What Day of the Week

February 23, 2019 was the 54^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 311 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

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

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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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• 303

  Roman Emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
• 1820

  Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.
• 1836

  The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
• 1854

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

  The Tootsie Roll is invented.
• 1905

  Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world’s first service club.
• 1941

  Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
• 1944

  The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
• 1945

  World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
• 1966

  In Syria, Baath party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin Hafiz, also a Baathist.

• 1583

  Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)
• 1889

  Musidora, French actress and director (d. 1957)
• 1899

  Erich Kästner, German writer (d. 1974)
• 1914

  Theofiel Middelkamp, Dutch cyclist (d. 2005)
• 1923

  Mary Francis Shura, American writer (d. 1991)
• 1923

  Yiannis Grivas, Greek judge, 87th Prime Minister of Greece
• 1941

  Ron Hunt, baseball player
• 1958

  Tony Barrell, English writer and journalist
• 1972

  Alessandro Sturba, Italian footballer
• 1981

  Charles Tillman, American football player

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