February 23rd, 1953

Born on February 23rd, 1953

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 25,000 days old!

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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, 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.

February 23rd, 2010

Unknown criminals pour more than 2+1⁄2 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.

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

Born on February 23rd, 1953

71

Luis Alberto Quevedo

Uruguayan sociologist, university professor, researcher, journalist and essayist

*February 23rd, 1953, Rivera

71

Satoru Nakajima

Japanese racing driver

*February 23rd, 1953, Okazaki

71

Walter Wick

American photographer and creator of children's books

*February 23rd, 1953, Hartford

71

Jeff Van Drew

New Jersey State Senator

*February 23rd, 1953, New York City

71

Kjell Bergqvist

Swedish actor

*February 23rd, 1953, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district

71

Kenny Bee

Hong Kong singer and actor

*February 23rd, 1953, British Hong Kong

71

Sallie Baliunas

American astronomer

*February 23rd, 1953, New York City

71

Leon Qafzezi

Albanian writer

*February 23rd, 1953, Tirana

71

José Luis Ceballos

Footballer

*February 23rd, 1953, Córdoba

71

Fred Kuhaulua

American baseball player

*February 23rd, 1953, Honolulu

71

Ralf Trapp

German chemist

*February 23rd, 1953, Erfurt

71

Stanislav Lakoba

Abkhaz academic and politician

*February 23rd, 1953, Sukhumi

71

Rostyslav Hryhorchuk

Ukrainian mathematician

*February 23rd, 1953, Vyshnivets

71

Adnan Polat

Turkish businessman

*February 23rd, 1953, Erzurum

71

Ben Loring

American politician

*February 23rd, 1953, Lake Charles

71

Maleyka Abbaszadeh

Chair of the State Students Admission Commission of Azerbaijan

*February 23rd, 1953, Baku

71

Maroula Lambrou

Cypriot athletics competitor

*February 23rd, 1953, Limassol

67

Jaromír Kohlíček

Czech manager and local politician (1953-2020)

*February 23rd, 1953, Teplice †December 6th, 2020, Teplice

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Who's birthday is on February 23rd?

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

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

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

70

Viktor Yushchenko

Ukrainian politician who was President of Ukraine

*February 23rd, 1954, Khoruzhivka

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

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

58

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

*February 23rd, 1966, Lausanne

59

Mikel Erentxun

Spanish singer

*February 23rd, 1965, Caracas

32

Peter Briggs

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1992, Leicester

30

Tom Wolfenden

English badminton player

*February 23rd, 1994, Liverpool

86

Karl Jaspers

German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)

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

30

James Paxton

American actor

*February 23rd, 1994, Ojai

67

Bernd Wiegand

German politician

*February 23rd, 1957, Brunswick

43

Josh Gad

American actor

*February 23rd, 1981, Hollywood

30

Dakota Fanning

American actress (born 1994)

*February 23rd, 1994, Conyers

92

Christian Habicht

German historian and epigrapher (1926–2018)

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

57

Andreas Schockenhoff

German politician (1957-2014)

*February 23rd, 1957, Ludwigsburg †December 13th, 2014, Ravensburg

36

nisola gaitani

Argentine footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, General San Martín

41

Emily Blunt

English actress

*February 23rd, 1983, Wandsworth

72

Peter Ammon

German diplomat

*February 23rd, 1952, Frankfurt

63

Regine Schumann

Lightartist, Painter

*February 23rd, 1961, Goslar

Same year
Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on February 23rd, 1953
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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