February 23rd, 1959

Born on February 23rd, 1959

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 23,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 197 days, exactly on November 8th, 2024, people who were born on February 23rd, 1959 will be 24,000 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, 1959

65

Ian Liddell-Grainger

British politician (born 1959)

*February 23rd, 1959, Edinburgh

65

Clayton Anderson

American astronaut and engineer

*February 23rd, 1959, Omaha

65

Karin Wolff

German politician

*February 23rd, 1959, Darmstadt

65

Jamshid Nassiri

Iranian footballer

*February 23rd, 1959, Khorramshahr

65

Eddie Vargas

Puerto Rican baseball player

*February 23rd, 1959, Guánica

65

Leila Forouhar

Iranian actress and singer

*February 23rd, 1959, Isfahan

65

Isabelle Graesslé

French theologian

*February 23rd, 1959, Strasbourg

65

Nick de Bois

British politician (born 1959)

*February 23rd, 1959, Ely

65

Giorgio Ascanelli

Italian engineer

*February 23rd, 1959, Ferrara

65

Linda Nolan

Irish musician

*February 23rd, 1959, Dublin

65

Giorgio Starace

Italy Ambassador to Russia

*February 23rd, 1959, Rome

65

Richard Dodds

Field hockey player

*February 23rd, 1959, York

65

Bénéwendé Stanislas Sankara

Burkinabe politician

*February 23rd, 1959, Ouagadougou

65

Roberto Fregno

Swiss association football player

*February 23rd, 1959, Grenchen

65

Graeme Morrice

British politician (born 1959)

*February 23rd, 1959, Edinburgh

65

Jarmo Viinanen

Finnish diplomat

*February 23rd, 1959, Imatra

65

Evert Dudok

Dutch businessman

*February 23rd, 1959, Venlo

65

Pedro Orlando Reyes

Cuban boxer

*February 23rd, 1959, Havana

65

Danaïl Papazov

Bulgarian politician

*February 23rd, 1959, Krasen

65

Brendan Sheerin

Tour guide and TV personality

*February 23rd, 1959, Leeds

65

Lucas Van den Eynde

Belgian actor

*February 23rd, 1959, Belgium

Same Day
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

58

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

*February 23rd, 1966, Lausanne

70

Viktor Yushchenko

Ukrainian politician who was President of Ukraine

*February 23rd, 1954, Khoruzhivka

59

Mikel Erentxun

Spanish singer

*February 23rd, 1965, Caracas

67

Bernd Wiegand

German politician

*February 23rd, 1957, Brunswick

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

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

63

Regine Schumann

Lightartist, Painter

*February 23rd, 1961, Goslar

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

57

Andreas Schockenhoff

German politician (1957-2014)

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

86

Karl Jaspers

German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)

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

43

Josh Gad

American actor

*February 23rd, 1981, Hollywood

71

Luis Alberto Quevedo

Uruguayan sociologist, university professor, researcher, journalist and essayist

*February 23rd, 1953, Rivera

30

Dakota Fanning

American actress (born 1994)

*February 23rd, 1994, Conyers

61

Joe Barakat

Australian rugby union coach

*February 23rd, 1963, Sydney

66

Richie Arndt

German musician

*February 23rd, 1958, Bielefeld

41

Emily Blunt

English actress

*February 23rd, 1983, Wandsworth

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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, 1959
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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