What Day of the Week

February 23, 2020 was the 54^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 312 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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

Pisces 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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• 1739

  Richard Palmer is identified at York Castle, by his former schoolteacher, as the outlaw Dick Turpin.
• 1854

  The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
• 1896

  The Tootsie Roll is invented.
• 1898

  Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing “J'accuse”, a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
• 1905

  Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world’s first service club.
• 1945

  World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
• 1947

  The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded.
• 1981

  In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
• 1983

  The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
• 2005

  The controversial French law on colonialism is passed, requiring teachers to teach the “positive values of colonialism”. After public outcry, it is repealed at the beginning of 2006.

• 1685

  George Frideric Handel, German/British Baroque composer (d. 1759)
• 1809

  William Sprague, American minister and politician from Michigan (d. 1868)
• 1842

  Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (d. 1906)
• 1948

  Doug Moench, American comic book writer
• 1955

  Flip Saunders, American basketball coach
• 1955

  Tom Bodett, American voice actor, radio personality, and writer
• 1965

  Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer
• 1972

  Rondell White, American baseball player
• 1983

  Mido, Egyptian footballer
• 1986

  Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese idol (KAT-TUN)

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