February 23rd, 1988

Born on February 23rd, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 789 days, exactly on June 23rd, 2026, people who were born on February 23rd, 1988 will be 14,000 days old!

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What happened on February 23rd, 1988?

February 23rd, 1988

Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anfal_campaign

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, 1988

36

nisola gaitani

Argentine footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, General San Martín

36

Sascha Weber

German bicycle racer

*February 23rd, 1988, Saarbrücken

36

Nilperi Şahinkaya

Turkish actor

*February 23rd, 1988, Dakar

36

Anne-Sophie Barthet

French alpine skier

*February 23rd, 1988, Toulouse

36

Tarik Elyounoussi

Norwegian association football player

*February 23rd, 1988, Al Hoceima

36

Maite Orsini

Chilean lawyer, politician and actress

*February 23rd, 1988, Santiago

36

Xandão

Brazilian footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, Araçatuba

36

Dragan Stojkov

Macedonian footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, Strumica

36

Eszter Juhász

Finnish female curler

*February 23rd, 1988, Hungary

36

Byron Maxwell

Player of American football

*February 23rd, 1988, North Charleston

36

Thierry Lacrampe

French rugby union player

*February 23rd, 1988, Lourdes

36

Jessica Breland

American women's basketball player

*February 23rd, 1988, Brooklyn

36

Tarek Momen

Egyptian squash player

*February 23rd, 1988, Cairo

36

Gabriel Mvumvure

Zimbabwean athlete

*February 23rd, 1988, Harare

36

Hrvoje Spahija

Croatian footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, Šibenik

36

Zach Frazer

American football player (born 1988)

*February 23rd, 1988, Mechanicsburg

36

Dennis Riemer

German footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, Wolfsburg

36

Roberto González-Monjas

Spanish violinist and conductor

*February 23rd, 1988, Valladolid

36

Matic Skube

Slovenian alpine skier

*February 23rd, 1988, Kranj

36

Thiago Kluzkovski de Almeida

Football player

*February 23rd, 1988, Alta Floresta

36

Sérgio Manuel Monteiro Semedo

Cape Verdean Portuguese soccer player

*February 23rd, 1988, Lisbon

36

Sopo FaKaua

Samoan footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, Samoa

36

Alfonso Cruz Rodríguez

Spanish footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, Salamanca

36

Sava Lešić

Serbian basketball player

*February 23rd, 1988, Knin

36

Michalis Tsairelis

Greek professional basketball player

*February 23rd, 1988, Thessaloniki

36

Marcell Balog

Hungarian footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, Kecskemét

36

Imanuel Wanggai

Indonesian footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, Jayapura City

36

Dani Salas

Spanish footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, Seville

36

Lineth Chepkurui

Kenyan distance runner

*February 23rd, 1988, Bomet

36

Clark Burckle

American swimmer, Olympic athlete, Pan American Games silver medalist

*February 23rd, 1988, Louisville

36

Michał Kubiak

Polish volleyball player

*February 23rd, 1988, Wałcz

36

Andrey Drozdov

Russian male curler and coach

*February 23rd, 1988, Zelenograd

36

Maja Užmah

Slovene handball player

*February 23rd, 1988, Pula

36

Vinit Kakar

Indian actor

*February 23rd, 1988, Mumbai

36

Gayan de Silva

Sri Lankan cricketer born 23 February 1988

*February 23rd, 1988, Adliya

36

Julio César Atilano

Mexican association football player

*February 23rd, 1988, León de Los Aldama

36

Julie Paetsch

Canadian sportswoman

*February 23rd, 1988, Lanigan

36

Omar Abdel Meguid

Squash player

*February 23rd, 1988, Giza

36

Nariman Israpilov

Russian wrestler

*February 23rd, 1988, Kayakent

36

Liviu Ganea

Romanian footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, Bucharest

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

35

Evan Bates

American ice dancer

*February 23rd, 1989, Ann Arbor

32

Peter Briggs

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1992, Leicester

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

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

30

Tom Wolfenden

English badminton player

*February 23rd, 1994, Liverpool

30

James Paxton

American actor

*February 23rd, 1994, Ojai

30

Dakota Fanning

American actress (born 1994)

*February 23rd, 1994, Conyers

41

Emily Blunt

English actress

*February 23rd, 1983, Wandsworth

43

Josh Gad

American actor

*February 23rd, 1981, Hollywood

37

Michael B. Jordan

American actor (born 1987)

*February 23rd, 1987, Santa Ana

27

Benjamin Henrichs

German association football player

*February 23rd, 1997, Bocholt

34

Jan Tratnik

Cyclist

*February 23rd, 1990, Ljubljana

58

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

*February 23rd, 1966, Lausanne

32

Casemiro

Brazilian association football player

*February 23rd, 1992, São José dos Campos

39

Emily Cox

English actress

*February 23rd, 1985, Vienna

45

S. E. Cupp

American conservative political commentator and writer

*February 23rd, 1979, Carlsbad

43

Jan Böhmermann

German journalist and television presenter

*February 23rd, 1981, Bremen

86

Karl Jaspers

German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)

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

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

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

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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, 1988
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Leap year

Yes: 1988 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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February 1988