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{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[303]] – [[Roman emperor]] [[Diocletian]] orders the destruction of the Christian church in [[Nicomedia]], beginning eight years of [[Diocletianic Persecution]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Wang |title=Christianity and Imperial Culture: Chinese Christian Apologetics in the Seventeenth Century and their Latin Patristic Equivalent |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9XzDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA16 |date=26 January 1998 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-32000-0 |pages=16 |access-date=20 February 2019 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801132818/https://books.google.com/books?id=Y9XzDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA16 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[532]] – [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Justinian I]] lays the foundation stone of a new [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]] [[basilica]] in [[Constantinople]] – the [[Hagia Sophia]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Edith A. Browne |title=Romanesque Architecture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7u0QekMlCZwC |year=1912 |publisher=A. and C. Black |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2021-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114040446/https://books.google.com/books?id=7u0QekMlCZwC |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[628]] – [[Khosrow II]], last Sasanian shah of Iran, is overthrown.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Walter E. Kaegi|title=Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tlNlFZ_7UhoC&pg=PA174|date=27 March 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-81459-1|pages=174–|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802171450/https://books.google.com/books?id=tlNlFZ_7UhoC&pg=PA174|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[705]] – Empress [[Wu Zetian]] abdicates the throne, restoring the [[Tang dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book|author=International Association of Buddhist Studies|title=The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=frIEAAAAYAAJ|year=2002|publisher=International Association of Buddhist Studies|page=33|access-date=2021-08-02|archive-date=2021-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802171449/https://books.google.com/books?id=frIEAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1455]] – Traditionally the date of publication of the [[Gutenberg Bible]], the first [[Western culture|Western]] [[book]] printed with [[movable type]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Los Angeles School Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eURnw3pgQ7wC|year=1930|publisher=Education Associations of Los Angeles|page=10|access-date=2021-08-02|archive-date=2021-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802170912/https://books.google.com/books?id=eURnw3pgQ7wC|url-status=live}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1725]] – [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]] leads his ''[[Tafelmusik|Tafel-Music]]'' ''[[Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a|Shepherd Cantata]]'' for the birthday of [[Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000318?lang=en | title = Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet ihr Sorgen BWV 249.1; BWV 249a; BC [G 2] | website = [[Bach Digital]] | date = 2025 | access-date = 19 February 2025 }}</ref> *[[1763]] – [[Berbice slave uprising]] in [[Guyana]]: The first major slave revolt in South America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guyanasouthamerica.gy/people/history-and-historical-stories/cuffy-statue-or-the-1763-monument/the-1763-berbice-slave-rebellion/|title=The 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion|website=People, History and Culture of Guyana|access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/22/dutch-exhibition-offers-new-insight-into-berbice-slave-uprising |title=Dutch exhibition offers new insight into Berbice slave uprising |first=Daniel |last=Boffey |date=22 January 2021 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> *[[1778]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben|Baron von Steuben]] arrives at [[Valley Forge, Pennsylvania]], to help train the [[Continental Army]]. *[[1820]] – [[Cato Street Conspiracy]]: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed and the conspirators arrested.<ref>{{cite book |author=John Campbell Baron Campbell |title=The Lives of the Chief Justices of England |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=klszAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA98 |year=1881 |publisher=F. D. Linn |pages=98 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2022-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223150558/https://books.google.com/books?id=klszAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA98 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1836]] – [[Texas Revolution]]: The [[Siege of the Alamo]] (prelude to the [[Battle of the Alamo]]) begins in [[San Antonio, Texas]]. *[[1847]] – [[Mexican–American War]]: [[Battle of Buena Vista]]: In Mexico, American troops under future president General [[Zachary Taylor]] defeat Mexican General [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]]. *[[1854]] – The official independence of the [[Orange Free State]], South Africa is declared. *[[1861]] – President-elect [[Abraham Lincoln]] arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged [[Baltimore Plot|assassination plot]] in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]. *[[1870]] – [[Reconstruction Era]]: Post-[[American Civil War|U.S. Civil War]] military control of [[Mississippi]] ends and it is readmitted to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]. *[[1883]] – [[Alabama]] becomes the first [[U.S. state]] to enact an [[Competition law|anti-trust law]]. *[[1885]] – [[Sino-French War]]: French Army gains an important victory in the [[Battle of Đồng Đăng (1885)|Battle of Đồng Đăng]] in the [[Tonkin]] region of Vietnam. *[[1886]] – [[Charles Martin Hall]] produced the first samples of [[aluminium]] from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, [[Julia Brainerd Hall]].<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-d-histoire-de-l-aluminium-2012-1-page-84.htm |title=The Aluminium False Twins. Charles Martin Hall and Paul Héroult's First Experiments and Technological Options |last=Laparra |first=Maurice |journal=Cahiers d'Histoire de l'Aluminium |date=2012 |pages=84–105 |doi=10.3917/cha.048.0084 |access-date=2019-02-23 |archive-date=2019-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224001741/https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-d-histoire-de-l-aluminium-2012-1-page-84.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1887]] – The [[French Riviera]] is hit by a [[1887 Liguria earthquake|large earthquake]], killing around 2,000. *[[1898]] – [[Émile Zola]] is imprisoned in France after writing ''[[J'Accuse…!]]'', a letter accusing the French government of [[antisemitism]] and wrongfully imprisoning [[Captain (OF-2)|Captain]] [[Alfred Dreyfus]]. *[[1900]] – [[Second Boer War]]: During the [[Battle of the Tugela Heights]], the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails. ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Cuba]] leases [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|Guantánamo Bay]] to the United States "in perpetuity". *[[1905]] – Chicago attorney [[Paul P. Harris|Paul Harris]] and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the [[Rotary Club]], the world's first [[service club]]. *[[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]] (March 8 in the [[Gregorian calendar]]). *[[1927]] – U.S. President [[Calvin Coolidge]] signs a bill by [[United States Congress|Congress]] establishing the [[Federal Radio Commission]] (later replaced by the [[Federal Communications Commission]]) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States. * 1927 – German [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]] [[Werner Heisenberg]] writes a letter to fellow physicist [[Wolfgang Pauli]], in which he describes his [[uncertainty principle]] for the first time. *[[1934]] – [[Leopold III of Belgium|Leopold III]] becomes King of [[Belgium]]. *[[1941]] – [[Plutonium]] is first produced and isolated by Dr. [[Glenn T. Seaborg]]. *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] submarines [[Bombardment of Ellwood|fire artillery shells]] at the coastline near [[Santa Barbara, California]]. *[[1943]] – The [[Cavan Orphanage fire]] kills thirty-five girls and an elderly cook. * 1943 – [[Greek Resistance]]: The [[United Panhellenic Organization of Youth]] is founded in Greece. *[[1944]] – The [[Soviet Union]] begins the [[Operation Lentil (Caucasus)|forced deportation]] of the [[Chechens|Chechen]] and [[Ingush people]] from the [[North Caucasus]] to Central Asia. *[[1945]] – World War II: During the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]], a group of [[United States Marine]]s reach the top of [[Mount Suribachi]] on the island and are [[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima|photographed raising the American flag]]. * 1945 – World War II: The [[11th Airborne Division (United States)|11th Airborne Division]], with [[Filipinos|Filipino]] guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the [[Los Baños, Laguna|Los Baños]] internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies." * 1945 – World War II: The capital of the [[Philippines]], [[Manila]], is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces. * 1945 – World War II: Capitulation of [[Nazi Germany|German]] garrison in [[Poznań]]. The city is [[Battle of Poznań (1945)|liberated]] by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[History of Poland (1939–45)|Polish]] forces. * 1945 – World War II: The German town of [[Pforzheim]] is [[Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II|annihilated]] in a raid by 379 British bombers. * 1945 – [[American Airlines Flight 009]] crashes near [[Rural Retreat, Virginia]], killing 17.<ref name="ASN">{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-3-277 NC18142 Rural Retreat, VA |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19450223-0 |access-date=22 June 2023 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[International Organization for Standardization]] is founded. *[[1954]] – The first mass inoculation of children against [[Poliomyelitis|polio]] with the [[Jonas Salk|Salk]] [[vaccine]] begins in [[Pittsburgh]]. *[[1958]] – Five-time Argentine [[Formula One]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|champion]] [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] is kidnapped by rebels involved in the [[Cuban Revolution]], on the eve of the [[Cuban Grand Prix]]. He was released the following day after the race.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-06 |title=Kidnapped in Cuba: F1 legend Fangio's run-in with revolutionaries |url=https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/28999493/when-f1-legend-fangio-was-kidnapped-cuba |access-date=2021-05-17 |publisher=ESPN |archive-date=2021-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517154652/https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/28999493/when-f1-legend-fangio-was-kidnapped-cuba |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1966]] – In [[Syria]], [[Ba'ath Party]] member [[Salah Jadid]] leads an intra-party military [[coup]] that [[1966 Syrian coup d'état|replaces]] the previous government of General [[Amin al-Hafiz]], also a Baathist. *[[1971]] – [[Operation Lam Son 719]]: South Vietnamese General [[Do Cao Tri]] was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering campaign.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fulghum |first1=David |last2=Maitland |first2=Terrence |title=The Vietnam Experience South Vietnam on Trial: Mid-1970–1972 |publisher=Boston Publishing Company |year=1984 |isbn=0-939526-10-7 |page=61}}</ref> *[[1974]] – The [[Symbionese Liberation Army]] demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim [[Patty Hearst]]. *[[1980]] – [[Iran hostage crisis]]: [[Supreme Leader of Iran|Supreme Leader]] [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages. *[[1981]] – In Spain, [[Antonio Tejero]] attempts [[23-F|a coup d'état]] by capturing the [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Spanish Congress of Deputies]]. *[[1983]] – The [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the [[Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins|dioxin]]-contaminated community of [[Times Beach, Missouri]]. *[[1987]] – [[Supernova 1987a]] is seen in the [[Large Magellanic Cloud]]. *[[1988]] – Saddam Hussein begins the [[Anfal genocide]] against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq.<ref>{{cite book |title=Genocide in Iraq: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds |publisher=Human Rights Watch |date=July 1993 |url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/iraqanfal/ |isbn=1-56432-108-8 |access-date=2020-10-01 |archive-date=2010-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019060336/http://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/iraqanfal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1991]] – In [[Thailand]], General [[Sunthorn Kongsompong]] leads a bloodless [[coup d'état]], [[1991 Thai coup d'état|deposing]] Prime Minister [[Chatichai Choonhavan]]. *[[1998]] – In the United States, [[1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak|tornadoes in central Florida]] destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people. *[[1999]] – [[Kurds|Kurdish]] rebel leader [[Abdullah Öcalan]] is charged with [[treason]] in [[Ankara]], Turkey. * 1999 – An [[avalanche]] [[1999 Galtür avalanche|buries the town]] of [[Galtür]], Austria, killing 31.<ref name="bbc-anatomy">{{cite web|last=Paterson|first=Bill|date=25 November 1999|title=Anatomy of an Avalanche|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/1999/avalanche_script.shtml|work=BBC|accessdate=7 February 2014|archive-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416085822/http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/1999/avalanche_script.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="national-geographic">{{cite web|date=|title=Seconds from Disaster: Alpine Tsunami|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOa24my8HhU|publisher=National Geographic|accessdate=7 February 2014}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> *[[2007]] – A [[Grayrigg derailment|train derails]] on an evening express service near [[Grayrigg]], [[Cumbria]], England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents. *[[2008]] – A [[United States Air Force]] [[B-2 Spirit]] bomber [[2008 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident|crashes on Guam]], marking the first operational loss of a B-2. *[[2010]] – Unknown criminals pour more than {{frac|2|1|2}} million liters of [[diesel oil]] and other [[hydrocarbon]]s into the river [[Lambro]], in northern Italy, sparking an [[environmental disaster]]. *[[2012]] – A [[23 February 2012 Iraq attacks|series of attacks]] across [[Iraq]] leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured. *[[2017]] – The Turkish-backed [[Free Syrian Army]] [[Battle of al-Bab|captures Al-Bab]] from [[ISIL]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-backed-rebels-enter-center-of-islamic-states-al-bab-strongholdin-syria/2017/02/23/e389a506-f9c3-11e6-9b3e-ed886f4f4825_story.html |title=Turkey-backed rebels seize Islamic State's al-Bab stronghold in Syria |date=2017-02-23 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2017-02-23 |first1=Louisa |last1=Loveluck |first2=Liz |last2=Sly |archive-date=2017-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224113943/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-backed-rebels-enter-center-of-islamic-states-al-bab-strongholdin-syria/2017/02/23/e389a506-f9c3-11e6-9b3e-ed886f4f4825_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Atlas Air Flight 3591]], a [[Boeing 767]] freighter, crashes into [[Trinity Bay (Texas)|Trinity Bay]] near [[Anahuac, Texas]], killing all three people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA19MA086.aspx |title=DCA19MA086 |website=ntsb.gov |access-date=2019-03-15 |archive-date=2019-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313104623/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA19MA086.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Murder of Ahmaud Arbery|Ahmaud Arbery]], a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near [[Brunswick, Georgia|Brunswick]] in [[Glynn County, Georgia]].<ref name="FaussetMay10">{{cite news|last1=Fausset|first1=Richard|date=May 5, 2020|title=What We Know About the Shooting Death of Ahmaud Arbery|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-shooting-georgia.html|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200511074019/https://www.nytimes.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-shooting-georgia.html|archive-date=May 11, 2020}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[February 2021 Ecuadorian prison riots|Four simultaneous prison riots]] leave at least 62 people dead in [[Ecuador]].<ref>{{cite news |title=At least 62 killed in Ecuadorean prison gang riots |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/ecuador-prison-gang-riots-deaths-7202099/ |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=24 February 2021 |archive-date=25 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225144535/https://indianexpress.com/article/world/ecuador-prison-gang-riots-deaths-7202099/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1133]] – [[Al-Zafir]], Fatimid caliph (d. 1154)<ref>{{TDV Encyclopedia of Islam | volume = 44 | first = Murat | last = Öztürk | authorlink = | title = Zâfir-Biemrillâh | url = https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/zafir-biemrillah | pages = 69–70}}</ref> *[[1417]] – [[Pope Paul II]] (d. 1471)<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-II |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819093421/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-II |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1417 – [[Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria]] (d. 1479) *[[1443]] – [[Matthias Corvinus]], Hungarian king (d. 1490) *[[1529]] – [[Onofrio Panvinio]], Italian historian (d. 1568) *[[1539]] – [[Henry XI of Legnica]], thrice Duke of Legnica (d. 1588) * 1539 – [[Salima Sultan Begum]], Empress of the Mughal Empire (d. 1612) *[[1583]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Morin (mathematician)|Jean-Baptiste Morin]], French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (d. 1656) *[[1592]] – [[Balthazar Gerbier]], Dutch painter (d. 1663) ===1601–1900=== *[[1606]] – [[George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen]], officer in the Dutch Army (d. 1674)<ref>{{aut|Menk, Friedhelm}} (2004). "Die Fürstengruft zu Siegen und die darin von 1669 bis 1781 erfolgten Beisetzungen". In: {{aut|Burwitz, Ludwig}} u.a. (Redaktion), ''Siegener Beiträge. Jahrbuch für regionale Geschichte'' (in German). Vol. 9. Siegen: Geschichtswerkstatt Siegen – Arbeitskreis für Regionalgeschichte e.V. p. 192; {{cite book |last1=Huberty |first1=Michel |last2=Giraud |first2=Alain |last3=Magdelaine |first3=F. & B. |title=l'Allemagne Dynastique |language=fr |location=Le Perreux |publisher=Alain Giraud |date=1981 |volume=Tome III: Brunswick-Nassau-Schwarzbourg |pages=234}}</ref> *[[1633]] – [[Samuel Pepys]], English diarist and politician (d. 1703)<ref>{{cite web |title=Samuel Pepys {{!}} English diarist and naval administrator |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Pepys |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819181518/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Pepys |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1646]] – [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], Japanese shōgun (d. 1709) *[[1680]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville]], Canadian politician, 2nd [[List of colonial governors of Louisiana|Colonial Governor of Louisiana]] (d. 1767) *[[1685]] – [[George Frideric Handel]], German-English organist and composer (d. 1759) *[[1723]] – [[Richard Price]], Welsh-English minister and philosopher (d. 1791) *[[1744]] – [[Mayer Amschel Rothschild]], German banker and businessman (d. 1812) *[[1792]] – [[José Joaquín de Herrera]], Mexican politician and general (d. 1854)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/jose-joaquin-de-herrera/ |title=JOSÉ JOAQUÍN DE HERRERA |publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico |language=es |access-date=May 27, 2019 |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825015405/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/jose-joaquin-de-herrera |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1805]] – [[Johan Jakob Nervander]], Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist (d. 1848)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://agricolaverkko.fi/vintti/julkaisut/historiakone/elamakerta.php?id=178|title=Nervander Johan Jacob|publisher=Agricola|access-date=February 23, 2022|language=fi|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223150602/https://agricolaverkko.fi/vintti/julkaisut/historiakone/elamakerta.php?id=178|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1831]] – [[Hendrik Willem Mesdag]], Dutch painter (d. 1915) *[[1842]] – [[Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann]], German philosopher and author (d. 1906) *[[1850]] – [[César Ritz]], Swiss businessman, founded [[The Ritz Hotel, London]] and [[Hôtel Ritz Paris]] (d. 1918) *[[1868]] – [[W. E. B. Du Bois]], American sociologist, historian, and activist (d. 1963) * 1868 – [[Anna Hofman-Uddgren]], Swedish actress, singer, and director (d. 1947) *[[1873]] – [[Liang Qichao]], Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (d. 1929) *[[1874]] – [[Konstantin Päts]], Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of Estonia]] (d. 1956) *[[1878]] – [[Kazimir Malevich]], Ukrainian painter and theorist (d. 1935) *[[1883]] – [[Karl Jaspers]], German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (d. 1969) * 1883 – [[Guy C. Wiggins]], American painter (d. 1962) * [[1884]] – [[Casimir Funk]], Polish biochemist (d. 1967)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-19 |title=Kazimierz Funk and vitamins |url=https://polishhistory.pl/kazimierz-funk-and-vitamins/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Polish History |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1889]] – [[Musidora]], French actress and director (d. 1957) * 1889 – [[Cyril Delevanti]], English-American actor (d. 1975) * 1889 – [[Victor Fleming]], American director, cinematographer, and producer (d. 1949) * 1889 – [[John Gilbert Winant]], American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (d. 1947) *[[1892]] – [[Kathleen Harrison]], English actress (d. 1995) * 1892 – [[Agnes Smedley]], American journalist and writer (d. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Agnes-Smedley |title=Agnes Smedley | American journalist and writer |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=2019-02-23 |archive-date=2019-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224002816/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Agnes-Smedley |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1894]] – [[Harold Horder]], Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1978) *[[1899]] – [[Erich Kästner]], German author and poet (d. 1974) * 1899 – [[Norman Taurog]], American director and screenwriter (d. 1981) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Terence Fisher]], English director and screenwriter (d. 1980) * 1904 – [[William L. Shirer]], American journalist and historian (d. 1993)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 23: Emily Blunt, Emilia Jones |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/23/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-23-Emily-Blunt-Emilia-Jones/2581676767068/#:~:text=23%3A%20Emily%20Blunt%2C%20Emilia%20Jones%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=23 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1908]] – [[William McMahon]], Australian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1988) *[[1915]] – [[Jon Hall (actor)|Jon Hall]], American actor and director (d. 1979) * 1915 – [[Paul Tibbets]], American general and pilot (d. 2007)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1919]] – [[Johnny Carey]], Irish footballer and manager (d. 1995) *[[1920]] – [[Paul Gérin-Lajoie]], Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2018) *[[1923]] – [[Rafael Addiego Bruno]], Uruguayan jurist and politician, [[President of Uruguay]] (d. 2014) * 1923 – [[Harry Clarke (footballer, born 1923)|Harry Clarke]], English footballer (d. 2000)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/harry-clarke-39163/ |title=Harry Clarke |website=11v11.com |access-date=18 February 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218134154/https://www.11v11.com/players/harry-clarke-39163/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1923 – [[Ioannis Grivas]], Greek judge and politician, 176th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 2016) * 1923 – [[Dante Lavelli]], American football player (d. 2009) * 1923 – [[Clarence D. Lester]], American fighter pilot (d. 1986) * 1923 – [[Mary Francis Shura]], American author (d. 1991) *[[1924]] – [[Allan McLeod Cormack]], South-African-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1998)<ref>{{Nobelprize|417|name=Allan M. Cormack |accessdate=2024-02-21}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Louis Stokes]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2015) *[[1927]] – [[Régine Crespin]], French soprano and actress (d. 2007) * 1927 – [[Jessica Huntley]], Guyanese activist and publisher (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/27/jessica-huntley|title=Jessica Huntley obituary|first=Margaret|last=Busby|author-link=Margaret Busby|date=27 October 2013|publisher=www.theguardian.com |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Hans Herrmann]], German racing driver * 1928 – [[Vasily Lazarev]], Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut (d. 1990) *[[1929]] – [[Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow]] (d. 2008) * 1929 – [[Elston Howard]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1980) *[[1930]] – [[Paul West (writer, born 1930)|Paul West]], English-American author, poet, and academic (d. 2015) *[[1931]] – [[Tom Wesselmann]], American painter and sculptor (d. 2004) *[[1932]] – [[Majel Barrett]], American actress and producer (d. 2008) *[[1937]] – [[Tom Osborne]], American football player, coach, and politician<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1938]] – [[Sylvia Chase]], American broadcast journalist (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite news |author=Roberts, Sam |author-link=Sam Roberts (newspaper journalist) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/obituaries/sylvia-chase-dead.html |title=Sylvia Chase, Pioneering Television Newswoman, Is Dead at 80 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 7, 2019 |access-date=February 20, 2019 |archive-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203014707/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/obituaries/sylvia-chase-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1938 – [[Paul Morrissey]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grimes |first=William |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol's Cinematic Collaborator, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/movies/paul-morrissey-dead.html |access-date=October 28, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Diane Varsi]], American actress (d. 1992) *[[1939]] – [[Lee Shaffer]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lee Shaffer |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78121/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Peter Fonda]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1940 – [[Jackie Smith]], American football player *[[1941]] – [[Ron Hunt]], American baseball player *[[1943]] – [[Fred Biletnikoff]], American football player and coach<ref name="AP"/> * 1943 – [[Bobby Mitchell (golfer)|Bobby Mitchell]], American golfer (d. 2018) *[[1944]] – [[Bernard Cornwell]], English author and educator * 1944 – [[Florian Fricke]], German keyboard player and composer (d. 2001) * 1944 – [[Johnny Winter]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014) *[[1945]] – [[Allan Boesak]], South African cleric and politician *[[1946]] – [[Rusty Young (musician)|Rusty Young]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021) *[[1947]] – [[Pia Kjærsgaard]], Danish politician, [[List of Speakers of the Folketing|Speaker of the Danish Parliament]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Elizabeth Sleeman |title=The International Who's Who of Women 2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6J8xDWDqOkEC&pg=PA301 |year=2001 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-1-85743-122-3 |pages=301 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2022-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223150559/https://books.google.com/books?id=6J8xDWDqOkEC&pg=PA301 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1947 – [[Anton Mosimann]], Swiss chef and author<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Authors |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J6ziAAAAMAAJ |year=1994 |publisher=Gale Research Company |isbn=978-0-8103-5551-4 |page=326 |access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=2022-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223150600/https://books.google.com/books?id=J6ziAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Bill Alexander (director)|Bill Alexander]], English director and producer * 1948 – [[Trevor Cherry]], English footballer (d. 2020) * 1948 – [[Steve Priest]], English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2020) *[[1949]] – [[César Aira]], Argentine author and translator * 1949 – [[Marc Garneau]], Canadian engineer, astronaut, and politician *[[1950]] – [[Rebecca Goldstein]], American philosopher and author * 1950 – [[John Greaves (musician)|John Greaves]], Welsh bass guitarist and composer<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWoZAQAAIAAJ |year=2002 |edition=3rd revised |publisher=Virgin |page=175 |isbn=978-1-85227-947-9 |access-date=2020-10-01 |archive-date=2021-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510143040/https://books.google.com/books?id=uWoZAQAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Eddie Dibbs]], American tennis player * 1951 – [[Debbie Friedman]], American singer-songwriter of Jewish melodies (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite news |title=Debbie Friedman, Singer of Jewish Music, Dies at 59 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/arts/music/11friedman.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/arts/music/11friedman.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|website=The New York Times|date=11 January 2011 |last1=Fox |first1=Margalit|author-link=Margalit Fox }}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 1951 – [[Ed "Too Tall" Jones]], American football player and boxer<ref name="AP"/> * 1951 – [[Patricia Richardson]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1952]] – [[Brad Whitford]], American guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1953]] – [[Kenny Bee]], Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor * 1953 – [[Satoru Nakajima]], Japanese racing driver *[[1954]] – [[Rajini Thiranagama]], Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 1989) * 1954 – [[Viktor Yushchenko]], Ukrainian captain and politician, 3rd [[President of Ukraine]]<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1955]] – [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]], English singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1955 – [[Flip Saunders]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2015) * 1955 – [[Francesca Simon]], American-British author<ref>{{cite web |last=McCrum|first= Robert|author-link=Robert McCrum |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/13/francesca-simon-books-interview |title=Francesca Simon: 'When I started out, people would ask: "When will you write for adults?{{"'}} |publisher=[[theguardian.com]] |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=2014-02-19}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Sandra Osborne]], Scottish politician *[[1957]] – [[Charlie Brandt]], American serial killer (d. 2004)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://medium.com/@jade00townsend/the-case-of-charlie-brandt-a56ecded39e9 | title=The case of Charlie Brandt|first=Jade |last=Townsend |website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]| date=29 December 2022 }}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[David Sylvian]], English singer-songwriter *[[1959]] – [[Clayton Anderson]], American engineer and astronaut * 1959 – [[Nick de Bois]], English politician * 1959 – [[Ian Liddell-Grainger]], Scottish soldier and politician * 1959 – [[Linda Nolan]], Irish singer and actress (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntosh |first=Steven |date=January 15, 2025 |title=Linda Nolan: Singer dies aged 65, two decades after cancer diagnosis |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1ezlgzj4vvo |access-date=January 25, 2025 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Naruhito, Emperor of Japan]]<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1962]] – [[Michael Wilton]], American guitarist<ref name="AP"/> *[[1963]] – [[Bobby Bonilla]], American baseball player * 1963 – [[Radosław Sikorski]], Polish journalist and politician, 11th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland]] *[[1964]] – [[John Norum]], Norwegian guitarist and songwriter *[[1965]] – [[Kristin Davis]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 23, 2023 includes celebrities Emily Blunt, Josh Gad |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-23-2023-includes-celebrities-emily-blunt-josh-gad.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=23 February 2023}}</ref> * 1965 – [[Michael Dell]], American businessman * 1965 – [[Helena Suková]], Czech-Monacan tennis player *[[1967]] – [[Steve Stricker]], American golfer * 1967 – [[Chris Vrenna]], American drummer, songwriter, and producer *[[1969]] – [[Michael Campbell]], New Zealand golfer * 1969 – [[Martine Croxall]], English journalist and television news presenter * 1969 – [[Daymond John]], American fashion designer and businessman, founded [[FUBU]]<ref name="AP"/> * 1969 – [[Bhagyashree]], Indian actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/photo/pics-madhuri-dixit-nushrratt-bharuccha-neena-gupta-bhagyashree-birthday-bash-2506567-2024-02-24|title=Pics: Madhuri Dixit, Nushrratt Bharuccha, celebs at Bhagyashree's birthday bash|date=24 February 2024 }}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Niecy Nash]], American actress and producer<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1971]] – [[Carin Koch]], Swedish golfer * 1971 – [[Melinda Messenger]], English model and television host * 1971 – [[Joe-Max Moore]], American soccer player *[[1972]] – [[Alessandro Sturba]], Italian footballer * 1972 – [[Rondell White]], American baseball player *[[1973]] – [[Jeff Nordgaard]], American-Polish basketball player *[[1974]] – [[Herschelle Gibbs]], South African cricketer * 1974 – [[Robbi Kempson]], South African rugby player *[[1975]] – [[Michael Cornacchia]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1975 – [[Robert Lopez]], American songwriter and playwright<ref name="AP"/> *[[1976]] – [[Kelly Macdonald]], Scottish actress<ref>{{cite book |author=((Editors of Chase's )) |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 |date=30 September 2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-264-1 |pages=143 |access-date=23 February 2021 |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223150600/https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Kristina Šmigun-Vähi]], Estonian skier *[[1978]] – [[Residente]], Puerto Rican singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1978 – [[Dan Snyder (ice hockey)|Dan Snyder]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003) *[[1981]] – [[Gareth Barry]], English footballer<ref>{{FIFA player|177648}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Josh Gad]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1981 – [[Charles Tillman]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Tillman |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4493/charles-tillman |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Jia Perkins]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Jia Perkins |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100952/jia-perkins |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Karan Singh Grover]], Indian actor<ref name="Narayan">{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/television/news/2014/photos-karan-singh-grover-birthday-party-yatch-with-jennifer-winget-132790.html |title=Photos: Karan Singh Grover's Birthday Party On {{sic|Yat|ch|expected=yacht|nolink=y}} With Jennifer Winget |date=25 February 2014 |first=Girija |last=Narayan |publisher=Oneindia entertainment |access-date=30 March 2014 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107022547/https://www.filmibeat.com/television/news/2014/photos-karan-singh-grover-birthday-party-yatch-with-jennifer-winget-132790.html%20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Aziz Ansari]], American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1983 – [[Emily Blunt]], English actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1983 – [[Mido (footballer)|Mido]], Egyptian footballer, manager and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=26761 |title=Ahmed Mido |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=18 February 2020 |archive-date=17 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917162653/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=26761 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1983 – [[Dijon Thompson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dijon Thompson |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/2788 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Emerson Conceição]], Brazilian footballer * 1986 – [[Skylar Grey]], American singer-songwriter * 1986 – [[Kazuya Kamenashi]], Japanese singer-songwriter and actor * 1986 – [[Jerod Mayo]], American football player and coach * 1986 – [[Ola Svensson]], Swedish singer-songwriter *[[1987]] – [[Ab-Soul]], American rapper * 1987 – [[Malik Hairston]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Malik Hairston |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201612/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Theophilus London]], Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter and producer *[[1988]] – [[Nicolás Gaitán]], Argentine footballer *[[1989]] – [[Evan Bates]], American ice dancer * 1989 – [[Jérémy Pied]], French footballer * 1989 – [[Wilin Rosario]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilin Rosario |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/wilin-rosario-501647 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Kevin Connauton]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1990 – [[Marco Scandella]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1992]] – [[Casemiro]], Brazilian footballer * 1992 – [[Kyriakos Papadopoulos]], Greek footballer * 1992 – [[Samara Weaving]], Australian actress and model<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1994]] – [[Dakota Fanning]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1994 – [[Triptii Dimri]], Indian actress<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 February 2021 |title=EXCLUSIVE: "Before becoming an actor, I used to wish for that one opportunity to work in the film industry"- Triptii Dimri ahead of her birthday |work=Bollywood Hungama |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exclusive-becoming-actor-used-wish-one-opportunity-work-film-industry-triptii-dimri-ahead-birthday/ |access-date=24 January 2022 |language=en |archive-date=24 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124113822/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exclusive-becoming-actor-used-wish-one-opportunity-work-film-industry-triptii-dimri-ahead-birthday/ |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Andrew Wiggins]], Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew Wiggins |url=https://www.nba.com/players/andrew/wiggins/203952 |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=16 March 2020 |archive-date=6 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206231318/https://www.nba.com/players/Andrew/Wiggins/203952 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[D'Angelo Russell]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=D'Angelo Russell |url=https://www.nba.com/players/d'angelo/russell/1626156 |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=19 March 2020 |archive-date=31 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531042927/https://www.nba.com/players/d%27angelo/russell/1626156 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Jamal Murray]], Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamal Murray |url=https://www.nba.com/players/jamal/murray/1627750 |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=16 March 2020 |archive-date=13 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413091004/https://www.nba.com/players/jamal/murray/1627750 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Femke Bol]], Dutch hurdler and sprinter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Femke Bol |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/145442 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=19 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Emilia Jones]], English actress<ref name="UPI"/> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[715]] – [[Al-Walid I]], [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] caliph (b. 668) * [[908]] – [[Li Keyong]], [[Shatuo]] military governor during the [[Tang dynasty]] in [[China]] (b. 856) * [[943]] – [[Herbert II, Count of Vermandois]], (b. 884) * 943 – [[David I of Klarjeti|David I]], prince of [[Principality of Tao-Klarjeti|Tao-Klarjeti]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]) *[[1011]] – [[Willigis]], German archbishop (b. 940) *[[1100]] – [[Emperor Zhezong]] of Song (b. 1076) *[[1270]] – [[Isabelle of France (saint)|Isabel of France]] (b. 1225) *[[1447]] – [[Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester]] (b. 1390) * 1447 – [[Pope Eugene IV]] (b. 1383)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eugenius IV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugenius-IV |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=10 May 2021 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503193933/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugenius-IV |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1464]] – [[Emperor Yingzong of Ming]] (b. 1427) *[[1473]] – [[Arnold, Duke of Gelderland]] (b. 1410) *[[1526]] – [[Diego Colón]], Spanish Viceroy of the Indies (b. c. 1479) *[[1554]] – [[Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire]] (b. 1515) ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] – [[Andrea Cesalpino]], Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519) * 1603 – [[Franciscus Vieta]], French mathematician (b. 1540) *[[1620]] – [[Nicholas Fuller (lawyer)|Nicholas Fuller]], English politician (b. 1543) *[[1704]] – [[Georg Muffat]], French organist and composer (b. 1653) *[[1766]] – [[Stanisław Leszczyński]], Polish king (b. 1677) *[[1781]] – [[George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician)|George Taylor]], Founding Father of the United States (b. 1716) *[[1792]] – [[Joshua Reynolds]], English painter and academic (b. 1723) *[[1821]] – [[John Keats]], English poet (b. 1795) *[[1844]] – [[Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada]], Brazilian politician, twice [[Ministry of the Economy (Brazil)|Minister of Finance]], brother of [[José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva|José Bonifácio]] and [[Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada|Antônio Carlos]] (b. 1775)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rio Branco |first=Barão do |url=https://funag.gov.br/biblioteca-nova/produto/loc_pdf/129/6/obras_do_barao_do_rio_branco_-_volume_vi_a_._efemerides_brasileiras_-_capa_mole.pdf |title=Efemérides Brasileiras |publisher=Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão |year=2012 |isbn=978-85-7631-357-1 |location=Brasília |pages=174–175 |language=pt |oclc=842885255}}</ref> *[[1848]] – [[John Quincy Adams]], American politician, 6th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1767) *[[1855]] – [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]], German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777) *[[1859]] – [[Zygmunt Krasiński]], Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812) *[[1871]] – [[Amanda Cajander]], Finnish medical reformer (b. 1827)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hautausmaita |website=Hautausmaita |url=http://haudat.genealogia.fi/php/haudat1f.php?coun=fi&lang=fi&code=163&id=20242 |language=fi |access-date=24 May 2021 |archive-date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524153835/http://haudat.genealogia.fi/php/haudat1f.php?coun=fi&lang=fi&code=163&id=20242 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1879]] – [[Albrecht von Roon]], Prussian soldier and politician, 10th [[Minister President of Prussia]] (b. 1803) *[[1897]] – [[Woldemar Bargiel]], German composer and educator (b. 1828) *[[1900]] – [[Ernest Dowson]], English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867) ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Friedrich von Esmarch]], German surgeon and academic (b. 1823) *[[1918]] – [[Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (b. 1882) *[[1930]] – [[Horst Wessel]], German [[Sturmabteilung|SA]] officer (b. 1907) *[[1931]] – [[Nellie Melba]], Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861) *[[1934]] – [[Edward Elgar]], English composer and academic (b. 1857) *[[1944]] – [[Leo Baekeland]], Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863) *[[1946]] – [[Tomoyuki Yamashita]], Japanese general (b. 1885) *[[1948]] – [[John Robert Gregg]], Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866) *[[1955]] – [[Paul Claudel]], French poet and playwright (b. 1868) *[[1965]] – [[Stan Laurel]], English actor and comedian (b. 1890) *[[1969]] – [[Madhubala]], Indian actress and producer (b. 1933) * 1969 – [[Saud of Saudi Arabia|Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]], 2nd [[King of Saudi Arabia]] (b. 1902) *[[1973]] – [[Dickinson W. Richards]], American physician and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1895) *[[1974]] – [[Harry Ruby]], American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895) *[[1976]] – [[L. S. Lowry]], English painter (b. 1887) *[[1979]] – [[W. A. C. Bennett]], Canadian businessman and politician, 25th [[Premier of British Columbia]] (b. 1900) *[[1983]] – [[Herbert Howells]], English organist and composer (b. 1892) *[[1990]] – [[José Napoleón Duarte]], Salvadoran engineer and politician, [[President of El Salvador]] (b. 1925) *[[1995]] – [[James Herriot]], English veterinarian and author (b. 1916) *[[1997]] – [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]], American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1945) *[[1998]] – [[Philip Abbott]], American actor and director (b. 1924) *[[1999]] – [[The Renegade (wrestler)|The Renegade]], American wrestler (b. 1965) *[[2000]] – [[Ofra Haza]], Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1957) * 2000 – [[Stanley Matthews]], English footballer and manager (b. 1915) *[[2003]] – [[Howie Epstein]], American bass player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1955) * 2003 – [[Robert K. Merton]], American sociologist and academic (b. 1910) *[[2004]] – [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]], Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1934) * 2004 – [[Sikander Bakht]], Indian politician, [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Indian Minister of External Affairs]] (b. 1918) *[[2006]] – [[Muhammad Shamsul Huq]], Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|author=[[Sirajul Islam|Islam, Sirajul]]|article=Huq, Muhammad Shamsul}}</ref> * 2006 – [[Telmo Zarra]], Spanish footballer (b. 1921) * 2007 – [[Hanna Barysiewicz]], the oldest female resident of [[Belarus]] not registered by the ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of Records]]'' (b. 1888)<ref>{{Cite web |title=''World's Oldest Claimants (with at least a claimed birth date) (as of May 1, 2007)'' |url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/J.HTM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201093051/http://www.grg.org/Adams/J.HTM |archive-date=2010-12-01 |access-date=2010-06-16 |page= |via=grg.org}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[John Ritchie (footballer, born 1941)|John Ritchie]], English footballer (b. 1941) *[[2008]] – [[Janez Drnovšek]], Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd [[President of Slovenia]] (b. 1950) * 2008 – [[Paul Frère]], Belgian racing driver and journalist (b. 1917) *[[2010]] – [[Orlando Zapata]], Cuban plumber and activist (b. 1967) *[[2011]] – [[Nirmala Srivastava]], Indian religious leader, founded [[Sahaja Yoga]] (b. 1923) *[[2012]] – [[William Raggio]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[David Sayre]], American physicist and mathematician (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[Kazimierz Żygulski]], Polish sociologist and activist (b. 1919) *[[2013]] – [[Eugene Bookhammer]], American soldier and politician, 18th [[Lieutenant Governor of Delaware]] (b. 1918) * 2013 – [[Joseph Friedenson]], Holocaust survivor, Holocaust historian, Yiddish writer, lecturer and editor (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forward.com/schmooze/171927/agudah-editor-joseph-friedenson-dies-at-90/ |title=Agudah Editor Joseph Friedenson Dies at 90 |date=February 26, 2013 |website=[[Forward.com]] |access-date=November 29, 2019 |archive-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013130934/https://forward.com/schmooze/171927/agudah-editor-joseph-friedenson-dies-at-90/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2013 – [[Julien Ries]], Belgian cardinal (b. 1920) * 2013 – [[Lotika Sarkar]], Indian lawyer and academic (b. 1945) *[[2014]] – [[Alice Herz-Sommer]], Czech-English [[Holocaust survivor]], pianist and educator (b. 1903) * 2014 – [[Roger Hilsman]], American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1919) *[[2015]] – [[James Aldridge]], Australian-English journalist and author (b. 1918) * 2015 – [[Rana Bhagwandas]], Pakistani lawyer and judge, [[Chief Justice of Pakistan]] (b. 1942) * 2015 – [[W. E. "Bill" Dykes]], American soldier and politician (b. 1925) *[[2016]] – [[Peter Lustig]], German television host and author (b. 1937) * 2016 – [[Jacqueline Mattson]], American baseball player (b. 1928) *[[2019]] – [[Katherine Helmond]], American actress (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/katherine-helmond-dead-whos-the-boss-star-89-877766 |title=Katherine Helmond, the Man-Crazy Mother on 'Who's the Boss?' Dies at 89 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 2019 |access-date=2019-05-18 |archive-date=2019-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302120355/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/katherine-helmond-dead-whos-the-boss-star-89-877766 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Ahmed Zaki Yamani]], Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gamal |first=Rania El |date=2021-02-23 |title=Obituary: Yamani, the Saudi oil minister who brought the West to its knees |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-yamani-idUSKBN2AN0LE |access-date=2021-02-27 |archive-date=2021-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225221826/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-yamani-idUSKBN2AN0LE |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Tony Earl]], American politician, 40th [[Governor of Wisconsin]] (b. 1936)<ref name = Schmidt>{{cite news|url = https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/former-gov-tony-earl-a-champion-for-equality-and-conservation-dies-at-86/article_3d553784-72b8-5366-89c9-f539f2c04238.html|title = Former Gov. Tony Earl, a champion for equality and conservation, dies at 86|newspaper = [[Wisconsin State Journal]]|date = February 23, 2023|accessdate = February 23, 2023|last = Schmidt|first = Mitchell}}</ref> * 2023 – [[John Motson]], English football commentator (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robinson |first=James |title=Legendary commentator Motson dies aged 77 |language=en-GB |work=Sky News |url=https://news.sky.com/story/john-motson-legendary-bbc-sports-commentator-dies-aged-77-12817718|date=23 February 2023 |access-date=2023-02-25}}</ref> <!--Please do not add non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> *[[2024]] – [[Flaco (owl)|Flaco]], [[Eurasian eagle-owl]] (b. 2010)<ref name="Shanahan 2024">{{Cite news |last=Shanahan |first=Ed |date=February 23, 2023 |title=Flaco, Escaped Central Park Zoo Owl and Defier of Doubts, Is Dead |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/nyregion/flaco-owl-central-park-zoo-dead.html |access-date=February 23, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Larry Dolan]], American attorney (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Cleveland Guardians owner Lawrence J. Dolan dies at 94 |url=https://www.ncnewsonline.com/sports/national_sports/cleveland-guardians-owner-lawrence-j-dolan-dies-at-94/article_78cb2fe7-c7e2-59fb-b73a-3c62f07922a1.html |access-date=March 1, 2025 |website=[[New Castle News]] |language=en}}</ref> *2025 – [[Chris Jasper]], American singer, composer and producer (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosario |first=Alexandra Del |date=February 25, 2025 |title=Chris Jasper, Isley Brothers singer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, dies at 73 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-02-25/chris-jasper-dead-isley-brothers |access-date=March 1, 2025 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *2025 – [[Al Trautwig]], American sports commentator (b. 1956)<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 24, 2025 |title=Veteran sports broadcaster Al Trautwig, 68, dies |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/44000011/broadcaster-al-trautwig-68-dies-complications-cancer |access-date=March 1, 2025 |website=[[ESPN]] |language=en}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Polycarp]] of Smyrna **[[Serenus the Gardener]] **[[February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[The Emperor's Birthday]], birthday of [[Naruhito]], the current [[Emperor of Japan]] (Japan) *[[Mashramani-Republic Day]] ([[Guyana]]) *[[National Day (Brunei)]]<ref>{{cite web |title=National days |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=17 November 2020 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126185229/https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Red Army Day]] or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former [[Soviet Union]], also held in various former Soviet republics: **[[Defender of the Fatherland Day]] ([[Russia]]) **[[Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces day]] ([[Belarus]]) **[[Armed Forces Day (Tajikistan)]] ([[Tajikistan]]) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/23 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=23}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/23 Historical Events on February 23] {{months}} [[Category:Days of February]]
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