Notable Birthdays for February 23
Emma Willard (1787-1870) - Founder of the first higher education school for women.
Lewis Cass Hunt (1824-1886) - Brigadier General for the Union Army.
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) - Co-founder of the NAACP.
Guy C. Wiggins (1883-1962) - Painter who is remembered for his beautiful winter scenes in the city.
Victor Fleming (1889-1949) - Director and producer remembered for his work with Gone with the Wind (1939) and The Wizard of Oz (1939).
William L. Shirer (1904-1993) - Journalist and historian who wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, which is considered one of the greatest works of history ever written.
Paul Tibbets (1915-2007) - Air Force General and pilot who flew one of two planes who dropped an atomic bombs on Hiroshima.
Clarence D. Lester (1923-1986) - One of the first Black military aviators in WWII and a pilot for the Tuskegee Airmen.
Paul Morrissey (1938-2024) - Director and screenwriter whose works include Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) and the Blood for Dracula (1974).
Doug Moench (1948-Still Living) - Comic book writer.
Patricia Richardson (1951-Still Living) - Award-winning actress best remembered for her role as Jill on the sitcom Home Improvement.
Michael Dell (1965-Still Living) - Founder of Dell Technologies.
Daymond John (1969-Still Living) - Successful businessman, founder of The Shark Tank Group and FUBU.
Memorable Events for February 23
1813 - The first raw cotton-to-cloth mill is opened in MA.
1821 - The first pharmacy college is opened (College of Apothecaries).
1861 - President-elect Lincoln secretly arrives in Washington, D.C., after thwarting an assassination plot.
1905 - The Rotary Club becomes the first service club in the world.
1910- The first radio contest held in Philadelphia.
1927 - President Coolidge signs a bill establishing the FCC (Federal Radio Commission).
1940 - Pinocchio is released by Walt Disney.
1945 - A group of Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi (Japan) and are photographed raising the American flag.
1947 - General Eisenhower opens a charity drive to raise $170 million to aid European Jews.
1954 - A mass Polio immunization is conducted at an elementary school in PA.
1980 - Speed skater Eric Heiden wins gold medals at one Winter Olympic Games.