What are the important events that happened on February 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 23: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 23 is the 54th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 312 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 10, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,708,646,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontatetragon’ day.
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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 341 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,081 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 23 Historical Events
- 303 –Roman Emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
- 1455 –Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
- 1778 –American Revolution: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
- 1820 –Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.
- 1836 –The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
- 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.
- 1903 –Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States “in perpetuity”.
- 1905 –Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world’s first service club.
- 1991 –In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
Who were born on February 23?
- 1874 –Konstantin Päts, Estonian president (d. 1956)
- 1908 –William McMahon, twentieth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988)
- 1924 –Claude Sautet, French film director (d. 2000)
- 1932 –Majel Barrett, American actress (d. 2008)
- 1944 –John Sandford, American novelist
- 1961 –Kelly Hansen, American drummer (Summer Lights)
- 1969 –Michael Campbell, New Zealand golfer
- 1972 –Rondell White, American baseball player
- 1979 –S.E. Cupp, American author and political commentator
- 1983 –Courtney Culkin, American Playboy Playmate
Who died on February 23?
- 1447 –Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1390)
- 1464 –Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427)
- 1572 –Pierre Certon, French composer
- 1961 –Davey Crockett, American baseball player (b. 1875)
- 1983 –Herbert Howells, English composer (b. 1892)
- 1992 –Markos Vafiadis, Greek politician (b. 1906)
- 1996 –William Bonin, American serial killer and sex offender (b. 1947)
- 2001 –Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- 2004 –Carl Anderson, American singer (b. 1945)
- 2004 –Don Cornell, American singer (b. 1919)
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