On this day: February 23rd

On this day: February 23rd

There are many and several events on this day in history. Read and discover what happened on this day: On this day: February 23rd

On this day: February 23rd

Events On this day: February 23rd

• 1455: The Gutenberg Bible is published.  Johannes Gutenberg’s Bible edition was the first book ever printed in movable type, heralding the age of the printed book in the West.
• 1836: The Siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
• 1903: Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the United States.
• 1904: US gains control of the Panama Canal Zone.
• 1917: The February Revolution begins in Russia. The demonstrations and armed clashes ultimately resulted in the demise of the Russian Empire.
• 1919: Benito Mussolini forms the Fascist Party in Italy.
• 1941: Glenn T. Seaborg and his team chemically identify Plutonium. The radioactive element plays an important role as nuclear fuel or in nuclear weapons.
• 1941: Plutonium is first produced.
• 1947 The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) begins operating. The ISO issues standards for everything from bicycle tires to date formats.
• 1954: The first mass inoculation against polio is conducted. Virologist Jonas Salk’s vaccine is still one of the two versions used today, along with Hilary Koprowski’s live polio vaccine.
• 1991: In Desert Storm, the Allied ground offensive began after a devastating month-long air campaign targeting Iraqi troops in both Iraq and Kuwait.

Birthdays on this day: February 23rd

• 1685: George Frederick Handel (Classic Composer)
• 1868: African-American educator and leader W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
• 1899: Erich Kästner (German author, poet)
• 1904: Historian William L (Shirer (1904-1993) was born in Chicago
• 1929: Alexy II of Moscow (Estonian/Russian patriarch)
• 1939: Peter Fonda (Actor)
• 1955: Howard Jones (Singer)
• 1965: Michael Dell (Founder of Dell computers)
• 1983: Aziz Ansari (Actor in Parks and Recreation)
• 1983: Mido (Egyptian footballer)
• 1994: Dakota Fanning (Actress)

Deaths on this day: February 23rd

• 1821: John Keats (English poet)
• 1848: John Quincy Adams (American politician, 6th President of the United States)
• 1855: Carl Friedrich Gauss (German mathematician)
• 1934: Edward Elgar (English composer)
• 1965: Stan Laurel (English actor, comedian)

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