February 23rd, 1964

Born on February 23rd, 1964

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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, 1964

62

John Norum

Norwegian-Swedish guitarist

*February 23rd, 1964, Vardø Municipality

62

Abraham Tolentino

Filipino politician

*February 23rd, 1964, Tagaytay

62

Waldemar Dubaniowski

Polish official, diplomat

*February 23rd, 1964, Warsaw

62

Tim Pollard

British actor

*February 23rd, 1964, Nottingham

62

Liu Jianchao

Chinese politician

*February 23rd, 1964, Dehui

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62

David Woodard

American conductor and writer

*April 6th, 1964, Santa Barbara

62

Li Lingwei

Chinese badminton player

*January 4th, 1964, Lishui

61

Kamala Harris

Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

62

Friederike Fless

German classical archaeologist

*May 25th, 1964, Unna

62

Matthias Wemhoff

German archaeologist

*May 9th, 1964, Münster

62

Ulrich Gotter

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 19th, 1964, Berlin

62

Marit Törnqvist

Swedish writer, illustrator and translator

*January 19th, 1964, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

61

Andreas Weische

*August 14th, 1964, Fröndenberg

62

Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

*June 19th, 1964, New York City

61

Dieter Hecking

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1964, Castrop-Rauxel

62

Dietmar Nietan

Politician from Germany (SPD)

*May 25th, 1964, Düren

62

Michael Frieser

German politician

*March 30th, 1964, Nuremberg

61

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

62

Uwe Trommer

German association football player and manager

*March 29th, 1964, Leipzig

61

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

62

Alexander Fischinger

German association football player and manager

*April 10th, 1964, Triberg im Schwarzwald

61

Britta Altenkamp

German politician

*September 16th, 1964, Essen

62

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

62

Christian Bernreiter

German politician

*April 7th, 1964, Straubing

61

Keanu Reeves

Canadian actor (born 1964)

*September 2nd, 1964, Beirut

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, 1964
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Leap year

Yes: 1964 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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