February 23rd, 1886

Born on February 23rd, 1886

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What happened on February 23rd, 1886?

February 23rd, 1886

Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martin_Hall

February 23rd, 1886

American inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive method of producing aluminium.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martin_Hall

What else happened on February 23rd?

February 23rd, 2017

Syrian civil war: Allied troops led by the Turkish Armed Forces captured the city of al-Bab from the Islamic State.

February 23rd, 2008

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crashed on the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in the most expensive crash in U.S. Air Force history.

February 23rd, 1987

SN 1987A, the first supernova that modern astronomers were able to study in great detail, was observed from Earth occurring in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

February 23rd, 1971

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese General Đỗ Cao Trí was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering Operation Lam Son 719.

February 23rd, 1945

American photographer Joe Rosenthal took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima, an image that was later reproduced on the Marine Corps War Memorial.

February 23rd, 1943

35 children and 1 adult employee were killed in a fire at an orphanage in the town of Cavan, Ireland.

February 23rd, 1941

Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley.

February 23rd, 1847

Mexican–American War: The United States Army used artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista near Saltillo.

February 23rd, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Prussian military officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania as a volunteer for the Continental Army.

February 23rd, 1739

The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolmate, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's trial.

February 23rd, 1725

Johann Sebastian Bach premiered his Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (pictured).

February 23rd, 1725

J. S. Bach leads his Tafel-Music Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

February 23rd, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 23rd

Born on February 23rd, 1886

56

Kasia von Szadurska

German illustrator and painter (1886-1942)

*February 23rd, 1886, Moscow †April 3rd, 1942, Berlin

Same year
Born in 1886

67

Willi Worpitzky

German footballer-manager (1886-1953)

*August 25th, 1886, Pankow †October 10th, 1953, Berlin

64

Al Jolson

Lithuanian-born American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950)

*May 26th, 1886, Seredžius †October 23rd, 1950, San Francisco

87

David Ben-Gurion

Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel (1886–1973)

*October 16th, 1886, Płońsk †December 1st, 1973, Ramat Gan

93

Oskar Kokoschka

Austrian dramatic, painter and writer (1886–1980)

*March 1st, 1886, Pöchlarn †February 22nd, 1980, Montreux

40

Jenő Károly

Hungarian association football player and manager (1886-1926)

*January 15th, 1886, Kaposvár †July 28th, 1926, Turin

91

Manne Siegbahn

Swedish physicist (1886-1978)

*December 3rd, 1886, Örebro †September 26th, 1978, Engelbrekt church parish

49

Marthe Hanau

French fraudster

*January 10th, 1886, Paris †July 14th, 1935, Fresnes

97

Clemens Holzmeister

Austrian architect and stage designer (1886–1983)

*March 27th, 1886, Fulpmes †June 12th, 1983, Hallein

61

August Meyszner

Austrian Gendarmerie officer and right-wing politician (1886-1947)

*January 1st, 1886, Graz †January 24th, 1947, Belgrade

29

Harold Chapin

British writer

*February 15th, 1886, Brooklyn †September 26th, 1915, Loos-en-Gohelle

54

Alfonso XIII

King of Spain from 1886 to 1931

*May 17th, 1886, Madrid †February 28th, 1941, Villanueva Mesía

29

Jean Angeli

French writer

*January 3rd, 1886, Ambert †June 11th, 1915, Hébuterne

83

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

German architect (1886–1969)

*March 27th, 1886, Aachen †August 17th, 1969, Chicago

81

John Davidson

Actor (1886-1968)

*December 25th, 1886, New York City †January 16th, 1968, Los Angeles

57

Marc Bloch

French historian (1886–1944)

*July 6th, 1886, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon †June 16th, 1944, Saint-Didier-de-Formans

47

Eric Powell

British rower and artist (1886-1933)

*May 6th, 1886, Edmonton †August 17th, 1933, Piz Roseg

90

Archibald Hill

English physiologist and biophysicist (1886-1977)

*September 26th, 1886, Bristol †June 3rd, 1977, Cambridge

64

Hermann Broch

Austrian writer (1886-1951)

*November 1st, 1886, Vienna †May 30th, 1951, New Haven

89

Zhu De

Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1886－1976)

*December 1st, 1886, Zhu De's Former Residence †July 6th, 1976, Beijing

86

Edward Calvin Kendall

American chemist (1886-1972)

*March 8th, 1886, South Norwalk †May 4th, 1972, Princeton

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics) which are celebrated on February 23rd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1886 is a normal year and no leap year.

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