James Heriot, author of All Creatures Great and Small, died
February 23, 1995
John Robert Gregg, Irish Inventor of Gregg Shorthand, died
February 23, 1948
Thomas Murphy, a playwright, is born
February 23, 1935
Sinn Fein contests its first election, County Leitrim
February 23, 1908
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini returns to Rome
February 23, 1649