in Russia
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Kenneth Tobey, actor (Chuck-Whirlybirds) [or Mar 23]
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| 1918 |
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Dom Aelred Watkin, headmaster (Downside School)
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Johnny Carey, soccer star
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Lord Ezra
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| 1919 |
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Fascist Party forms in Italy by Benito Mussolini
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| 1920 |
Death |
Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61
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| 1920 |
Birth |
David Wright, poet
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Hall Overton, Bangor Michigan, composer (Enchanted Pear Tree)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Lord St Levan
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| 1921 |
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1st US transcontinental air mail flight arrives in NYC from SF
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| 1923 |
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Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5%
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| 1923 |
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German Republic day with laws against worker
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Lejaren Hiller, composer
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| 1924 |
Death |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President (1913-21), dies
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Louis Stokes, (Rep-D-OH, 1969- )
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Ian Smith, cricket leg-spinner (S Afr 1947-58 avg 64.08)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Regine Crespin, French vocalist (Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete)
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| 1927 |
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Pres Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FCC)
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| 1927 |
Death |
Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Ivan Hrusovsky, composer
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