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Anniversary on the 23rd of February 1288

Anniversary
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100 years anniversary
23 Feb 1925   Louis Stokes: (Rep-D-Ohio, 1969- )
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23 Feb 1925   Samuel Berger, American boxer (b. 1884)
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23 Feb 1925   Ian Smith cricket leg-spinner (South Africa 1947-58 average 64.08)
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23 Feb 1925   Louis Stokes (Representative-D-OH, 1969- )
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23 Feb 1925 Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe
Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe

   death
Sir Thomas Edward Thorpe
Died 23 Feb 1925 at age 79 (born 8 Dec 1845).

English chemist and author whose work in inorganic chemistry included the supervision of research into determining the presence of arsenic in beer and how to make pottery glazes without lead. In his early studies, while a chemistry student under Roscoe, he became a research assistant in his pioneering research work on vanadium, and the determination of its atomic weight. After graduation he worked first with Bunsen and then Kekulé. He then spent time teaching at the Royal College of Science, London (which became Imperial College). Later in life, he was director of the government laboratories (1894-1909). His research included study of phosphorus fluorides and oxides, in which he discovered the valence of five for phosphorus in phosphorus pentafluoride. As well as textbooks in chemistry, he wrote about chemistry history.
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75 years anniversary
23 Feb 1950   Steve Priest: London, England -- Rock bassist (Sweet Hayes)
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23 Feb 1950   Maxi, Irish singer, actor, and radio host
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23 Feb 1950   birth Steve Priest, guitarist with British Glam rock group Sweet who had the 1973 UK No.1 single 'Blockbuster', plus 14 other UK Top 40 singles.
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23 Feb 1950   Neil Jordan Sligo Ireland, novelist (Dream of a Beast, Past)
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23 Feb 1950   Steve Priest London, rock bassist (Sweet Hayes)
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50 years anniversary
23 Feb 1975   Bohdan Utihrach: Czechoslovakia -- Tennis star
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23 Feb 1975   Chris Garner: NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
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23 Feb 1975   Michael Tricario: Actor (Randy-Wonder Years)
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23 Feb 1975   Pat Barnes: Quarterback (KC Chiefs)
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23 Feb 1975   Amy Alcott wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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23 Feb 1975   Natalia Verbeke, Argentinian actress and singer
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23 Feb 1975   Robert Lopez, American composer
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23 Feb 1975   Michael Cornacchia, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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23 Feb 1975   Bohdan Utihrach Czechoslovakia, tennis star
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23 Feb 1975   Chris Garner NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
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23 Feb 1975   Michael Tricario actor (Randy-Wonder Years)
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23 Feb 1975   Pat Barnes quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs)
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23 Feb 1975   Amy Alcott wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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25 years anniversary
23 Feb 2000   Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (b. 1915)
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23 Feb 2000   Ofra Haza, Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1957)
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20 years anniversary
23 Feb 2005   The controversial French law on colonialism is passed, requiring teachers to teach the "positive values of colonialism". After public outcry, it is repealed at the beginning of 2006.
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23 Feb 2005 VIRGOHI21
VIRGOHI21

   VIRGOHI21 (astronomy)
Astronomers announce the discovery of a galaxy, VIRGOHI21, that consists almost entirely of dark matter.
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15 years anniversary
23 Feb 2010   Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.
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23 Feb 2010   Orlando Zapata, Cuban plumber and activist (b. 1967)
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23 Feb 2010   London's Abbey Road studios was made a listed building, protecting it from plans to radically alter it. Culture Minister Margaret Hodge listed the studios on the advice of English Heritage saying it had "produced some of the very best music in the world". The Beatles used Abbey Road for 90% of their recordings, naming an album after the studios in 1969.
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10 years anniversary
23 Feb 2015   R. C. Sakthi, Indian actor and director (b. 1940)
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23 Feb 2015   Jerry Lambert, American jockey (b. 1940)
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23 Feb 2015   W. E. "Bill" Dykes, American soldier and politician (b. 1925)
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23 Feb 2015   Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (b. 1942)
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