February 23rd, 1943

Born on February 23rd, 1943

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

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What happened on February 23rd, 1943?

February 23rd, 1943

Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_resistance

February 23rd, 1943

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavan_Orphanage_fire

What else 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, a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, was observed from Earth.

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, 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 (sample pictured).

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, 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.

February 23rd, 2017

The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.

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

Born on February 23rd, 1943

78

Christian Schmidt

German politician (1943-)

*February 23rd, 1943, Wittenberge †April 5th, 2021, Hamburg

81

Manfred Carstens

German politician

*February 23rd, 1943, Molbergen

81

Gerd Höfer

Politician

*February 23rd, 1943, Aschersleben

81

Bruce P. Luyendyk

American geophysicist and oceanographer

*February 23rd, 1943, Freeport

81

Antoni Siurana i Zaragoza

Spanish politician

*February 23rd, 1943, Lleida

81

Uwe Zerbe

German actor

*February 23rd, 1943, Berlin

81

Fred Biletnikoff

American football player and coach

*February 23rd, 1943, Erie

81

Kin'ya Kitaōji

Japanese actor

*February 23rd, 1943, Kyoto

75

Bobby Mitchell

Professional golfer (1943-2018)

*February 23rd, 1943, Chatham †March 20th, 2018

81

Jada Rowland

American actress (b. 1943)

*February 23rd, 1943, Staten Island

81

Boris Kolokolov

Russian footballer

*February 23rd, 1943, Aginskoye

81

Mathias Voges

Sint Maarten politician

*February 23rd, 1943, Philipsburg

81

Marsillam Simanjuntak

Indonesian politician

*February 23rd, 1943, Yogyakarta City

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 23rd?

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

*February 23rd, 1940, New York City †August 16th, 2019, Los Angeles

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

65

Oleg Yankovsky

Soviet and Russian actor

*February 23rd, 1944, Jezkazgan †May 20th, 2009, Moscow

86

Karl Jaspers

German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)

*February 23rd, 1883, Oldenburg †February 26th, 1969, Basel

58

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

*February 23rd, 1966, Lausanne

70

Viktor Yushchenko

Ukrainian politician who was President of Ukraine

*February 23rd, 1954, Khoruzhivka

92

Christian Habicht

German historian and epigrapher (1926–2018)

*February 23rd, 1926, Dortmund †August 6th, 2018, Princeton

32

Peter Briggs

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1992, Leicester

30

Tom Wolfenden

English badminton player

*February 23rd, 1994, Liverpool

30

James Paxton

American actor

*February 23rd, 1994, Ojai

59

Mikel Erentxun

Spanish singer

*February 23rd, 1965, Caracas

82

Ernest Pignon-Ernest

Artist

*February 23rd, 1942, Nice

30

Dakota Fanning

American actress (born 1994)

*February 23rd, 1994, Conyers

71

Luis Alberto Quevedo

Uruguayan sociologist, university professor, researcher, journalist and essayist

*February 23rd, 1953, Rivera

43

Josh Gad

American actor

*February 23rd, 1981, Hollywood

85

Jef Geeraerts

Belgian novelist

*February 23rd, 1930, Antwerp †May 11th, 2015, Ghent

80

Gao Yu

Chinese dissident journalist

*February 23rd, 1944, Chongqing

36

nisola gaitani

Argentine footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, General San Martín

Same year
Born in 1943

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

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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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1943 is a normal year and no leap year.

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