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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 311 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 10, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,740,268,800 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.
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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 359 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 4,447 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 23 Historical Events
- 1455 –Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
- 1861 –President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1870 –In the United States, post-Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
- 1896 –The Tootsie Roll is invented.
- 1909 –The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
- 1934 –Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
- 1945 –World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is completely destroyed in a raid by 379 British bombers.
- 1945 –World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
- 1980 –Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran’s parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
- 1991 –Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
Who were born on February 23?
- 1883 –Karl Jaspers, German philosopher (d. 1969)
- 1904 –Terence Fisher, English film director (d. 1980)
- 1915 –Jon Hall, American actor (d. 1979)
- 1953 –Satoru Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
- 1958 –David Sylvian, English musician (Japan, Nine Horses)
- 1959 –Clayton Anderson, American astronaut
- 1965 –John Norum, Norwegian guitarist (Europe)
- 1970 –Niecy Nash, American actress
- 1986 –Jerod Mayo, American football player
- 1994 –Dakota Fanning, American actress
Who died on February 23?
- 1447 –Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1390)
- 1603 –Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
- 1946 –Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885)
- 1974 –Harry Ruby, American composer and writer (b. 1895)
- 1976 –L. S. Lowry, English artist (b. 1887)
- 1979 –W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b. 1900)
- 1999 –Carlos Hathcock, USMC sniper (b. 1942)
- 2000 –Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957)
- 2003 –Howie Epstein, American bass guitarist (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) (b. 1955)
- 2006 –Benno Besson, Swiss actor and film director (b. 1922)
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