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Notable anniversaries in history for today: February 23
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of Herman N van der Tuuk; Dutch philologist (Tobasch' Grammar).
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of Lewis Cass Hunt; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1886).
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Konstantin Päts; Estonian Prime Minister (1921-23, 1932-33), dictator (1933-40).
- 150th: 1874 - Major Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis).
- 100th: 1924 - Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President (1913-21), dies.
- 90th: 1934 - Casey Stengel becomes manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- 90th: 1934 - Coronation of King Leopold III of Belgium.
- 90th: 1934 - Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at age 76.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of James Cousins; British Member of Parliament.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Johnny Winter AKA John Dawson in Leland, Mississippi, USA; guitarist (Silver Train).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Mike Maxfield; rocker (Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas).
- 70th: 1954 - First mass inoculation with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
- 70th: 1954 - Syrian army drives out President Adib el-Shishakli.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Byron Evans; NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 60th: 1964 - Charlie Finley signs a four-year lease to keep Athletics team in Kansas City.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Herschelle Gibbs; cricket player (South African Test batsman 1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Kenyon Cotton; full back (Baltimore Ravens).
- 50th: 1974 - Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at age 63.
- 50th: 1974 - Death of Harry Ruby AKA Harry Rubinstein at age 79; songwriter (with Bert Kalmar - "Who's Sorry Now", "Three Little Words", "A Kiss to Build a Dream On", "Nevertheless").
- 30th: 1994 - Birth of Dakota Fanning; American actress (Taken).
- 30th: 1994 - Cleveland Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay US$10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official March 23).
- 30th: 1994 - Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at age 40.
- 30th: 1994 - A US District Court rules that Microsoft violated patents held by Stac Electronics, in data compression used in Microsoft's DoubleSpace in DOS 6. Microsoft is ordered to remove or replace the technology, and pay US$120 million in damages. The court also finds that Stac illegally used access to Microsoft's trade secrets to make Stacker compatible with DOS 6.0. Microsoft is awarded US$13.6 million in damages.
- 25th: 1999 - Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
- 25th: 1999 - An avalanche destroys the village of Galtür, Austria, killing 31.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Perry Kibble at age 49 of heart problems at his home in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; keyboardist and songwriter (A Taste of Honey - "Boogie Oogie Oogie" album, Best New Artist Grammy award 1979).
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Don Cornell at age 84 from emphysema and diabetes; singer (sold over 50 million records, "It Isn't Fair", "I'm Yours", "I'll Walk Alone", "Hold My Hand").
- 15th: 2009 - American Express offers US$300 to a limited number of U.S. card holders who pay off their balances and close their accounts.
- 15th: 2009 - The Standard & Poor's 500 Index post its lowest closes since the spring of 1997, dropping 26.71 points, or 3.47 percent, to 743.34.
- 15th: 2009 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average posts its lowest closes since the spring of 1997, dropping 250.73 points, or 3.40 percent, to 7,114.94.
- 5th: 2019 - Venezuelan President Maduro severs diplomatic ties with Colombia as humanitarian aid attempts to enter the country across the border.
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