What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
02/23/1685	George Frideric Handel, Baroque composer
EVENTS
02/23/	F.W. Woolworth opens the first '5 & 10', in Utica, NY.
02/23/1887	Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco.
02/23/1900	Steamer 'Rio de Janiero' sinks in San Francisco Bay.

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