Interesting things that happened February 23rd:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1685 George Frideric Handel (in Germany), Baroque composer (The
Messiah)
In 1818 Maj. Gen. Jeremy F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept.
In 1899 Emil Kästner, German author
In 1904 William ****rer, historian
In 1929 Elston Howard, baseball catcher
In 1936 Majel Barrett Roddenberry (in Columbus, OH), producer, actor
(ALL of
the Star Trek series)
In 1940 Peter Fonda, actor, son of Henry
In 1955 Howard Jones, musician
Events worth noting:
In 1584 Gutenberg Day
In 1836 Alamo is besieged by Santa Anna, entire garrison eventually
killed.
In 1887 Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco.
In 1900 Steamer "Rio de Janiero" sinks in San Francisco Bay.
In 1905 Rotary Club is founded by four men in Chicago.
In 1919 Mussolini breaks with Italian Socialists and forms the Fascist
Party.
In 1934 Augusto Sandino Day
In 1936 First rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, NY.
In 1942 A Japanese submarine shells a refinery in California, the first
raid
against the continental U.S. during World War II.
In 1945 US Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo and statue.
In 1954 First mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk
vaccine begins in Pittsburgh, PA.
In 1958 Last Municipal arc light, over intersection of Mission and 25th
Street, San Francisco, CA, removed (it had been installed in
1913).
In 1967 Amendment 25, concerning presidental succession, passed.
And remember ...
International Friend****p Month
National Children's Dental Health Month
Chocolate Month
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