February 23rd, 1947

Born on February 23rd, 1947

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What happened on February 23rd, 1947?

February 23rd, 1947

International Organization for Standardization is founded.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization

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, 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 (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, 1947

77

Anton Mosimann

Swiss chef

*February 23rd, 1947, Solothurn

77

Uli Schmied

East German rower

*February 23rd, 1947, Meissen

77

Pia Kjærsgaard

Danish politician (born 1947)

*February 23rd, 1947, Copenhagen

73

Hartmut Wenzel

German coxswain (1947-2020)

*February 23rd, 1947, Berlin †August 24th, 2020

77

Yves Daudigny

French politician

*February 23rd, 1947, Chavignon

77

Peter Turang

Indonesian catholic priest

*February 23rd, 1947, Dutch East Indies

77

Willi van Ooyen

German politician

*February 23rd, 1947, Weeze

77

Rodrigo Arocena

Uruguayan mathematician

*February 23rd, 1947, Uruguay

59

Boris Kuznetsov

Boxer (1947-2006)

*February 23rd, 1947, Astrakhan †May 2nd, 2006, Astrakhan

77

Shakira Micklewhite

Guyanese-British model and actress

*February 23rd, 1947, St. Cuthbert's Mission

77

Salvatore Brullo

Italian botanist

*February 23rd, 1947, Modica

77

Gholam Vafakhah

Footballer

*February 23rd, 1947, Tehran

77

Goudarz Habibi

Iranian association football player

*February 23rd, 1947, Iran

77

Valeriy Pustovoitenko

Ukrainian politician

*February 23rd, 1947, Berezanka

77

Carl Gentile

American soccer player

*February 23rd, 1947, St. Louis

77

Barry Sandler

American film producer

*February 23rd, 1947, Buffalo

77

Geoff Cope

Cricket player of England. (born 1947)

*February 23rd, 1947, Burmantofts

77

Niels-Christian Holmstrøm

Danish footballer

*February 23rd, 1947, Copenhagen

77

Nicky Orr

Irish hurler

*February 23rd, 1947, Johnstown

77

Sir George Buckley

British businessman

*February 23rd, 1947, Sheffield

70

Godfrey Chidyausiku

Zimbabwean judge (1947-2017)

*February 23rd, 1947, Domboshawa †May 3rd, 2017

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

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

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

70

Viktor Yushchenko

Ukrainian politician who was President of Ukraine

*February 23rd, 1954, Khoruzhivka

76

Waltraud Roick

German rower

*February 23rd, 1948, Lübeck

58

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

*February 23rd, 1966, Lausanne

86

Karl Jaspers

German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)

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

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

92

Christian Habicht

German historian and epigrapher (1926–2018)

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

71

Luis Alberto Quevedo

Uruguayan sociologist, university professor, researcher, journalist and essayist

*February 23rd, 1953, Rivera

59

Mikel Erentxun

Spanish singer

*February 23rd, 1965, Caracas

30

Dakota Fanning

American actress (born 1994)

*February 23rd, 1994, Conyers

43

Josh Gad

American actor

*February 23rd, 1981, Hollywood

65

Oleg Yankovsky

Soviet and Russian actor

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

78

Peter Casagrande

German painter

*February 23rd, 1946, Weilheim in Oberbayern

36

nisola gaitani

Argentine footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, General San Martín

41

Emily Blunt

English actress

*February 23rd, 1983, Wandsworth

Same year
Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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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, 1947
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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