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Thursday February 23, 2023

February 23: Day of the Week

February 23, 2023 was the 54th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 311 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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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February 23 Historical Event(s)

  • 1455
    Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
  • 1660
    Charles XI becomes King of Sweden.
  • 1821
    Alexander Ypsilantis starts the Greek War of Independence in Iași, Wallachia, modern-day Romania.
  • 1883
    Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law.
  • 1909
    The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
  • 1944
    The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
  • 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.
  • 1980
    Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran’s parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
  • 1983
    The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
  • 2010
    Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in Northern Italy, causing an environmental disaster.

Who were born on February 23?

  • 1899
    Norman Taurog, American film director (d. 1981)
  • 1904
    Terence Fisher, English film director (d. 1980)
  • 1908
    William McMahon, twentieth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988)
  • 1940
    Peter Fonda, American actor
  • 1951
    Patricia Richardson, American actress
  • 1959
    Clayton Anderson, American astronaut
  • 1960
    Ivan Vdović, also known as VD, Yugoslavian musician (Šarlo Akrobata) (d. 1992)
  • 1969
    Marc Wauters, Belgian cyclist
  • 1982
    Karan Singh, Indian actor
  • 1983
    Emily Blunt, British actress

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