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What happend on 23. February in History
In our data base we found 306 events happened on 23. February:
• 155: Polycarp, Christian bishop of Smyrna (b. 69) [category: Deaths]
• 303: Roman Emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. [category: Events]
• 532: Byzantine Emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia. [category: Events]
• 943: Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, (b. 884) [category: Deaths]
• 1011: Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz (b. 940) [category: Deaths]
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• 1072: Peter Damian, theologian and Doctor of the Church (b. 1007) [category: Deaths]
• 1100: Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076) [category: Deaths]
• 1270: Saint Isabel of France, daughter of Louis VIII of France (b. 1225) [category: Deaths]
• 1417: Pope Paul II (d. 1471) [category: Births]
• 1443: Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary and Croatia (d. 1490) [category: Births]
• 1447: Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1390) [category: Deaths]
• 1447: Pope Eugene IV (b. 1383) [category: Deaths]
• 1455: Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. [category: Events]
• 1464: Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) [category: Deaths]
• 1526: Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies [category: Deaths]
• 1554: Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician and nobelman (b. c.1515) [category: Deaths]
• 1554: Mapuche forces, under the leadership of Lautaro, score a victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Marihueñu in Chile. [category: Events]
• 1572: Pierre Certon, French composer [category: Deaths]
• 1583: Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656) [category: Births]
• 1603: Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519) [category: Deaths]
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• 1633: Samuel Pepys, English naval administrator and man of letters, posthumously famous as a diarist (d. 1703) [category: Births]
• 1646: Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709) [category: Births]
• 1648: Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730) [category: Births]
• 1664: Georg Dietrich Leyding, German composer and organist (d. 1710) [category: Births]
• 1669: Leo Aitzema, Dutch historian and statesman (b. 1600) [category: Deaths]
• 1680: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana (d. 1767) [category: Births]
• 1685: George Frideric Handel, German/British Baroque composer (d. 1759) [category: Births]
• 1704: Georg Muffat, French composer (b. 1653) [category: Deaths]
• 1723: Richard Price, Welsh philosopher (d. 1791) [category: Births]
• 1729: Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (d. 1809) [category: Births]
• 1730: Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti, Austrian composer (d. c. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1739: Richard Palmer is identified at York Castle, by his former schoolteacher, as the outlaw Dick Turpin. [category: Events]
• 1744: Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (d. 1812) [category: Births]
• 1752: Simon Knéfacz, Croatian writer (d. 1819) [category: Births]
• 1766: Stanisław I Leszczyński, King of Poland (b. 1677) [category: Deaths]
• 1778: American Revolution: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army. [category: Events]
• 1781: George Taylor, American signatory to the Declaration of Independence (b. c.1716) [category: Deaths]
• 1792: Joshua Reynolds, English painter (b. 1723) [category: Deaths]
• 1800: Joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: William Sprague, American minister and politician from Michigan (d. 1868) [category: Births]
• 1820: Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed. [category: Events]
• 1821: John Keats, English poet (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1821: Alexander Ypsilantis starts the Greek War of Independence in Iași, Wallachia, modern-day Romania. [category: Events]
• 1836: The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas. [category: Events]
• 1840: Carl Menger, Austrian economist (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1840: Frederick Wicks, English author and inventor (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1842: Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1847: Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista – In Mexico, American troops under General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. [category: Events]
• 1848: John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767) [category: Deaths]
• 1850: César Ritz, Swiss hotelier (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1852: Emperor Duc Duc (pronounced "dzup-duc"), the fifth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty (d. 1883) [category: Births]
• 1854: The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared. [category: Events]
• 1855: Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777) [category: Deaths]
• 1859: Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1861: President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland. [category: Events]
• 1868: Anna Hoffman-Uddgren, Swedish director and actress (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1868: W. E. B. Du Bois, American civil rights leader (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1870: In the United States, post-Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union. [category: Events]
• 1873: Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1874: Konstantin Päts, 1st President of Estonia (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1878: Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and art theorist (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1879: Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803) [category: Deaths]
• 1882: Max Hainle, German swimmer (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1883: Karl Jaspers, German philosopher (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1883: Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law. [category: Events]
• 1886: Antonio Alice, Argentine portrait painter (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1886: Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister Julia Brainerd Hall. [category: Events]
• 1887: The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000. [category: Events]
• 1889: John Gilbert Winant, American politician (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1889: Musidora, French actress and director (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1889: Victor Fleming, American director (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1891: Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1896: The Tootsie Roll is invented. [category: Events]
• 1897: Woldemar Bargiel, German composer (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus. [category: Events]
• 1899: Erich Kästner, German writer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1899: Norman Taurog, American film director (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1900: In South Africa, Boers and British troops fight in the Battle of Hart's Hill. [category: Events]
• 1901: Edgar Ende, German painter (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1903: Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity". [category: Events]
• 1904: Leopold Trepper, Soviet spy (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1904: Terence Fisher, English film director (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1904: William L. Shirer, American historian (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1905: Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club. [category: Events]
• 1908: William McMahon, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1908: Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire. [category: Events]
• 1914: Theofiel Middelkamp, Dutch cyclist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1915: Jon Hall, American actor (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1915: Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General and pilot of B-29 "Enola Gay" over Hiroshima (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1917: First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1918: Richard G. Butler, founder of Aryan Nations (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1918: Adolphus_Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, last monarch of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882) (suicide) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: First victory of Red Army over the Kaiser's German troops near Narva and Pskov. In honor of this victory, the date is celebrated from 1923 onward as "Red Army Day". [category: Events]
• 1918: Last monarch of Mecklenburg-Strelitz commits suicide. [category: Events]
• 1920: Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1922: Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Mary Francis Shura, American writer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1923: Miljenko Smoje, Dalmatian writer and journalist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1923: Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan politician [category: Births]
• 1923: Yiannis Grivas, Greek judge, 87th Prime Minister of Greece [category: Births]
• 1924: Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African born physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1924: Claude Sautet, French director (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1925: Samuel Berger, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Merv Hunter, Australian politician (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1927: Régine Crespin, French soprano (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1927: German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1927: President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by 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. [category: Events]
• 1928: Hans Herrmann, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 1928: Vasili Lazarev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1929: Alexy II of Moscow, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1929: Elston Howard, American baseball player (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1930: Horst Wessel, Nazi ideologue and composer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Tom Wesselmann, American collage artist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1931: Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera soprano (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Majel Barrett, American actress (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1933: Donna J. Stone, American poet (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1934: Edward Elgar, English composer (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Leopold III becomes King of Belgium. [category: Events]
• 1935: Gerrianne Raphael, American actress and voice actress [category: Births]
• 1937: Tom Osborne, American football coach and politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Diane Varsi, American actress (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1938: Paul Morrissey, American film director [category: Births]
• 1940: Jackie Smith, HOF football player [category: Births]
• 1940: Peter Fonda, American actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Ron Hunt, baseball player [category: Births]
• 1941: Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the California coastline near Santa Barbara. [category: Events]
• 1943: Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1943: Harry Pilling, English cricketer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1943: A fire breaks out at St. Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 36 people (35 of whom are children). [category: Events]
• 1944: Bernard Cornwell, English author [category: Births]
• 1944: John Sandford, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1944: Johnny Winter, American musician [category: Births]
• 1944: Leo Hendrik Baekeland, Flemish-American chemist and inventor of the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia. [category: Events]
• 1945: Allan Boesak, South African activist [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U.S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free the captives of the Los Baños internment camp. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is completely destroyed in a raid by 379 British bombers. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces. [category: Events]
• 1946: Rusty Young, American country-rock guitarist (Poco) [category: Births]
• 1946: Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: John McWethy, American journalist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1947: Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician [category: Births]
• 1947: The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded. [category: Events]
• 1948: Doug Moench, American comic book writer [category: Births]
• 1948: John Robert Gregg, Irish-born publisher and inventor (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Marc Garneau, Canadian astronaut and politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Maxi, Irish singer and radio personality [category: Births]
• 1951: Ed Jones, American football player [category: Births]
• 1951: Patricia Richardson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Brad Whitford, American musician (Aerosmith) [category: Births]
• 1953: Kenny Bee, Hong Kong actor, musician and singer (The Wynners) [category: Births]
• 1953: Satoru Nakajima, Japanese racing driver [category: Births]
• 1954: Viktor Yushchenko, 3rd President of Ukraine [category: Births]
• 1954: The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh. [category: Events]
• 1955: Flip Saunders, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1955: Howard Jones, British pop singer [category: Births]
• 1955: Tom Bodett, American voice actor, radio personality, and writer [category: Births]
• 1955: Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). [category: Events]
• 1957: Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1957: Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: David Sylvian, English musician (Japan and Nine Horses) [category: Births]
• 1958: Tony Barrell, English writer and journalist [category: Births]
• 1958: Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world F1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio. [category: Events]
• 1959: Clayton Anderson, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1959: Richard Dodds, British field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1960: Alan Griffin, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1960: Ivan Vdović, Yugoslavian musician (Suncokret, Šarlo Akrobata and Katarina II) (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1960: Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan [category: Births]
• 1960: Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Davey Crockett, American baseball player (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: John David Brown, American illustrator, cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1962: Michael Wilton, American musician (Queensrÿche and Soulbender) [category: Births]
• 1963: Bobby Bonilla, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Radosław Sikorski, Polish politician [category: Births]
• 1964: David E. Clemmer, American ion mobility-mass spectrometrist, 2006 recipient of Biemann Medal [category: Births]
• 1965: Ashok Kamte, Indian additional commissioner of the Mumbai police (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1965: Helena Suková, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1965: John Norum, Norwegian guitarist (Europe) [category: Births]
• 1965: Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer [category: Births]
• 1965: Stan Laurel, British actor and comedian (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Mark Abrahamian, American guitarist (Starship) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1966: Neal McDonough, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: In Syria, Baath party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin Hafiz, also a Baathist. [category: Events]
• 1967: Chris Vrenna, American musician, producer and sound engineer (Nine Inch Nails and Tweaker) [category: Births]
• 1967: Hélène Darroze, French chef [category: Births]
• 1967: Tamsin Greig, English actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Justin Bell, British racing driver [category: Births]
• 1969: Daymond John, American fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1969: Marc Wauters, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1969: Michael Campbell, New Zealand golfer [category: Births]
• 1969: King Saud of Saudi Arabia (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Madhubala, Indian actress (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Marie-Josée Croze, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Niecy Nash, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Don Maxwell, Canadian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1971: Jeong Chan, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Joe-Max Moore, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1971: Melinda Messenger, English television presenter [category: Births]
• 1972: Alessandro Sturba, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Rondell White, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Steve Holy, American country singer [category: Births]
• 1973: Jack Case, American artist [category: Births]
• 1973: Lars-Olof Johansson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans) [category: Births]
• 1973: Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1974: Leko, American DJ [category: Births]
• 1974: Harry Ruby, American composer and writer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst. [category: Events]
• 1975: Maryse Turcotte, Canadian weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1975: Michael Cornacchia, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Natalia Verbeke, Argentine actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Robert Lopez, American composer [category: Births]
• 1976: Jeff O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Kelly Macdonald, British actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Scott Elarton, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: L. S. Lowry, English artist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian cross-country skier [category: Births]
• 1978: Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1978: Jo Joyner, English actress [category: Births]
• 1978: René Pérez, Puerto Rican musician (Calle 13) [category: Births]
• 1979: S.E. Cupp, American author and political commentator [category: Births]
• 1979: Sascha Zacharias, Swedish Actress [category: Births]
• 1979: W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages. [category: Events]
• 1981: Charles Tillman, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Gareth Barry, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies. [category: Events]
• 1982: Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Karan Singh Grover, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Malia Metella, French swimmer [category: Births]
• 1983: Aziz Ansari, Indian-American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Courtney Culkin, American Playboy Playmate [category: Births]
• 1983: Emily Blunt, British actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Mido, Egyptian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Mirco Bergamasco, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Herbert Howells, English composer (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri. [category: Events]
• 1986: Emerson da Conceição, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Jerod Mayo, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese idol (KAT-TUN) [category: Births]
• 1986: Ola Svensson, Swedish pop singer [category: Births]
• 1986: Skylar Grey, American singer/songwriter [category: Births]
• 1987: Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud. [category: Events]
• 1988: Nicolás Gaitán, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Amara Baby, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Evan Bates, American ice dancer [category: Births]
• 1990: José Napoleón Duarte, President of El Salvador (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Nutan, Indian actress (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war. [category: Events]
• 1991: In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan. [category: Events]
• 1992: Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Markos Vafiadis, Greek politician (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Kasumi Ishikawa, Japanese table tennis player [category: Births]
• 1994: Dakota Fanning, American actress [category: Births]
• 1995: James Herriot, English writer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Melvin Franklin, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: William Bonin, American serial killer and sex offender (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Tony Williams, American jazz drummer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: A small fire occurs in the Russian Space station, Mir. [category: Events]
• 1998: In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1999: Carlos Hathcock, USMC sniper (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür, killing 31. [category: Events]
• 1999: Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey. [category: Events]
• 2000: Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Stanley Matthews, English footballer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Howie Epstein, American bass guitarist (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Titos Vandis, Greek actor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Carl Anderson, American singer (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Carl Liscombe, Canadian hockey player (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Don Cornell, American singer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Neil Ardley, English jazz pianist and composer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Vijay Anand, Indian film director (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: The controversial French law on colonialism is passed, requiring teachers to teach the "positive values of colonialism". After public outcry, it is repealed at the beginning of 2006. [category: Events]
• 2006: Benno Besson, Swiss actor and film director (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Donnie Brooks, American singer (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: John Ritchie, British footballer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2008: Denis Lazure, Canadian politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Douglas Fraser, Scottish pilot (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian prime minister and president (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and motorsport journalist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit crashes on Guam. It is the first operational loss of a B-2. [category: Events]
• 2010: Orlando Zapata, Cuban dissident (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in Northern Italy, causing an environmental disaster. [category: Events]
• 2012: Princess Estelle of Sweden [category: Births]
• _: Blessed Isabelle of France [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Defender of the Fatherland Day (Russia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day (Brunei) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Polycarp of Smyrna (Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Serenus the Gardener [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Terminalia held in honor of Terminus (Ancient Rome) [category: Holidays and observances]