What happend on 23rd February

22.02
24.02
1966

A military coup in Syria replaces the previous government.

1958

Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio.

1957

The founding congress of the Senegalese Popular Bloc is opened in Dakar.

1956

Nikita Khrushchev attacks the veneration of Joseph Stalin as a "cult of personality".

1955

Edgar Faure becomes Prime Minister of France

1955

First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).

1954

The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1947

International Organization for Standardization(ISO) is founded.

1945

World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is completely destroyed by a raid of 379 British bombers.

1945

World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznan, city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.