Month February 1923 Calendar

About Month of February Calendar

• February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 days in leap years.
  
  February symbols: Its birth flower is the violet (Viola) and the common primrose (Primula vulgaris). Its birthstone is the amethyst. It symbolizes piety, humility, spiritual wisdom, and sincerity. Its Zodiac signs are Aquarius (until February 18) and Pisces (February 19 onwards).

Historical Events for February, 1923

• Day of Week 10th » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
• Day of Week 15th » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
• Day of Week 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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