Historical events on February 23.
1455: Gutenberg Bible, the first printed book in the West, was published.
1886: Martin Hale, an American chemist, and inventor discovered aluminum.
1941: Plutonium was first isolated by Dr. Glenn Seaborg.
1945: World War II- US troops liberated the Philippine capital Manila from Japanese forces.
1947: Establishment of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
1952: Indian Parliament passed the Workers’ Provident Fund Bill.
1966: Military uprising in Syria.
2010: Qatar granted its citizenship to Indian painter M F Hussain.
Famous birthdays and birth anniversaries– February 23.
1633: Samuel Pepys, an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament.
1850: César Ritz, a Swiss hotelier.
1868: W. E. B. Du Bois, an American sociologist, writer, historian, and civil rights activist.
1876: Gadge Maharaj, an Indian mendicant-saint and social reformer.
1913: P. C. Sorcar, an Indian magician.
1969: Bhagyashree, an Indian actress.
Death anniversaries – February 23.
1792: Joshua Reynolds, an English painter, specializing in portraits.
1855: Carl Friedrich Gauss, a German mathematician, and physicist.
1904: Mahendralal Sarkar, a Bengali medical doctor, social reformer, and propagator of scientific studies in nineteenth-century India.
1969: Madhubala, an Indian film actress.
2004: Vijay Anand, an Indian filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, editor, and actor.
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