430 Historic Events for February 23
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev, Siberia USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A)
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| 1928 |
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Duke of Beaufort
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| 1929 |
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Eduard W "Ed" Bauer, [Eddy Evers], Dutch actor (Bluejackets)
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| 1929 |
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Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st black NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Richard Moryl, composer
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| 1929 |
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R‚gine Crespin, Marseilles France, operatic soprano
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| 1930 |
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Johnny Seven, NYC, actor (Ironside, Amy Prentiss)
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| 1930 |
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Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer (Black Venus)
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| 1930 |
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Gerry Davis, writer
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| 1930 |
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Imre Gyongyossy, film Maker
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Harry Boldt, German Fed Rep, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1976)
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| 1930 |
Death |
Mabel Normand, actress/director (Extra Girl), dies at 35
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| 1930 |
Death |
Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22
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| 1931 |
Death |
Nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Tom Wesselman, US sculptor (Great American Nudes)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Donna J Stone, poet
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Lee Calhoun, Laurel Miss, hurdler (Olympics-gold-56, 60)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Lee Quencey Calhoun, Laurel MS, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Lady Digby
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| 1934 |
Death |
Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76
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| 1934 |
Death |
Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard
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| 1934 |
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Casey Stengel becomes manager of Brooklyn Dodgers
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| 1934 |
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Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium
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| 1935 |
Death |
Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44
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| 1936 |
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1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, NY
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