On this day: 23 February

Selected events and births on 23 February, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1725 – Johann Sebastian Bach premiered his Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Read more: Johann Sebastian Bach Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
• 1739 – The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolmate, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's trial. Read more: Highwayman Dick Turpin Handwriting
• 1854 – The Orange River Convention was signed in Bloemfontein, with the United Kingdom agreeing to recognise the independence of the Orange Free State in present-day South Africa. Read more: Orange River Convention Bloemfontein Orange Free State
• 1886 – American inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive method of producing aluminium. Read more: Charles Martin Hall Aluminium
• 1941 – Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley. Read more: Plutonium Glenn T. Seaborg University of California, Berkeley
• 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. Read more: SN 1987A Supernova Large Magellanic Cloud

Born on this day

• 1947 – Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician, Speaker of the Danish Parliament Read more: Pia Kjærsgaard List of speakers of the Folketing
• 1963 – Radosław Sikorski, Polish journalist and politician, 11th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Read more: Radosław Sikorski Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland)
• 1992 – Casemiro, Brazilian footballer Read more: Casemiro
• 1992 – Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer Read more: Kyriakos Papadopoulos
• 1994 – Triptii Dimri, Indian actress Read more: Triptii Dimri
• 1994 – Neviana Vladinova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast Read more: Neviana Vladinova
• 1995 – Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player Read more: Andrew Wiggins
• 1996 – D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player Read more: D'Angelo Russell
• 1996 – Nick Schmaltz, American ice hockey player Read more: Nick Schmaltz
• 1997 – Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player Read more: Jamal Murray
• 2000 – Femke Broeders-Bol, Dutch hurdler and sprinter Read more: Femke Broeders-Bol
• 2002 – Alice Litman, English transgender woman Read more: Alice Litman

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