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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• 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.
• 1887

  The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• 1909

  The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• 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.
• 1987

  Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
• 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.
• 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.

• 1883

  Karl Jaspers, German philosopher (d. 1969)
• 1889

  Musidora, French actress and director (d. 1957)
• 1928

  Hans Herrmann, German race car driver
• 1941

  Ron Hunt, baseball player
• 1957

  Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (d. 2009)
• 1962

  John David Brown, American illustrator, cartoonist
• 1967

  Chris Vrenna, American musician, producer and sound engineer Nine Inch Nails, Tweaker
• 1969

  Michael Campbell, New Zealand golfer
• 1972

  Rondell White, American baseball player
• 1992

  Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer

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