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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 23 FéVRIER

Second Boer War

Année: 1900

Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.

Cuba

Année: 1903

Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".

Émile Zola

Année: 1898

Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.

French Riviera

Année: 1887

The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.

Sino-French War

Année: 1885

Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.

Charles Martin Hall

Année: 1886

Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.

Paul Harris (Rotary)

Année: 1905

Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.

AEA Silver Dart

Année: 1909

The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.

Plutonium

Année: 1941

Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.

World War II

Année: 1942

World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.

NAISSANCES DU 23 FéVRIER

Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow

Année de naissance: 1929

Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (died 2008)

Elston Howard

Année de naissance: 1929

Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (died 1980)

Hans Herrmann

Année de naissance: 1928

Hans Herrmann, German racing driver

Paul West (writer, born 1930)

Année de naissance: 1930

Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (died 2015)

Tom Wesselmann

Année de naissance: 1931

Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (died 2004)

Diane Varsi

Année de naissance: 1938

Diane Varsi, American actress (died 1992)

Tom Osborne

Année de naissance: 1937

Tom Osborne, American football player, coach, and politician

Majel Barrett

Année de naissance: 1932

Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (died 2008)

Vasily Lazarev

Année de naissance: 1928

Vasily Lazarev, Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut (died 1990)

Régine Crespin

Année de naissance: 1927

Régine Crespin, French soprano and actress (died 2007)

DéCèS DU 23 FéVRIER

Adolphus Frederick VI

Année de décès: 1918

Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born 1882)

Horst Wessel

Année de décès: 1930

Horst Wessel, German SA officer (born 1907)

Nellie Melba

Année de décès: 1931

Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (born 1861)

Edward Elgar

Année de décès: 1934

Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (born 1857)

Friedrich von Esmarch

Année de décès: 1908

Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (born 1823)

Ernest Dowson

Année de décès: 1900

Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1867)

Zygmunt Krasiński

Année de décès: 1859

Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (born 1812)

Albrecht von Roon

Année de décès: 1879

Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (born 1803)

Woldemar Bargiel

Année de décès: 1897

Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (born 1828)

Leo Baekeland

Année de décès: 1944

Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (born 1863)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 23 FéVRIER

National Day (Brunei)

Defender of the Fatherland Day

Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics: Defender of the Fatherland Day (Russia)

Armed Forces Day (Tajikistan)

Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics: Armed Forces Day (Tajikistan) (Tajikistan)

Polycarp

Christian feast day: Polycarp of Smyrna

Mashramani

Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana)

Serenus the Gardener

Christian feast day: Serenus the Gardener

February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

The Emperor's Birthday

The Emperor's Birthday, birthday of Naruhito, the current Emperor of Japan (Japan)

Public holidays in Belarus

Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics: Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces day (Belarus)

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