February 23rd, 2002

Born on February 23rd, 2002

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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, 2002

22

Emilia Jones

British actress

*February 23rd, 2002, London

22

Ece Tekmen

Turkish association football player

*February 23rd, 2002, Kocaeli Province

22

Emil Andrae

Swedish ice hockey player

*February 23rd, 2002, Västervik

22

Brylian Negietha Dwiki Aldama

Indonesian footballer

*February 23rd, 2002, Surabaya

22

Leonardo Marin

Italian rugby union player

*February 23rd, 2002, Mestre

22

Stanislav Shopov

Association football player

*February 23rd, 2002, Plovdiv

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

30

Tom Wolfenden

English badminton player

*February 23rd, 1994, Liverpool

30

James Paxton

American actor

*February 23rd, 1994, Ojai

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

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

32

Peter Briggs

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1992, Leicester

30

Dakota Fanning

American actress (born 1994)

*February 23rd, 1994, Conyers

27

Benjamin Henrichs

German association football player

*February 23rd, 1997, Bocholt

19

Félix Bossuet

French actor

*February 23rd, 2005, Paris

36

nisola gaitani

Argentine footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, General San Martín

35

Evan Bates

American ice dancer

*February 23rd, 1989, Ann Arbor

43

Josh Gad

American actor

*February 23rd, 1981, Hollywood

41

Emily Blunt

English actress

*February 23rd, 1983, Wandsworth

58

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

*February 23rd, 1966, Lausanne

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

23

Nicolas Raskin

Association football player

*February 23rd, 2001, Waregem

32

Casemiro

Brazilian association football player

*February 23rd, 1992, São José dos Campos

59

Mikel Erentxun

Spanish singer

*February 23rd, 1965, Caracas

45

S. E. Cupp

American conservative political commentator and writer

*February 23rd, 1979, Carlsbad

Same year
Born in 2002

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

21

NLE Choppa

American rapper from Tennessee (born. 2002)

*November 1st, 2002, Memphis

21

Alika Milova

Estonian singer-songwriter

*September 5th, 2002, Narva

22

Lil Mosey

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*January 25th, 2002, Mountlake Terrace

21

Lil Tecca

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*August 26th, 2002, Queens

21

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

21

Jasmine Liu

American Samoan beach handball player

*September 2nd, 2002, Vaitogi

22

Trueno

Argentinian rapper and singer

*March 25th, 2002, Buenos Aires

19

Einár

Swedish rapper (2002–2021)

*September 5th, 2002, Stockholm †October 21st, 2021, Hammarby Sjöstad

22

Matteo Romano

Italian singer (2002-)

*March 20th, 2002, Cuneo

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

21

Riko Gunji

Badminton player

*July 31st, 2002, Ebina

21

Rui Hirokami

Badminton player

*July 26th, 2002, Takaoka

22

Christo Popov

Badminton player

*March 8th, 2002, Sofia

21

Cheng Xing

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 2002, Jiujiang, Guangdong

21

Srivedya Gurazada

US American badminton player

*August 15th, 2002, Boston

21

Katharina Fink

Italian badminton player

*November 14th, 2002, Bolzano

22

Jesita Putri Miantoro

Badminton player

*May 1st, 2002, Depok City

22

Ishaan Bhatnagar

Indian badminton player

*February 2nd, 2002, Raipur

21

Myisha Mohd Khairul

Malaysian badminton player

*July 27th, 2002, Johor Bahru

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, 2002
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 2002 is a normal year and no leap year.

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