February 23rd All Events |
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| February 23rd, 2008 (February 23 2008) | Event | a B-2 Spirit of the USAF crashes at Guam. The crew survived but the aircraft was written off, making it the most expensive air crash in human history (the aircraft alone cost $1.2Bn). The B-2 had a perfect saftey record before the crash; not one B-2 ever crashed. | |
| February 23rd, 2008 (February 23 2008) | Death | Janez Drnovsek, Slovenian prime minister and president (born in 1950) | |
| February 23rd, 2008 (February 23 2008) | Death | Paul Frere, Belgian race car driver and motorsport journalist (born in 1917) | |
| February 23rd, 2008 (February 23 2008) | Death | Douglas Fraser, Scottish pilot, first to land at Newfoundland Airport on January 11, 1938 (born in 1916) | |
| February 23rd, 2007 (February 23 2007) | Event | Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea. | |
| February 23rd, 2007 (February 23 2007) | Event | A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, United Kingdom, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents. | |
| February 23rd, 2007 (February 23 2007) | Death | Donnie Brooks, American singer (born in 1936) | |
| February 23rd, 2007 (February 23 2007) | Death | John Ritchie, British footballer (born in 1941) | |
| February 23rd, 2006 (February 23 2006) | Event | Dubai Ports World agrees to postpone its plans to take over management of six U.S. ports after the proposal ignited harsh bipartisan criticism on Capitol Hill. | |
| February 23rd, 2006 (February 23 2006) | Death | Benno Besson, Swiss actor and film director (born in 1922) | |
| February 23rd, 2006 (February 23 2006) | Death | Telmo Zarraonaindia, Spanish footballer (born in 1921) | |
| February 23rd, 2005 (February 23 2005) | Event | Slovakia Summit 2005 begins, marking the first occasion when a sitting American President visits Slovakia; George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin are in attendance. | Vladimir Putin Quotes |
| February 23rd, 2005 (February 23 2005) | Event | Vote of the controversial French law on colonialism, repealed start of 2006. | |
| February 23rd, 2004 (February 23 2004) | Death | Vijay Anand, Indian film director (born in 1934) | |
| February 23rd, 2004 (February 23 2004) | Death | Carl Anderson, American singer (born in 1945) | |
| February 23rd, 2004 (February 23 2004) | Death | Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (born in 1918) | |
| February 23rd, 2004 (February 23 2004) | Death | Don Cornell, American singer (born in 1919) | |
| February 23rd, 2004 (February 23 2004) | Death | Carl Liscombe, Canadian hockey player (born in 1915) | |
| February 23rd, 2003 (February 23 2003) | Death | Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (born in 1910) | |
| February 23rd, 2003 (February 23 2003) | Death | Howie Epstein, American bass guitarist (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) (born in 1955) | Tom Petty Quotes |
| February 23rd, 2001 (February 23 2001) | Death | Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (born in 1931) | |
| February 23rd, 2000 (February 23 2000) | Death | Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (born in 1957) | |
| February 23rd, 2000 (February 23 2000) | Death | Stanley Matthews, English footballer (born in 1915) | |
| February 23rd, 1999 (February 23 1999) | Event | Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey. | |
| February 23rd, 1999 (February 23 1999) | Event | An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtur, killing 31. | |
| February 23rd, 1999 (February 23 1999) | Death | Carlos Hathcock, USMC Sniper, 93 Confirmed Kills (born in 1942) | |
| February 23rd, 1998 (February 23 1998) | Event | Kissimmee Tornado Outbreak: Tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42. | |
| February 23rd, 1998 (February 23 1998) | Event | Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders. | Osama bin Laden Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1997 (February 23 1997) | Event | A large fire occurs in the Russian Space station, Mir. | |
| February 23rd, 1997 (February 23 1997) | Death | Tony Williams, American jazz drummer (born in 1945) | |
| February 23rd, 1995 (February 23 1995) | Death | Melvin Franklin, American singer (The Temptations) (born in 1942) | |
| February 23rd, 1995 (February 23 1995) | Death | James Herriot, English writer (born in 1916) | |
| February 23rd, 1994 (February 23 1994) | Birth | Dakota Fanning, American actress | |
| February 23rd, 1992 (February 23 1992) | Event | The Socialist Labour Party is founded in Georgia. | |
| February 23rd, 1992 (February 23 1992) | Death | Markos Vafiadis, Greek politician (born in 1906) | |
| February 23rd, 1991 (February 23 1991) | Event | Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabia border and enter Iraq, thus starting the ground-phase of the war. | |
| February 23rd, 1991 (February 23 1991) | Event | In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d etat, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan. | |
| February 23rd, 1990 (February 23 1990) | Death | Jose Napoleon Duarte, President of El Salvador (born in 1925) | |
| February 23rd, 1989 (February 23 1989) | Birth | Evan Bates, American ice dancer | |
| February 23rd, 1987 (February 23 1987) | Event | Supernova 1987a: A supernova is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud. | |
| February 23rd, 1986 (February 23 1986) | Birth | Holly Brook, American musician | |
| February 23rd, 1986 (February 23 1986) | Birth | Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese pop star (KAT-TUN) | |
| February 23rd, 1986 (February 23 1986) | Birth | Jerod Mayo, American Football player | |
| February 23rd, 1983 (February 23 1983) | Event | The Spanish Socialist government of Felipe Gonzalez and Miguel Boyer nationalizes Rumasa, a holding of Jose Maria Ruiz Mateos. | |
| February 23rd, 1983 (February 23 1983) | Event | The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri. | |
| February 23rd, 1983 (February 23 1983) | Birth | Mirco Bergamasco, Italian rugby player | |
| February 23rd, 1983 (February 23 1983) | Birth | Mido, Egyptian footballer | |
| February 23rd, 1983 (February 23 1983) | Birth | Emily Blunt, British actress | |
| February 23rd, 1983 (February 23 1983) | Birth | Aziz Ansari, Indian American Comedian | |
| February 23rd, 1983 (February 23 1983) | Death | Herbert Howells, English composer (born in 1892) | |
| February 23rd, 1982 (February 23 1982) | Birth | Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor | |
| February 23rd, 1982 (February 23 1982) | Birth | Karan Singh Grover, Indian Television Actor | |
| February 23rd, 1981 (February 23 1981) | Event | 23-F, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d etat by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies. | |
| February 23rd, 1981 (February 23 1981) | Birth | Gareth Barry, English footballer | |
| February 23rd, 1981 (February 23 1981) | Birth | Charles Tillman, American football player | |
| February 23rd, 1980 (February 23 1980) | Event | Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran s parliament would decide the fate of the American embassy hostages. | Ruhollah Khomeini Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1980 (February 23 1980) | Birth | Karan Singh Grover, an Indian television actor | |
| February 23rd, 1979 (February 23 1979) | Birth | D-Roc, American rapper (Ying Yang Twins) | |
| February 23rd, 1979 (February 23 1979) | Death | W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (born in 1900) | |
| February 23rd, 1978 (February 23 1978) | Birth | Rene Perez, Puerto Rican musician (Calle 13) | |
| February 23rd, 1978 (February 23 1978) | Birth | Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 2003) | |
| February 23rd, 1977 (February 23 1977) | Birth | Kristina Smigun, Estonian cross-country skier | |
| February 23rd, 1976 (February 23 1976) | Birth | Kelly Macdonald, British actress | |
| February 23rd, 1976 (February 23 1976) | Birth | Scott Elarton, American baseball player | |
| February 23rd, 1976 (February 23 1976) | Death | LS Lowry, English artist (born in 1887) | |
| February 23rd, 1975 (February 23 1975) | Event | In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly two months early in the United States. | |
| February 23rd, 1975 (February 23 1975) | Birth | Michael Cornacchia, American actor | |
| February 23rd, 1975 (February 23 1975) | Birth | Robert Lopez, American composer | |
| February 23rd, 1975 (February 23 1975) | Birth | Natalia Verbeke, Argentine actress | |
| February 23rd, 1974 (February 23 1974) | Event | The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst. | Bion Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1974 (February 23 1974) | Birth | Leko, American DJ | |
| February 23rd, 1974 (February 23 1974) | Birth | Jaime Villarreal, Mexican musician | |
| February 23rd, 1974 (February 23 1974) | Birth | Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer | |
| February 23rd, 1974 (February 23 1974) | Death | Harry Ruby, American composer and writer (born in 1895) | |
| February 23rd, 1973 (February 23 1973) | Birth | Jack Case, American artist | |
| February 23rd, 1973 (February 23 1973) | Birth | Lars-Olof Johansson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans) | |
| February 23rd, 1973 (February 23 1973) | Death | Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1895) | |
| February 23rd, 1972 (February 23 1972) | Birth | Steve Holy, American country singer | |
| February 23rd, 1972 (February 23 1972) | Birth | Rondell White, American baseball player | |
| February 23rd, 1971 (February 23 1971) | Birth | Jeong Chan, South Korean actor | |
| February 23rd, 1971 (February 23 1971) | Birth | Don Maxwell, Canadian cricketer | |
| February 23rd, 1971 (February 23 1971) | Birth | Melinda Messenger, English television presenter | |
| February 23rd, 1971 (February 23 1971) | Birth | Joe-Max Moore, American soccer player | |
| February 23rd, 1970 (February 23 1970) | Birth | Marie-Josee Croze, French Canadian actress | |
| February 23rd, 1970 (February 23 1970) | Birth | Niecy Nash, American actress | |
| February 23rd, 1970 (February 23 1970) | Death | Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (born in 1904) | |
| February 23rd, 1969 (February 23 1969) | Birth | Marc Wauters, Belgian cyclist | |
| February 23rd, 1969 (February 23 1969) | Birth | Michael Campbell, New Zealand golfer | |
| February 23rd, 1969 (February 23 1969) | Death | King Saud of Saudi Arabia (born in 1902) | |
| February 23rd, 1968 (February 23 1968) | Birth | Justin Bell, British racing driver | |
| February 23rd, 1967 (February 23 1967) | Birth | Tamsin Greig, English actress | Tamsin Greig Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1966 (February 23 1966) | Event | A military coup in Syria replaces the previous government. | |
| February 23rd, 1965 (February 23 1965) | Birth | Kristin Davis, American actress | |
| February 23rd, 1965 (February 23 1965) | Birth | Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer | |
| February 23rd, 1965 (February 23 1965) | Birth | Helena Sukova, former Czech tennis player | |
| February 23rd, 1965 (February 23 1965) | Birth | Veronica Webb, American supermodel and actress | |
| February 23rd, 1965 (February 23 1965) | Death | Stan Laurel, British born actor and comedian (born in 1890) | Stan Laurel Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1964 (February 23 1964) | Birth | John Norum, Norwegian guitarist (Europe) | |
| February 23rd, 1963 (February 23 1963) | Birth | Bobby Bonilla, former baseball player | |
| February 23rd, 1963 (February 23 1963) | Birth | Radoslaw Sikorski, Polish politician | |
| February 23rd, 1962 (February 23 1962) | Birth | Michael Wilton, American musician (Queensryche) | |
| February 23rd, 1961 (February 23 1961) | Birth | Kelly Hansen, American drummer (Summer Lights) | |
| February 23rd, 1960 (February 23 1960) | Event | Peter Burdon was born. | |
| February 23rd, 1960 (February 23 1960) | Birth | Alan Griffin, Australian politician | |
| February 23rd, 1960 (February 23 1960) | Birth | Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan | |
| February 23rd, 1960 (February 23 1960) | Death | Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (born in 1898) | |
| February 23rd, 1959 (February 23 1959) | Birth | Richard Dodds, British field hockey player | |
| February 23rd, 1958 (February 23 1958) | Event | Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio. | |
| February 23rd, 1958 (February 23 1958) | Birth | Tony Barrell, English writer and journalist | |
| February 23rd, 1958 (February 23 1958) | Birth | David Sylvian, English musician (Japan, Nine Horses) | |
| February 23rd, 1957 (February 23 1957) | Event | The founding congress of the Senegalese Popular Bloc is opened in Dakar. | |
| February 23rd, 1957 (February 23 1957) | Death | Marika Ninou, Greek singer (born in 1918) | |
| February 23rd, 1955 (February 23 1955) | Event | First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). | |
| February 23rd, 1955 (February 23 1955) | Birth | Tom Bodett, American voice actor, radio personality, and writer | |
| February 23rd, 1955 (February 23 1955) | Birth | Howard Jones, British pop singer | |
| February 23rd, 1955 (February 23 1955) | Death | Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (born in 1868) | |
| February 23rd, 1954 (February 23 1954) | Event | The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh. | |
| February 23rd, 1954 (February 23 1954) | Birth | Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine | Viktor Yushchenko Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1953 (February 23 1953) | Birth | Satoru Nakajima, Japanese racing driver | |
| February 23rd, 1952 (February 23 1952) | Birth | Brad Whitford, American musician (Aerosmith) | |
| February 23rd, 1951 (February 23 1951) | Birth | Ed Jones, American football player | |
| February 23rd, 1951 (February 23 1951) | Birth | Patricia Richardson, American actress | |
| February 23rd, 1950 (February 23 1950) | Birth | Maxi, Irish singer and radio personality | |
| February 23rd, 1949 (February 23 1949) | Birth | Marc Garneau, French Canadian astronaut | |
| February 23rd, 1948 (February 23 1948) | Birth | Doug Moench, American comic book writer | |
| February 23rd, 1948 (February 23 1948) | Death | John Robert Gregg, Irish-born publisher and inventor (born in 1866) | |
| February 23rd, 1947 (February 23 1947) | Event | The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded. | |
| February 23rd, 1947 (February 23 1947) | Birth | John McWethy, American journalist (died in 2008) | |
| February 23rd, 1947 (February 23 1947) | Birth | Pia Kj?rsgaard, Danish politician | |
| February 23rd, 1946 (February 23 1946) | Birth | Rusty Young, American country-rock guitarist (Poco) | |
| February 23rd, 1946 (February 23 1946) | Death | Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (born in 1885) | Tomoyuki Yamashita Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1945 (February 23 1945) | Event | World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U.S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag. The photo would later win a Pulitzer Prize. | |
| February 23rd, 1945 (February 23 1945) | Event | World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by American forces. | |
| February 23rd, 1945 (February 23 1945) | Event | World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznan, the city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces. | |
| February 23rd, 1945 (February 23 1945) | Event | World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is completely destroyed by a raid of 379 British bombers. | |
| February 23rd, 1945 (February 23 1945) | Event | World War II: The Verona Philharmonic Theatre is bombed by Allied forces. It would later be re-opened in 1975. | |
| February 23rd, 1945 (February 23 1945) | Birth | Allan Boesak, South African activist | |
| February 23rd, 1944 (February 23 1944) | Event | Forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people to Central Asia. | |
| February 23rd, 1944 (February 23 1944) | Birth | Bernard Cornwell, English historical novelist | |
| February 23rd, 1944 (February 23 1944) | Birth | John Sandford, American novelist | |
| February 23rd, 1944 (February 23 1944) | Birth | Johnny Winter, American musician | |
| February 23rd, 1944 (February 23 1944) | Death | Leo Hendrik Baekeland, Flemish-American chemist and inventor of the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite (born in 1863) | |
| February 23rd, 1943 (February 23 1943) | Event | A fire breaks out at St. Joseph s Orphanage Co Cavan , Ireland , killing 36 people (35 of whom were children) | |
| February 23rd, 1943 (February 23 1943) | Birth | Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach | |
| February 23rd, 1941 (February 23 1941) | Event | Plutonium was first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg. | |
| February 23rd, 1941 (February 23 1941) | Birth | Ron Hunt, baseball player | |
| February 23rd, 1940 (February 23 1940) | Birth | Peter Fonda, American actor | |
| February 23rd, 1938 (February 23 1938) | Birth | Diane Varsi, American actress (died in 1992) | |
| February 23rd, 1937 (February 23 1937) | Birth | Tom Osborne, American football coach and politician | |
| February 23rd, 1934 (February 23 1934) | Event | Leopold III becomes King of Belgium. | |
| February 23rd, 1934 (February 23 1934) | Death | Edward Elgar, English composer (born in 1857) | Edward Elgar Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1932 (February 23 1932) | Birth | Majel Barrett, American actress | |
| February 23rd, 1931 (February 23 1931) | Birth | Tom Wesselmann, American collage artist (died in 2004) | |
| February 23rd, 1931 (February 23 1931) | Death | Nellie Melba, Australian opera soprano (born in 1861) | |
| February 23rd, 1930 (February 23 1930) | Death | Horst Wessel, Nazi ideologue and composer (born in 1907) | |
| February 23rd, 1929 (February 23 1929) | Birth | Elston Howard, American Baseball Player | |
| February 23rd, 1928 (February 23 1928) | Birth | Hans Herrmann, German race car driver | |
| February 23rd, 1928 (February 23 1928) | Birth | Vasili Lazarev, cosmonaut (died in 1990) | |
| February 23rd, 1927 (February 23 1927) | Event | The Federal Radio Commission (later renamed the Federal Communications Commission) begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies. | |
| February 23rd, 1927 (February 23 1927) | Birth | Regine Crespin, French operatic soprano (died in 2007) | |
| February 23rd, 1924 (February 23 1924) | Birth | Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African born physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 1998) | |
| February 23rd, 1924 (February 23 1924) | Birth | Claude Sautet, French film director (died in 2000) | |
| February 23rd, 1923 (February 23 1923) | Birth | Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan politician | |
| February 23rd, 1922 (February 23 1922) | Death | Albert Victor Backlund, Swedish physicist (born in 1845) | |
| February 23rd, 1920 (February 23 1920) | Birth | Paul Gerin-Lajoie, French Canadian politician | |
| February 23rd, 1919 (February 23 1919) | Event | Benito Mussolini forms the Fascist Party in Italy. | Benito Mussolini Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1918 (February 23 1918) | Event | First victory of Red Army over the Kaiser s German troops near Narva and Pskov. Since 1923 this date become the Day of Red Army in honour of this victory. | |
| February 23rd, 1918 (February 23 1918) | Birth | Richard G. Butler, American fascist (died in 2004) | |
| February 23rd, 1917 (February 23 1917) | Event | First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution. | |
| February 23rd, 1915 (February 23 1915) | Birth | Jon Hall, American actor (died in 1979) | |
| February 23rd, 1915 (February 23 1915) | Birth | Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General and Pilot of B-29 "Enola Gay" over Hiroshima (died in 2007) | |
| February 23rd, 1914 (February 23 1914) | Birth | Theofiel Middelkamp, Dutch cyclist (died in 2005) | |
| February 23rd, 1909 (February 23 1909) | Event | The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire. | |
| February 23rd, 1908 (February 23 1908) | Birth | William McMahon, twentieth Prime Minister of Australia (died in 1988) | |
| February 23rd, 1908 (February 23 1908) | Death | Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (born in 1823) | |
| February 23rd, 1905 (February 23 1905) | Event | Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world s first service club. | |
| February 23rd, 1904 (February 23 1904) | Event | The United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million. | |
| February 23rd, 1904 (February 23 1904) | Birth | Terence Fisher, English film director (died in 1980) | |
| February 23rd, 1904 (February 23 1904) | Birth | William L. Shirer, American historian (died in 1993) | |
| February 23rd, 1904 (February 23 1904) | Birth | Leopold Trepper, Soviet spy (died in 1982) | |
| February 23rd, 1903 (February 23 1903) | Event | Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity". | |
| February 23rd, 1901 (February 23 1901) | Birth | Edgar Ende, German painter (died in 1965) | |
| February 23rd, 1900 (February 23 1900) | Event | In South Africa, the Boers and British troops fight in the Battle of Hart s Hill. | |
| February 23rd, 1899 (February 23 1899) | Birth | Erich Kastner, German writer (died in 1974) | |
| February 23rd, 1899 (February 23 1899) | Birth | Norman Taurog, American film director (died in 1981) | |
| February 23rd, 1898 (February 23 1898) | Event | Emile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J accuse", a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully placing Captain Alfred Dreyfus in jail. | Emile Zola Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1897 (February 23 1897) | Death | Woldemar Bargiel, German composer (born in 1828) | |
| February 23rd, 1891 (February 23 1891) | Birth | Harold Horder, Australian Rugby League player (died in 1978) | |
| February 23rd, 1889 (February 23 1889) | Birth | Victor Fleming, American director (died in 1949) | |
| February 23rd, 1889 (February 23 1889) | Birth | Musidora, French actress and director (died in 1957) | |
| February 23rd, 1887 (February 23 1887) | Event | The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000. | |
| February 23rd, 1883 (February 23 1883) | Event | Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law. | |
| February 23rd, 1883 (February 23 1883) | Birth | Karl Jaspers, German philosopher (died in 1969) | Philo Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1879 (February 23 1879) | Death | Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (born in 1803) | |
| February 23rd, 1878 (February 23 1878) | Birth | Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and art theorist (died in 1935) | |
| February 23rd, 1874 (February 23 1874) | Birth | Konstantin Pats, Estonian president (died in 1956) | |
| February 23rd, 1873 (February 23 1873) | Birth | Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (died in 1929) | |
| February 23rd, 1870 (February 23 1870) | Event | Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union. | |
| February 23rd, 1868 (February 23 1868) | Birth | W.E.B. DuBois, American civil rights leader (died in 1963) | W.E.B. DuBois Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1861 (February 23 1861) | Event | President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after an assassination attempt in Baltimore, Maryland. | Abraham Lincoln Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1859 (February 23 1859) | Death | Zygmunt Krasinski, Polish Romantic poet (born in 1812) | |
| February 23rd, 1855 (February 23 1855) | Death | Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (born in 1777) | Carl Friedrich Gauss Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1854 (February 23 1854) | Event | The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared. | |
| February 23rd, 1850 (February 23 1850) | Birth | Cesar Ritz, Swiss hotelier (died in 1918) | |
| February 23rd, 1848 (February 23 1848) | Death | John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States (born in 1767) | John Quincy Adams Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1847 (February 23 1847) | Event | Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena VistaIn Mexico, American troops under General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. | Zachary Taylor Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1842 (February 23 1842) | Birth | Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (died in 1906) | Philo Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1836 (February 23 1836) | Event | The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas. | |
| February 23rd, 1820 (February 23 1820) | Event | Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed. | |
| February 23rd, 1819 (February 23 1819) | Death | John Keats, English poet (born in 1795) | John Keats Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1809 (February 23 1809) | Birth | William Sprague, American minister and politician from Michigan (died in 1868) | |
| February 23rd, 1800 (February 23 1800) | Death | Joseph Warton, English literary critic (born in 1722) | |
| February 23rd, 1792 (February 23 1792) | Death | Joshua Reynolds, English painter (born in 1723) | Joshua Reynolds Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1781 (February 23 1781) | Death | George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716) | |
| February 23rd, 1778 (February 23 1778) | Event | American Revolution: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army. | |
| February 23rd, 1766 (February 23 1766) | Death | Stanislaw Leszczynski, King of Poland (born in 1677) | |
| February 23rd, 1743 (February 23 1743) | Birth | Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (died in 1812) | |
| February 23rd, 1730 (February 23 1730) | Death | Pope Benedict XIII (born in 1649) | |
| February 23rd, 1729 (February 23 1729) | Birth | Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (died in 1809) | |
| February 23rd, 1723 (February 23 1723) | Birth | Richard Price, Welsh philosopher (died in 1791) | Philo Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1704 (February 23 1704) | Death | Georg Muffat, French composer (born in 1653) | |
| February 23rd, 1685 (February 23 1685) | Birth | Georg Friedrich Handel, German/British Baroque composer (died in 1759) | |
| February 23rd, 1680 (February 23 1680) | Birth | Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana (died in 1767) | |
| February 23rd, 1669 (February 23 1669) | Death | Leo Aitzema, Dutch historian and statesman (born in 1600) | |
| February 23rd, 1660 (February 23 1660) | Event | Charles XI becomes King of Sweden. | |
| February 23rd, 1648 (February 23 1648) | Birth | Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (died in 1730) | |
| February 23rd, 1646 (February 23 1646) | Birth | Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (died in 1709) | |
| February 23rd, 1633 (February 23 1633) | Birth | Samuel Pepys, English naval administrator and man of letters, posthumously famous as a diarist (died in 1703) | Samuel Pepys Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1603 (February 23 1603) | Death | Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (born in 1519) | Philo Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1583 (February 23 1583) | Birth | Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (died in 1656) | |
| February 23rd, 1572 (February 23 1572) | Death | Pierre Certon, French composer | |
| February 23rd, 1554 (February 23 1554) | Death | Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician (executed) (bc. 1515) | |
| February 23rd, 1526 (February 23 1526) | Death | Diego Colon, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies | |
| February 23rd, 1464 (February 23 1464) | Death | Zhengtong, Emperor of China (born in 1427) | |
| February 23rd, 1455 (February 23 1455) | Event | Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed from movable type. | |
| February 23rd, 1447 (February 23 1447) | Death | Pope Eugene IV (born in 1383) | |
| February 23rd, 1447 (February 23 1447) | Death | Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (born in 1390) | |
| February 23rd, 1417 (February 23 1417) | Birth | Pope Paul II (died in 1471) | |
| February 23rd, 1270 (February 23 1270) | Death | Saint Isabel of France, daughter of Louis VIII of France (born in 1225) | |
| February 23rd, 1100 (February 23 1100) | Death | Emperor Zhezong of China (born in 1076) | |
| February 23rd, 1011 (February 23 1011) | Death | Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz | |
| February 23rd, 0943 (February 23 0943) | Death | Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, (born in 884) | |
