What Day of the Week

February 23, 2021 was the 54^th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 311 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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.
• 1846

  John Henry Newman leaves the Church of England and is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
• 1854

  The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
• 1870

  In the United States, post-Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
• 1886

  Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister Julia Brainerd Hall.
• 1900

  In South Africa, Boers and British troops fight in the Battle of Hart’s Hill.
• 1917

  First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution.
• 1944

  The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
• 1991

  Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
• 1997

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

• 1417

  Pope Paul II (d. 1471)
• 1852

  Emperor Duc Duc (pronounced “dzup-duc”), the fifth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty (d. 1883)
• 1889

  Victor Fleming, American director (d. 1949)
• 1954

  Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine
• 1959

  Clayton Anderson, American astronaut
• 1965

  John Norum, Norwegian guitarist (Europe)
• 1978

  Jo Joyner, English actress
• 1978

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

  Courtney Culkin, American Playboy Playmate
• 1986

  Ola Svensson, Swedish pop singer

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