February 23rd, 1981

Born on February 23rd, 1981

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What happened on February 23rd, 1981?

February 23rd, 1981

In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Tejero

What else 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.

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

Born on February 23rd, 1981

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

43

Josh Gad

American actor

*February 23rd, 1981, Hollywood

43

Jan Böhmermann

German journalist and television presenter

*February 23rd, 1981, Bremen

43

Gareth Barry

English association football player

*February 23rd, 1981, Hastings

43

Sophie Lefèvre

French tennis player

*February 23rd, 1981, Toulouse

43

Steven Goldstein

Colombian racing driver (born 1981)

*February 23rd, 1981, Bogotá

43

Charles Tillman

Player of American football, defensive back, cornerback

*February 23rd, 1981, Chicago

43

Raphael Botti

Brazilian association football player

*February 23rd, 1981, Juiz de Fora

43

Jaakko Tallus

Finnish Nordic combined skier

*February 23rd, 1981, Lieksa

43

Renauld Williams

American football player

*February 23rd, 1981, Westbury

43

Thomas Sanchou

French rugby union player

*February 23rd, 1981, Pau

43

Kimmo Muurinen

Finnish basketball player

*February 23rd, 1981, Vantaa

43

Dylan Ryder

American pornographic actress

*February 23rd, 1981, Fresno

43

Mai Nakahara

Japanese voice actress and singer

*February 23rd, 1981, Hyogo Prefecture

43

Christian Schöne

German handball player

*February 23rd, 1981, Halle (Saale)

43

Cody Mattern

Fencer

*February 23rd, 1981, Reno

43

Jeffrey Leiwakabessy

Dutch footballer

*February 23rd, 1981, Elst

43

Michael Benaroya

American film producer

*February 23rd, 1981, Seattle

43

Stephen Devassy

Indian musician

*February 23rd, 1981, Palakkad

43

CJ Wallis

Canadian director

*February 23rd, 1981, Vancouver

43

Daniel Welch

American ice hockey player

*February 23rd, 1981, Hastings

43

Inna Korobkina

Russian actress

*February 23rd, 1981, Magadan

43

Thomas Moriggl

Italian cross-country skier

*February 23rd, 1981, Schlanders

43

Richard Jareš

Czech ice hockey player

*February 23rd, 1981, Hradec Králové

43

Norberto Arrieta

Footballer

*February 23rd, 1981, Buenos Aires

43

Miroslav Zelinka

Czech football referee

*February 23rd, 1981, Prague

43

Fábio Santos da Silva

Brazilian footballer

*February 23rd, 1981, Rio de Janeiro

43

Augie Hoffmann

American football player

*February 23rd, 1981, Park Ridge

43

Malgosia Majewska

Canadian model

*February 23rd, 1981, Gdańsk

43

LaVell Blanchard

Basketball player

*February 23rd, 1981, Ann Arbor

43

Hal Luscombe

South African-Welsh rugby union footballer

*February 23rd, 1981, Laingsburg

43

Daniel Braid

New Zealand rugby union player

*February 23rd, 1981, Tauranga

43

Chris Charles

American basketball player

*February 23rd, 1981, Milwaukee

43

Davide Marchini

Italian footballer

*February 23rd, 1981, Portomaggiore

43

Christos Kagiouzis

Greek footballer

*February 23rd, 1981, Offenbach am Main

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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

41

Emily Blunt

English actress

*February 23rd, 1983, Wandsworth

32

Peter Briggs

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1992, Leicester

45

S. E. Cupp

American conservative political commentator and writer

*February 23rd, 1979, Carlsbad

30

Tom Wolfenden

English badminton player

*February 23rd, 1994, Liverpool

30

James Paxton

American actor

*February 23rd, 1994, Ojai

36

nisola gaitani

Argentine footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, General San Martín

30

Dakota Fanning

American actress (born 1994)

*February 23rd, 1994, Conyers

58

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

*February 23rd, 1966, Lausanne

35

Evan Bates

American ice dancer

*February 23rd, 1989, Ann Arbor

42

Anna-Maria Galojan

Estonian politician

*February 23rd, 1982, Kohtla-Järve

46

Lars Klingbeil

German politician (born 1978)

*February 23rd, 1978, Soltau

42

Anna Chapman

Russian intelligence agent, media personality, and model

*February 23rd, 1982, Volgograd

41

Henning Bommel

German cyclist

*February 23rd, 1983, Finsterwalde

49

Robert Lopez

American songwriter of musicals

*February 23rd, 1975, New York City

41

Aziz Ansari

American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and director

*February 23rd, 1983, Columbia

59

Mikel Erentxun

Spanish singer

*February 23rd, 1965, Caracas

50

Niño Josele

Spanish guitarist

*February 23rd, 1974, Almería

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

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

Same year
Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Chinese badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

42

Britney Spears

American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress (born 1981)

*December 2nd, 1981, McComb

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, 1981
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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