What Day of the Week

February 19, 2023 was the 50^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 315 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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.

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• 1600

  The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
• 1674

  England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
• 1846

  In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas’ annexation by the United States.
• 1847

  The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
• 1876

  Founding of the National Amateur Press Association (NAPA) in Philadelphia.
• 1921

  Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup
• 1937

  Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Eritrean nationalists attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades. Italian authorities exact vicious reprisals on the population.
• 1949

  Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
• 1985

  Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital.
• 1996

  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.

• 1552

  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)
• 1917

  Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967)
• 1937

  Robert Walker Jr., American blues guitarist
• 1938

  Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Tibetan religious figure (d. 1989)
• 1940

  Smokey Robinson, American singer
• 1953

  Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of Argentina
• 1964

  Sonu Walia, Indian actress
• 1966

  Enzo Scifo, Belgian footballer
• 1978

  Immortal Technique, Peruvian-born American rapper
• 1979

  Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player

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