"On this day..." meme

Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day). Then write down 3 events, 3 births, 3 deaths, 3 holidays, and tag 3 friends.

Date: 23rd February

Events:
* 1660 – Charles XI becomes King of Sweden.
* 1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
* 1991 – Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.

Births:
* 1648 – Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)
* 1960 – Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan
* 1986 – Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese pop star (KAT-TUN)

Deaths:
* 1100 – Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076)
* 1270 – Saint Isabel of France, daughter of Louis VIII of France (b. 1225)
* 1879 – Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803)

Holidays:
* Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana)
* Terminalia held in honor of Terminus (Ancient Rome)
* Defender of the Fatherland Day (Russia)