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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• 1854

  The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
• 1918

  First victory of Red Army over the Kaiser’s German troops near Narva and Pskov. In honor of this victory, the date is celebrated from 1923 onward as “Red Army Day”; it is renamed Defender of the Fatherland Day after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, and is colloquially known as “Men’s Day”.
• 1945

  World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
• 1955

  First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
• 1974

  The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
• 1997

  A small fire occurs in the Russian Space station, Mir.
• 1998

  In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42.
• 1999

  An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür, killing 31.
• 1999

  Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
• 2007

  A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.

• 1899

  Norman Taurog, American film director (d. 1981)
• 1923

  Miljenko Smoje, Dalmatian writer and journalist (d. 1995)
• 1941

  Ron Hunt, baseball player
• 1944

  Johnny Winter, American musician
• 1970

  Niecy Nash, American actress
• 1975

  Robert Lopez, American composer
• 1978

  René Pérez, Puerto Rican musician (Calle 13)
• 1983

  Emily Blunt, British actress
• 1989

  Evan Bates, American ice dancer
• 1992

  Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer

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