What Day of the Week

February 26, 2023 is the 57^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 308 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.

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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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• 747 BCE

  Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy’s Nabonassar Era.
• 1794

  The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
• 1815

  Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
• 1909

  Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
• 1920

  The first German Expressionist film and early horror movie, Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, premièred in Berlin.
• 1952

  Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor-General of Canada.
• 1966

  Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
• 1987

  Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
• 1992

  Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
• 1993

  World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.

• 1858

  Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist (d. 1917)
• 1861

  Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, widow of Vladimir Lenin (d. 1939)
• 1927

  Tom Kennedy, American game show host
• 1928

  Anatoly Filipchenko, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1931

  Robert Novak, American political columnist (d. 2009)
• 1958

  Karen Berger, American comic book editor
• 1977

  Josh Towers, American baseball player
• 1982

  Song Hye Kyo, South Korean model and actress
• 1985

  Alexandria Hilfiger, American actress
• 1986

  Crystal Kay, Japanese singer

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