Notable Historical Events on February 23rd
February 23rd Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
303 |
Emperor Diocletian begins policy of persecution of Christians razing church at Nicomedia |
1455 |
Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, Bible (estimated date) |
1574 |
France begins 5th holy war against Huguenots |
1660 |
Charles XI becomes king of Sweden |
1668 |
Fire in Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, emperor Leopold I rescued |
1672 |
Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam |
1689 |
Dutch prince William III proclaimed king of England |
1778 |
Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge |
1792 |
Joseph Haydn's 94th Symphony in G, premieres |
1792 |
Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners) |
1804 |
Conspirators against Napoleon, for restoration of Louis XVIII |
1813 |
1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass |
1820 |
Cato Street conspiracy uncovered |
1821 |
College of Apothecaries organized in Phil; 1st US pharmacy college |
1822 |
Boston is incorporated as a city |
1836 |
Alamo besieged for 13 days until 6th March by Mexican army under General Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed |
1846 |
Polish revolutionaries march on Kraków, but are defeated |
1847 |
Battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans |
1854 |
Great-Britain & Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein |
1861 |
Dutch Premier Floris A van Hall resigns |
1869 |
Louisiana governor signs public accommodations law |
1870 |
Mississippi is readmitted to US |
1874 |
Mjr Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis) |
1883 |
Alabama becomes 1st US state to enact an antitrust law |
1883 |
American Anti-Vivisection Society organized (Phila) |
1886 |
Aluminum manufacturing process developed |
1886 |
London Times publishes world's 1st classified ad |
1886 |
Tsjaikovski's symphony "Manfred," premieres |
1887 |
Congress grants Seal Rocks to SF |
1887 |
French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die |
1892 |
1st college student government forms at Bryn Mawr Penn |
1894 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play |
1895 |
Jaap Eden skates world record 10km (17:56) |
1895 |
William Heard, AME minister & educator, named minister to Liberia |
1896 |
Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield |
1898 |
In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism & wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus |
1900 |
Battle at Hart's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army) |
1900 |
Steamer "Rio de Janeiro" sinks in SF Bay |
1903 |
The US and Cuba sign an agreement by which Cuba releases Guantanamo and Bahia Hondo to the US for naval stations |
1903 |
The Sultan agrees to an Austro-Russian plan to reform the government of Macedonia in yet another effort to stifle the rising disorder among the rival Bulgarian |
1904 |
US acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million |
1904 |
Having occupied Korea, Japan signs a treaty with Korea under which it becomes a Japanese protectorate in return for Japanese protection from other powers |
1905 |
Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago |
1906 |
Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing title |
1909 |
Russian Tsar Nicholas II dissolves Finnish Diet |
1910 |
1st radio contest held (Philadelphia) |
1910 |
George Bernard Shaw's "Misalliance," premieres in London |
1915 |
Germany sinks US ships Carib & Evelyn & torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin |
1915 |
Nevada enforces convenient divorce law |
1916 |
Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin |
1916 |
French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verdun |
1918 |
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. |
1919 |
Fascist Party forms in Italy by Benito Mussolini |
1921 |
1st US transcontinental air mail flight arrives in NYC from San Francisco |
1923 |
German Republic day with laws against worker |
1923 |
Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5% |
1927 |
Pres Calvin Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FRC) |
1934 |
Casey Stengel becomes manager of Brooklyn Dodgers |
1934 |
Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium |
1936 |
1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, NY |
1938 |
Joe Louis KOs Nathan Mann in 3 for heavyweight boxing title |
1939 |
Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St Louis, to become wrestling champ |
1939 |
11th Academy Awards - "You Can't Take It With You," Spencer Tracy & Bette Davis wins |
1940 |
Russian troops conquer Lasi Island |
1940 |
Walt Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio," released |
1941 |
Plutonium was first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg. |
1942 |
Japanese sub fires on oil refinery in Ellwood, Calif |
1943 |
Gen-Maj Bradley arrives in Dakar & Marrakesh |
1943 |
German troops pull back through Kasserine-pass Tunisia |
1944 |
Forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people to Central Asia. |
1945 |
2nd Dutch government of Gerbrandy forms in London |
1945 |
Canadian troops occupy Kalkar |
1945 |
Operation Grenade: Gen Simpsons 9th Army crosses Ruhr |
1945 |
US Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo & statue |
1947 |
Gen Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews |
1954 |
1st mass inoculation with salk vaccine (Pittsburgh) |
1954 |
Syrian army drives out president Adib el-Shishakli |
1955 |
Edgar Faure forms French government |
1956 |
20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow |
1957 |
"Mr Wonderful" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 383 performances |
1957 |
The founding congress of the Senegalese Popular Bloc is opened in Dakar. |
1958 |
5-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels |
1958 |
Arturo Frondizi elected president of Argentina |
1958 |
Last Municipal arc light, Mission & 25th removed (installed in 1913) |
1958 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR |
1959 |
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open |
1959 |
KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1960 |
Demolition begins on Brooklyn's Ebbets Field (opened in 1913) |
1962 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1964 |
Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in Kansas City |
1965 |
Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president |
1966 |
Military coup in Syria ends Bitar government |
1966 |
Premier Obote grabs power in Uganda |
1967 |
25th amendment (US Presidential succession) adopted |
1967 |
John Herbert's "Fortune & Men's Eyes," premieres in NYC |
1967 |
Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as CFL commissioner |
1967 |
US troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War |
1968 |
Wilt Chamberlain becomes 1st NBAer to score 25,000 points |
1969 |
Nayif Hawatimah forms Dem People's Front for Liberation of Palestine |
1969 |
WWVU (now WNPB) TV channel 24 in Morgantown, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast |
1970 |
Guyana becomes a republic (National Day) |
1970 |
Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service |
1971 |
Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak |
1971 |
George Harrison is fined & his driving license is suspended for 1 year |
1971 |
Lt Calley confessed & implicates Captain Medina |
1973 |
Gold goes up $10 overnight to record $95 an ounce in London |
1974 |
Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Confessions of an Orth" |
1975 |
Amy Alcott wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic |
1975 |
In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly two months early in the United States. |
1976 |
Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract |
1978 |
20th Grammy Awards: Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone wins |
1979 |
"Sarava" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 140 performances |
1979 |
Frank Peterson Jr named 1st black general in Marine Corps |
1979 |
George Harrison releases "George Harrison" album |
1979 |
"The Deer Hunter", starring Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken, is released |
1980 |
13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, NY |
1980 |
Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics |
1980 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
1980 |
Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-mil-gallon spill |
1981 |
People mag features drug ordeal of Mackenzie & Papa John Phillips |
1981 |
Spanish coup under lt-col Antonio Tejero Molina fails |
1982 |
Michael Frayn's "Noises Off," premieres in London |
1983 |
25th Grammy Awards: Roxanna, Toto IV, Men at Work wins |
1983 |
USFL NJ Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 mil) |
1983 |
The Spanish Socialist government of Felipe González and Miguel Boyer nationalizes Rumasa, a holding of José María Ruiz Mateos. |
1983 |
The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri. |
1985 |
Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game |
1985 |
US Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as attorney general |
1985 |
Goaltender Patrick Roy makes his NHL debut for the Montreal Canadiens |
1986 |
Despite losing, Red Sox Wade Boggs gets largest arbitration ($1.35M) |
1986 |
Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA Standard Register/Samaritan Golf Classic |
1986 |
Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 60 m indoor (7.00 sec) |
1987 |
Dick Howser retires from managing KC Royals, due to brain tumor |
1987 |
Russian Writers Union accepts Boris Pasternak posthumous as member |
1987 |
Supernova 1987A in LMC 1st seen; 1st naked-eye supernova since 1604 |
1988 |
Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights & play up to 18 night games |
1988 |
Yvonne van Gennip skates female record 3k (4:11.94) |
1990 |
Ian Smith 173* NZ v India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat |
1991 |
Greg Haugen scores a split decision over Hector "Macho" Camacho |
1991 |
Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested |
1991 |
NC is 1st NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games |
1991 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open |
1991 |
US insists Iraq publicly announce it is leaving Kuwait by 12 PM EST |
1992 |
16th Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France |
1992 |
Andy Flower scores 115* on ODI debut, Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka |
1992 |
World Cup scoreline Zimbabwe 4-312, Sri Lanka 7-313 |
1992 |
The Socialist Labour Party is founded in Georgia. |
1993 |
Gary Coleman wins $1,280,000 lawsuit against parents for high fees |
1993 |
India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England |
1993 |
Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as CFL's 9th franchise (1st US team) |
1994 |
Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23) |
1995 |
"Uncle Vanya" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 29 performances |
1995 |
Antoine Nduwayo appointed Premier of Burundi |
1995 |
Dow Jones closes above 4,000 for 1st time (4,003.33) |
1996 |
Mark Waugh scores 130 in World Cup vs Kenya, 207 w/brother Steve |
1996 |
Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands |
1997 |
Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building & kills 1 |
1997 |
American Express Senior Golf Invitational |
1997 |
Jeff Sluman wins Tucson Golf Classic |
1997 |
NBC TV shows "Schindler's List," completely uncensored, 65M watch |
1997 |
Tucson Chrysler Golf Classic |
1997 |
Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly" |
1998 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charleston SC on WAVF 96.1 FM |
1998 |
Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand |
1998 |
Tornadoes in Florida kills at least 31 |
1998 |
Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders. |
1999 |
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey. |
1999 |
An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür, killing 31. |
1999 |
Hip Hop artist Eminem releases his first major record album 'The Slim Shady LP' (Grammy 2000 - Rap album) |
2000 |
42nd Grammy Awards: Smooth, Christina Aguilera wins |
2003 |
45th Grammy Awards: Don't Know Why, Norah Jones wins |
2005 |
Slovakia Summit 2005 begins, marking the first occasion when a sitting American President visits Slovakia; George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin are in attendance. |
2005 |
Vote of the controversial French law on colonialism, repealed start of 2006. |
2006 |
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. |
2007 |
Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea. |
2007 |
A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents. |
2008 |
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 safety record before the crash; not one B-2 ever crashed. |
2008 |
28th Golden Raspberry Awards: I Know Who Killed Me wins |
2010 |
Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in Northern Italy, causing an environmental disaster. |
2011 |
Venezuela's economy grew 0.6% in the last quarter of 2010, technically leaving the recession after six quarters, it is reported today |
2012 |
A series of bomb attacks across 12 Iraqi cities kills 60 and injures 200 |
2013 |
51 people are killed and 62 are injured in conflict between rival tribes in Darfur, Sudan |
2013 |
33rd Golden Raspberry Awards: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 wins |
2017 |
US Homeland Secretary Kelly warns Guatemalans to stay home |
2017 |
North Korea blames Malaysia for death of its citizen: KCNA |
2017 |
Trump administration rolls back transgender student restroom protections |
2017 |
Dakota pipeline protesters leave site after year-long occupation |
2018 |
South Korea says approved visit by sanctioned North Korean to pursue peace on peninsula |
2018 |
Special counsel files 32-count indictment against former Trump campaign officials |
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