What Day of the Week

February 23, 2022 is the 54^th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 311 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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

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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.
• 1887

  The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• 1896

  The Tootsie Roll is invented.
• 1943

  A fire breaks out at St. Joseph’s Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 36 people (35 of whom are children).
• 1945

  World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free the captives of the Los Baños internment camp.
• 1947

  The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded.
• 1955

  First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
• 1991

  In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
• 1998

  Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and “Crusaders”; the latter term is commonly interpreted to refer to the people of Europe and the United States.
• 1999

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

• 1904

  Terence Fisher, English film director (d. 1980)
• 1904

  William L. Shirer, American historian (d. 1993)
• 1924

  Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African born physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
• 1944

  Bernard Cornwell, English historical novelist
• 1951

  Patricia Richardson, American actress
• 1955

  Flip Saunders, American basketball coach
• 1963

  Bobby Bonilla, American baseball player
• 1965

  Helena Suková, Czech former tennis player
• 1974

  Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer
• 1983

  Emily Blunt, British actress

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