What Day of the Week

February 23, 2023 was the 54^th 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.

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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• 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.

• 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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