Today in History for 23rd February 2018:
Historical Events
1883 – American Anti-Vivisection Society organized (Philadelphia)
1955 – Edgar Faure forms French government
1956 – 13th Golden Globes: “East of Eden”, Ernest Borgnine, and Anna Magnani win
1988 – Yvonne van Gennip skates female record 3k (4:11.94)
1996 – Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands
1998 – Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charleston, South Carolina on WAVF 96.1 FM
Famous Birthdays
1831 – Hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)
1941 – Frank Gerstenberg, Edinburgh, principal (George Watson’s College)
1947 – Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress (Man Who be King)/Miss Guyana (1967)
1967 – Chris Vrenna, American musician, producer, and sound engineer (Nine Inch Nails, Tweaker), born in Erie, Pennsylvania
1977 – Dally Randriantefy, Malagasy tennis player (1993 Marseille), born in Antananarivo, Madagascar
1983 – Mirco Bergamasco, Italian rugby player, born in Padua, Italiy
Famous Deaths
1464 – Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427)
1945 – Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62
1973 – Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895)
1990 – Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch lawyer and politician (Liberal), dies at 53
1992 – Jacquelyn Hyde, actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies at 61
2008 – Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and motorsport journalist (b. 1917)