Ephemeris of February 23: What happened in the world on a day like today?

He 23 of February 1997, Scottish scientists report the cloning of a sheep named ‘Dolly’ from an adult cell of her species in July 1996.

OTHER EVENTS:

1455.- The German Johannes Gutenberginventor of the printing press, ends in Mainz printing in movable characters the Bible.

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1739.- The English Highwayman Dick Turpin is identified from the recognition of his handwriting in a letter by an old master.

1765.- British chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish discovers hydrogenthe lightest of the known gases.

1775.- He Seville barberthe comedy of the French playwright Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchaisopens in Paris.

1822.- The Chilean military vincent benavidesleader of the royalist guerrilla, is executed in the city of Santiago.

1836.- The Battle of the Alamo beginswho faced the army of Mexico against a militia made up of American colonists in favor of republic of texas.

1854.- He Orange Free State (South Africa) officially gain independence after signing the Treaty of Bloemfontein with the British.

1882.- He Mexican National Bank begins to operate to the public.

1886.- American inventor and engineer Charles Martin Hall produces the first aluminum samples obtained by electrolytic method.

1893.- the german engineer Rudolf Diesel obtains the patent for the diesel enginewhich uses diesel as fuel instead of gasoline.

1903.- Cuba indefinitely leases the area of ​​the Guantanamo Bay to USA.

1904.- Representatives of Japan and Korea the negotiations on the treaty that converts the latter into a protectorate of the former are finalized.

1918.- He Red Armyorigin of the armed forces of the USSRinitiates a massive recruitment in Petrograd and Moscow to fight the imperial German troops.

1920.- The marconi station in chelmsford begins the first radio broadcasts in United Kingdom with a musical program.

1930.- A revolutionary movement overthrows the government of Horace Vasquez in Dominican Republic and facilitates the rise to power of Raphael Trujillo.

1934.- Leopold III is crowned king of belgiumAfter the accidental death of his father, Albert Iwhile climbing a mountain.

[1945- The photographer Joe Rosenthal takes the popular snapshot of the raising of the American flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during the Second World War.

1958.- The Cuban guerrilla, led by Fidel Castrokidnaps in Havana to the Argentine motor racing driver Juan Manuel Fangiofive times world champion, although he is released 28 hours later.

1966.- The member of the Socialist Arab Baath Party salah jadid heads a coup in syria that overthrows the government General Amin al-Hafiz.

1970.- the territory of guyanalocated on the north coast of South America and independent since 1966, it is officially proclaimed Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

1982.- greenlandautonomous territory belonging to Denmarkdecided in a referendum to abandon the European Economic Community (EEC).

1989.- Algeria adopts, in a referendum, a new constitution who accepts the political pluralism.

1991.- He thai army overthrows in a coup to the prime minister, Chatichai Choonhavanand suspends all constitutional guarantees.

1994.- The Duma of the Russian Federation grants amnesty for members of the Government and the KGB who participated in the 1991 coup attempt, when they briefly deposed the president gorbachev and tried to seize power.

1997.- Scottish scientists report the cloning of a sheep named ‘Dolly‘ from an adult cell of its species in July 1996.

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2010.- The Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata dies in a hospital Havana after 86 days in prison hunger strike.

2016.- WikiLeaks reveals that the NSA spied on world leaders such as the secretary general of the UN, ban ki moon.

BIRTHS:

1940.- Peter FondaAmerican actor.

1944.- Johnny WinterAmerican blues and rock guitarist.

1946.- Rusty YoungAmerican guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.

1958.- david sylvianBritish singer, musician and songwriter.

1960.- naruhitoEmperor of Japan.

1965.- Michael Saul DellAmerican executive, founder of Dell technology.

1975.- Natalia VerbekeArgentine actress nationalized Spanish.

1983.- Emily BluntBritish actress.

1992.- casemiroBrazilian football player.

2012.- stele of swedenSwedish aristocrat, eldest daughter of Princess Victoria.

DEATHS:

1821.- john keatsEnglish poet.

1934.- Edward ElgarBritish composer.

1955.- paul claudelFrench poet and playwright.

1965.- Stan Laurel“The skinny”, American comedic actor.

1987.- Jose AfonsoPortuguese singer.

1990.- Jose Napoleon Duarteformer president of El Salvador.

2000.- stanley matthewsBritish footballer who won the “first Ballon d’Or”.

2014.- Alice Herz-SommerCzech pianist, the longest-lived survivor of the Holocaust.

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2017.- Leon WareAmerican songwriter, producer, and singer.

2018.- lewis gilbertBritish film director.

2021.- Fausto GresiniItalian motorcycle racer.

Source: Elcomercio

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