On Feb. 23, 1954, the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh.
Go to article » On Feb. 23, 1868, W.E.B. DuBois, the American sociologist who co-founded the N.A.A.C.P., was born. Following his death on Aug. 27, 1963, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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| 1822 | Boston was granted a charter to incorporate as a city. |
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| 1836 | The siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas. |
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| 1847 | U.S. troops under Gen. Zachary Taylor defeated Mexican general Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico. |
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| 1848 | John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, died at age 80 in Washington, D.C., two days after suffering a stroke on the floor of the House of Representatives. |
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| 1861 | President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington to take office after an assassination plot was foiled in Baltimore. |
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| 1870 | Mississippi was readmitted to the Union. |
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| 1954 | The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began, in Pittsburgh. |
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| 1965 | Stan Laurel of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy died at age 74. |
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| 1991 | President George H.W. Bush announced that the allied ground offensive against Iraqi forces had begun. |
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| 1997 | Scientists in Scotland announced they had cloned an adult mammal, producing a lamb named Dolly. |
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| 1999 | A jury in Jasper, Texas, convicted white supremacist John William King of murder in the dragging death of an African-American man, James Byrd Jr. |
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| 2000 | Carlos Santana won eight Grammy Awards for his album "Supernatural," tying the record set by Michael Jackson in 1983 for "Thriller." |
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| 1943 | Fred Biletnikoff, Football Hall of Famer, turns 68 |
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| 1944 | Johnny Winter, Rock singer, turns 67 |
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| 1945 | Allan Boesak, South African activist, turns 66 |
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| 1951 | Patricia Richardson, Actress ("Home Improvement"), turns 60 |
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| 1952 | Brad Whitford, Rock musician (Aerosmith), turns 59 |
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| 1954 | Viktor Yushchenko, Former president of Ukraine, turns 57 |
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| 1954 | Howard Jones, Rock singer, turns 57 |
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| 1965 | Kristin Davis, Actress ("Sex and the City"), turns 46 |
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Historic Birthdays
W.E.B. DuBois2/23/1868 - 8/27/1963American sociologist who helped found the N.A.A.C.P.Go to obituary »
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English diarist and naval administrator |
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| 74 | George Frideric Handel 2/23/1685 - 4/14/1759
German-bn. English composer |
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| 87 | George Frederick Watts 2/23/1817 - 7/1/1904
English painter and sculptor |
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| 68 | Cesar Ritz 2/23/1850 - 10/26/1918
French founder of the Ritz hotel in Paris |
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| 90 | Norman Lindsay 2/23/1879 - 11/29/1969
Australian artist and novelist |
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| 88 | Karl Jaspers 2/23/1881 - 2/26/1969
German Existentialist philosopher |
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| 65 | Victor Fleming 2/23/1883 - 1/6/1949
American motion-picture director |
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| 89 | William Shirer 2/23/1904 - 12/28/1993
American journalist, historian and novelist |
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| 74 | Allan MacLeod Cormack 2/23/1924 - 5/7/1998
South African-bn. Am. Nobel Prize-winning physicist |
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