February 23

This day in history:

• 1945 – World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
• 2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
• 1870 – Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
• 1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.

Births:

• 1923 – Clarence D. Lester, American fighter pilot (d. 1986)
• 1850 – César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris (d. 1918)
• 1974 – Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer

Deaths:

• 1848 – John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 2014 – Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English Holocaust survivor, pianist and educator (b. 1903)
• 2019 – Katherine Helmond, American actress (b. 1929)

Holidays:

• National Day (Brunei)
• The Emperor's Birthday, birthday of Naruhito, the current Emperor of Japan (Japan)
• Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana)

Random Article of the day:

Vettweiss-Froitzheim Dice Tower

The Vettweiss-Froitzheim Dice Tower is a Roman artifact, a dice tower (Turricula i.e. "small tower" in Latin) formerly used in the playing of dice games. It was intended to produce a trustworthy throw of one or more dice. It was discovered in 1985 in Germany. It is preserved in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum of Bonn.
The tower dates to the fourth century AD and was apparently presented as a gift. It bears two Latin texts. The longer text commemorates a military defeat of the Picts. The shorter text wishes good luck to the unnamed recipients of the item.