What Happened In February 1923 In History

Historical Events for February, 1923

• 10th » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
• 15th » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
• 16th » Howard Carter (archaeologist) e.g Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1923

• 1st » Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (d. 2008)
• 2nd » Jean Babilée, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
• 2nd » James Dickey, American poet and author (d. 1997)
• 2nd » Bonita Granville, American actress (d. 1988)
• 2nd » Red Schoendienst, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 2nd » Liz Smith (journalist) known as Liz Smith, American journalist
• 2nd » Clem Windsor, Australian rugby player and surgeon (d. 2007)
• 3rd » Alys Robi, Canadian singer (d. 2011)
• 4th » Bonar Bain, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
• 4th » Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (d. 2013)
• 4th » James Dibble, Australian journalist (d. 2010)
• 4th » Joan Vollmer, American author (d. 1951)
• 5th » Fatmawati, Indonesian wife of Sukarno, 1st List of spouses of the president of Indonesia or First Lady of Indonesia (d. 1980)
• 5th » Claude King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 6th » Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1981)
• 7th » Dora Bryan, English actress and singer (d. 2014)
• 7th » Martha Holmes (photographer) e.g Martha Holmes, American photographer (d. 2006)
• 7th » Dick Shrider, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
• 9th » Brendan Behan, Irish author (d. 1964)
• 9th » Tonie Nathan, American politician (d. 2014)
• 11th » Antony Flew, English philosopher (d. 2010)
• 12th » Chaskel Besser, Polish-American rabbi (d. 2010)
• 12th » Alan Dugan, American poet (d. 2003)
• 12th » Franco Zeffirelli, Italian director, producer, and politician
• 13th » Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (d. 2002)
• 13th » Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese violinist (d. 2003)
• 13th » Chuck Yeager, American general and pilot
• 14th » Juan Acuña, Spanish footballer (d. 2001)
• 15th » Yelena Bonner, Russian activist (d. 2011)
• 17th » John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (d. 1988)
• 17th » Alden W. Clausen, American banker (d. 2013)
• 17th » Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player
• 20th » Victor G. Atiyeh, American politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon (d. 2014)
• 20th » Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (d. 1985)
• 22nd » Norman Smith (record producer) called Norman Smith, English drummer and producer (d. 2008)
• 22nd » Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player (d. 2009)
• 23rd » Miljenko Smoje, Croatian journalist (d. 1995)
• 23rd » Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (d. 2014)
• 23rd » Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece
• 23rd » Mary Francis Shura, American author (d. 1991)
• 24th » David Soyer, American cellist (d. 2010)
• 25th » Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go (game) or Go player (d. 2009)
• 25th » Nicholas C. Petris, American politician (d. 2013)
• 27th » Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (d. 1990)
• 28th » Charles Durning, American actor (d. 2012)

Famous Deaths for February 1923

• 8th » Lilli Suburg, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1841)
• 10th » Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 11th » Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (b. 1847)
• 18th » Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)
• 22nd » Théophile Delcassé, French politician (b. 1852)

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