February 23rd, 1935

Born on February 23rd, 1935

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What happened on February 23rd?

February 23rd, 2017

Syrian civil war: Allied troops led by the Turkish Armed Forces captured the city of al-Bab from the Islamic State.

February 23rd, 2008

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crashed on the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in the most expensive crash in U.S. Air Force history.

February 23rd, 1987

SN 1987A, the first supernova that modern astronomers were able to study in great detail, was observed from Earth occurring in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

February 23rd, 1971

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese General Đỗ Cao Trí was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering Operation Lam Son 719.

February 23rd, 1945

American photographer Joe Rosenthal took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima, an image that was later reproduced on the Marine Corps War Memorial.

February 23rd, 1943

35 children and 1 adult employee were killed in a fire at an orphanage in the town of Cavan, Ireland.

February 23rd, 1941

Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley.

February 23rd, 1886

American inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive method of producing aluminium.

February 23rd, 1847

Mexican–American War: The United States Army used artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista near Saltillo.

February 23rd, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Prussian military officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania as a volunteer for the Continental Army.

February 23rd, 1739

The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolmate, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's trial.

February 23rd, 1725

Johann Sebastian Bach premiered his Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (pictured).

February 23rd, 1725

J. S. Bach leads his Tafel-Music Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

February 23rd, 2020

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 in Glynn County, Georgia.

February 23rd, 2019

Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 23rd

Born on February 23rd, 1935

91

Marcelo Ostria Trigo

Bolivian lawyer, columnist and diplomat

*February 23rd, 1935, Tarija

Same year
Born in 1935

76

Géza Alföldy

Hungaro-german historian of classical antiquity (1935-2011)

*June 7th, 1935, Budapest †November 6th, 2011, Athens

42

Elvis Presley

American singer and actor (1935–1977)

*January 8th, 1935, Tupelo †August 16th, 1977, Memphis

91

Kjeld Hillingsø

Danish general

*April 21st, 1935, Frederiksberg

88

Alain Delon

French actor (1935–2024)

*November 8th, 1935, Sceaux †August 18th, 2024, Douchy-Montcorbon

88

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (1935–2024)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John †June 20th, 2024, Miami

91

Helmut Benthaus

German association football player and manager

*June 5th, 1935, Herne

81

James Cotton

American blues singer-songwriter (1935–2017)

*July 1st, 1935, Tunica †March 16th, 2017, Austin

91

Tenzin Gyatso

14th Dalai Lama

*July 6th, 1935, Taktser

80

Udo Lattek

German football player and coach (1935–2015)

*January 16th, 1935, Boże, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship †February 1st, 2015, Cologne

81

Michael Ballhaus

German cinematographer

*August 5th, 1935, Berlin †April 12th, 2017, Berlin

90

Julie Andrews

British actress, singer and author (born 1935)

*October 1st, 1935, Walton-on-Thames

90

Woody Allen

American film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and comedian

*November 30th, 1935, The Bronx

82

Royal Robbins

American rock climber (1935-2017)

*February 3rd, 1935, Point Pleasant †March 14th, 2017, Modesto

84

Diahann Carroll

American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)

*July 17th, 1935, The Bronx †October 4th, 2019, Los Angeles

91

Erich von Däniken

Swiss writer

*April 14th, 1935, Zofingen

88

Peter Schickele

American composer, musical educator, and parodist (1935-2024)

*July 17th, 1935, Ames †January 16th, 2024, Bearsville

90

Mahmoud Abbas

President of the State of Palestine since 2005

*November 15th, 1935, Safed

71

Luciano Pavarotti

Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007)

*October 12th, 1935, Modena †September 6th, 2007, Modena

90

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia since 2015

*December 31st, 1935, Riyadh

91

Judd Hirsch

American actor

*March 15th, 1935, The Bronx

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics) which are celebrated on February 23rd.

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Born on February 23rd, 1935
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1935 is a normal year and no leap year.

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