Historical Events for 23rd February 2019

1854 – Great Britain and Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein
1952 – Following his Nordic combined gold medal in St. Moritz (1948), Heikki Hasu takes his 2nd Olympic gold as part of Finland’s 4 x 10k cross country relay team at the Olso Winter Games
1963 – Luciano Pavarotti makes his debut at the Vienna State Opera in “La traviata”
1965 – Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president
1969 – Groundbreaking TV documentary series “Civilisation” presented by art historian Kenneth Clark premieres on BBC2 in the UK
1971 – George Harrison is fined and his driving license is suspended for 1 year
1979 – George Harrison releases “George Harrison” album
1986 – Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 60 m indoor (7.00 sec)
1993 – Gary Coleman wins $1,280,000 lawsuit against parents for high fees
1999 – Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey

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