What happened on 23 February?

5 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1999 The Slim Shady LP (Eminem album) Eminem's major-label debut on Aftermath.
2. 532 Construction of Hagia Sophia begins Justinian begins the great church of Constantinople.
3. 1898 Zola convicted and driven into exile For J'Accuse, France's most famous novelist is convicted of criminal libel amid courtroom mobs; when the case is retried in July he flees to England rather than await the verdict.
4. 1993 It Was a Good Day (Ice Cube) Ice Cube's laid-back, solo-era portrait of a South Central day when nothing goes wrong.
5. 1852 Lord Derby's first premiership The 'Who? Who?' ministry lasts ten months and dies on Disraeli's budget.