February 23rd, 1968

Born on February 23rd, 1968

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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, 1968

58

Johan Gielen

Belgian DJ

*February 23rd, 1968, Mol

58

Henrik Schyffert

Swedish comedian

*February 23rd, 1968, Ronneby

58

Santa Inoue

Japanese manga artist

*February 23rd, 1968, Paris

58

Nineta Barbulescu

Romanian diplomat

*February 23rd, 1968, Galați

58

Beto Ortiz

Peruvian writer

*February 23rd, 1968, Lima

Same year
Born in 1968

57

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

58

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

57

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

58

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

57

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

57

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

57

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

58

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

57

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

57

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

58

Bettina Stark-Watzinger

German politician

*May 12th, 1968, Frankfurt

58

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

57

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

58

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

57

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

58

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

57

Jan Bertels

Flemish politician

*November 21st, 1968, Herentals

57

Anastacia

American singer

*September 17th, 1968, Chicago

57

Kristin Chenoweth

American actress, singer, author (born 1968)

*July 24th, 1968, Broken Arrow

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

*July 16th, 1968, Arnhem †March 24th, 2017, Apeldoorn

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, 1968
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1968 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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