On This Day:
February 23rd
Birthdays:
1685 - George Frideric Handel (Baroque composer).
1940 - Peter Fonda (actor).
1951 - Patricia Richardson
1983 - Emily Blunt
1983 - Aziz Ansari
1994 - Dakota Fanning
Events:
1887 - Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco.
1896 - The Tootsie Roll is introduced.
1900 - Steamer (Rio de Janiero) sinks in San Francisco Bay.
1905 - Rotary Club is founded by four men in Chicago.
1958 - Last San Francisco municiple arc light over intersection of Mission and 25th street is removed. It was installed in 1913.
