What Day of the Week

February 10, 2023 was the 41^st day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 324 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

• 1306

  In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, his leading political rival, sparking revolution in the Scottish Wars of Independence
• 1355

  The St. Scholastica’s Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
• 1846

  First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon – British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war
• 1870

  The YWCA is founded in New York City.
• 1910

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dog in Chinese astrology.
• 1920

  Jozef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
• 1933

  The New York City-based Postal Telegraph Company introduces the first singing telegram.
• 1962

  Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
• 1981

  A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino kills eight and injures 198.
• 1989

  Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.

• 1893

  Jimmy Durante, American actor and comedian (d. 1980)
• 1905

  Walter A. Brown, American professional sports team owner and executive (d. 1964)
• 1924

  Bud Poile, Canadian hockey player and executive (d. 2005)
• 1955

  Christopher Adams, British wrestler and judoka (d. 2001)
• 1959

  Dennis Gentry, American football player
• 1967

  Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (d. 1999)
• 1971

  Louie Spicolli, American wrestler (d. 1998)
• 1986

  Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer
• 1987

  Erin Burger, South African netballer
• 1995

  Haruna Kawaguchi, Japanese model and actress

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