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Historical events & facts — February 23
What happened on February 23?
On February 23, 1981, Civil Guard lieutenant colonel Antonio Tejero burst into the Spanish Congress of Deputies with a gun drawn during the investiture vote for Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, in an attempted coup. King Juan Carlos I broadcast a televised message rejecting the coup, which was key to its failure. The 23-F was the greatest threat to Spanish democracy.
On February 23, 1945, six US Marines — three of them Native Americans — raised the American flag on the summit of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, in a photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal that became the most reproduced photograph in history and symbol of the American war effort. The image served as the basis for the Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington.
On February 23, 1987, astronomers worldwide detected supernova SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud — the closest naked-eye stellar explosion observed since the seventeenth century. It was the first time neutrinos from a supernova were detected on Earth, confirming fundamental astrophysics theories and opening the era of neutrino astronomy.
Notable birthdays — February 23
Famous people born on February 23
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria
Louis IX was Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450. He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margaret of Austria. Louis was the founder of the University of Ingolstadt.
Cyril Delevanti
Harry Cyril Delevanti was an English character actor, with a long career in American films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He appeared in some 170 productions, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance in John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (1964).
Norman Taurog
Norman Rae Taurog was an American film director and screenwriter. From 1920 to 1968, Taurog directed 180 films. At the age of 32, he received the Academy Award for Best Director for Skippy (1931), becoming the youngest person to win the award for eight and a half decades. He was later nominated for Best Director for the film Boys Town (1938).
Clarence D. Lester
Clarence D. "Lucky" Lester was an American fighter pilot who served in the 332nd Fighter Group, commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, during World War II. He was one of the first African-American military aviators in the United States Army Air Corps, the United States Army Air Forces and later the United States Air Force.
Vasily Lazarev
Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 12 spaceflight as well as the abortive Soyuz 18a launch on 5 April 1975.
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