Talk:February 23

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February 23: Defender of the Fatherland Day in Russia; Mashramani in Guyana (1970); National Day in Brunei (1984) 1820 – British authorities arrested the conspirators of the Cato Street Conspiracy, an attempt to murder Prime Minister Lord Liverpool (pictured) and all the British cabinet ministers. 1903 – The Cuban-American Treaty was finalized, allowing the United States to perpetually lease Guantánamo Bay from Cuba for the purposes of operating coaling and naval stations. 1945 – American photographer Joe Rosenthal took the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II, an image that was later reproduced as the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial. 1947 – The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was founded. It is responsible for worldwide industrial and commercial ISO standards. 2005 – The controversial French law on colonialism was passed, requiring lycée teachers to teach "the positive role" of French colonialism to their students. More events: February 22 – February 23 – February 24 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 13:47, June 14, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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From Births:luis manuel medina pina(tola)

1959 - Thomas Kummer-Hardt, chica lover & expert

Sure that this is okay? --KF 16:57, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)

From Events:

• 1455 - Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press.

This is improbably precise. What exactly happened on February 23? Gutenberg's Bibles were preceeded by printing experiments, weren't printed in one day, were rubrifricated and illustrated after printing, and were bound to order. The process took 3 years for 180 Bibles. -- Nunh-huh 07:49, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

How about this:

• 1455 - The first Bible made using a printing press is printed by Johannes Gutenberg.

-- mav 07:52, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Still seems wrong: none of the Bibles were printed in a single day. Is this the day that the first page that was eventually included in a Gutenberg Bible was printed? That's the only thing I can think of that would fit into a day, but I can't imagine anyone would have recorded the date. I'd be happy to try and track down the 23 Feb date, do you know where it comes from? - Nunh-huh 07:59, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Looking about on the Internet, I see lots of copies of our information (which can't count as support) and the note at some sites that it's a "traditional date" which is Internet for "without basis"<G>. Perhaps:

• 1455 - Traditional date for the publication, by Johannes Gutenberg, of the first Bible made from movable type.

? (also need to change printing press -> movable type) - Nunh-huh 08:09, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

• Mav, having consulted an actual paper book, (Gutenberg: How One Man Remade the World with Words by John Man), I think "traditional date" is the best that can be said. It's almost certainly wrong. It was pointed out in 1982 that a letter written by Enea Silvio de Piccolimini, who became Pope Pius II, implies the Bibles had been printed (though not assembled) by the autumn of 1454. -- Nunh-huh 08:26, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

OK - make the needed changes. --mav

Deed done. Certainty slain in pursuit of truth<G>. -- Nunh-huh 08:37, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Liturgical feasts

Could someone confirm please, and preferably create stubs for the liturgical feasts Saint Milburga and Blessed odilia of Mombeek which have recently been added? I can't find any information on them. Jared Preston 08:37, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] February Revolution

Wouldn't the February Revolution have begun on February 23 of the Julian calendar (and so March 8 of the Gregorian calendar)? Therefore, it should not be on here. --V2Blast 04:44, 5 February 2007 (UTC)