February 23rd, 1979

Born on February 23rd, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 486 days, exactly on September 9th, 2025, people who were born on February 23rd, 1979 will be 17,000 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, 1979

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S. E. Cupp

American conservative political commentator and writer

*February 23rd, 1979, Carlsbad

45

Yodelice

French musician

*February 23rd, 1979, Créteil

45

Amazon Eve

American model, fitness trainer, and actress

*February 23rd, 1979, Turlock

45

Victor Comleonoc

Moldovan footballer

*February 23rd, 1979, Chișinău

45

Purab Kohli

Indian actor

*February 23rd, 1979, Mumbai

45

Shaghayegh Dehghan

Iranian actress

*February 23rd, 1979, Giessen

45

Jaco van Zyl

Professional golfer

*February 23rd, 1979, Pretoria

45

Petio Semaia

Tuvuluan footballer

*February 23rd, 1979, Tuvalu

45

Naomi Isted

British television presenter

*February 23rd, 1979, Grimsby

45

Magdalena Ogórek

Polish politician, historian, television presenter

*February 23rd, 1979, Rybnik

45

Tony André Hansen

Norwegian show jumping competitor

*February 23rd, 1979, Sandefjord Municipality

45

Zdenek Konvalina

Czech dancer

*February 23rd, 1979, Brno

45

Lucas Abraham

Association football player

*February 23rd, 1979, Buenos Aires

45

Luca Celli

Italian bicycle racer

*February 23rd, 1979, Bologna

45

Maria Stepanova

Basketball player

*February 23rd, 1979, Mikhaylovsk

45

Emily Howard

British composer

*February 23rd, 1979, Liverpool

45

Sascha Zacharias

Actress

*February 23rd, 1979, Kungsholm parish

45

Iván Morales

Spanish actor and film director

*February 23rd, 1979, Barcelona

45

Senam Langueh

Togolese footballer

*February 23rd, 1979, Lomé

45

Sariye Kumral

Turkish basketball player

*February 23rd, 1979, Samsun

45

Rudi Scholtz

Namibian cricketer

*February 23rd, 1979, South Africa

45

Marÿke Hendrikse

Canadian voice actress

*February 23rd, 1979, Nassau

45

Kevin Ellison

English association football player

*February 23rd, 1979, Liverpool

45

Julie Glass

Roller Derby

*February 23rd, 1979, Grand Rapids

45

Chris Aguila

Baseball player

*February 23rd, 1979, Redwood City

45

Andrea Moletta

Road bicycle racer

*February 23rd, 1979, Cittadella

45

Robert Bednarek

Polish footballer

*February 23rd, 1979, Bydgoszcz

45

Robin Beauregard

American water polo player

*February 23rd, 1979, Long Beach

45

Jay Shi

American sports shooter

*February 23rd, 1979, Beijing

45

Cecilia Blanco

Spanish judoka

*February 23rd, 1979, Madrid

45

Anatoliy Zhabchenko

Association football player

*February 23rd, 1979, Simferopol

45

Akul Balaji

Indian actor

*February 23rd, 1979, Koduru mandal

45

Hideyuki Ujiie

Japanese association football player

*February 23rd, 1979, Tokyo

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 23rd?

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

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

43

Josh Gad

American actor

*February 23rd, 1981, Hollywood

46

Lars Klingbeil

German politician (born 1978)

*February 23rd, 1978, Soltau

41

Emily Blunt

English actress

*February 23rd, 1983, Wandsworth

32

Peter Briggs

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1992, Leicester

30

Tom Wolfenden

English badminton player

*February 23rd, 1994, Liverpool

49

Robert Lopez

American songwriter of musicals

*February 23rd, 1975, New York City

30

James Paxton

American actor

*February 23rd, 1994, Ojai

43

Jan Böhmermann

German journalist and television presenter

*February 23rd, 1981, Bremen

58

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

*February 23rd, 1966, Lausanne

36

nisola gaitani

Argentine footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, General San Martín

30

Dakota Fanning

American actress (born 1994)

*February 23rd, 1994, Conyers

43

Gareth Barry

English association football player

*February 23rd, 1981, Hastings

35

Evan Bates

American ice dancer

*February 23rd, 1989, Ann Arbor

50

Niño Josele

Spanish guitarist

*February 23rd, 1974, Almería

59

Mikel Erentxun

Spanish singer

*February 23rd, 1965, Caracas

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

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

86

Karl Jaspers

German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)

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

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Chinese badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

45

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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, 1979
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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