February 23rd, 2003

Born on February 23rd, 2003

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 7,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 268 days, exactly on January 18th, 2025, people who were born on February 23rd, 2003 will be 8,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, 2003

21

Giorgia Villa

Italian artistic gymnast

*February 23rd, 2003, Ponte San Pietro

21

Ilay Madmon

Israeli association footballer

*February 23rd, 2003, Ein HaBesor

21

Joseph Blackmore

English cyclist

*February 23rd, 2003, Sidcup

21

Omer Senior

Israeli association footabller

*February 23rd, 2003, Tel Aviv

21

Filippo Fiumanò

Italian footballer

*February 23rd, 2003, Milan

21

Christos Zafeiris

Norwegian footballer

*February 23rd, 2003, Athens

21

Max Dyche

English footballer

*February 23rd, 2003, Northampton

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

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

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

30

James Paxton

American actor

*February 23rd, 1994, Ojai

19

Félix Bossuet

French actor

*February 23rd, 2005, Paris

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

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

20

Selma Ihr

Figure skater

*February 23rd, 2004, Danderyd Municipality

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 2003

21

Johnny Orlando

Canadian singer-songwriter, YouTuber and actor

*January 24th, 2003, Mississauga

20

Treesa Jolly

Indian badminton player

*May 27th, 2003, Cherupuzha, Kannur

21

Sangiovanni

Italian singer (2003-)

*January 9th, 2003, Vicenza

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

20

Ana Castela

Brazilian singer

*November 16th, 2003, Amambai

20

Tate McRae

Canadian singer and dancer (born 2003)

*July 1st, 2003, Calgary

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

21

Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)

*January 3rd, 2003, Stockholm

20

Oliwia Szmigiel

Badminton player

*September 4th, 2003, Łódź

20

Daria Bujnicka

Badminton player

*November 12th, 2003, Łódź

20

Lauren Spencer-Smith

Canadian singer and songwriter

*September 28th, 2003, Portsmouth

21

Stephanie Widjaja

Badminton player

*February 19th, 2003, Jakarta

20

Letshanaa A. Karupathevan

Malaysian badminton player

*August 19th, 2003, Selangor

21

Katherine Valli

Badminton player

*January 16th, 2003, Pittsburgh

20

Tanya Hemanth

Badminton player

*September 19th, 2003, Mysore

21

Ridya Aulia Fatasya

Indonesian badminton player

*February 22nd, 2003, Semarang City

21

Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

Icelandic association football player

*March 23rd, 2003, Sutton Coldfield

21

Isra Hirsi

American environmental activist

*February 22nd, 2003, Minneapolis

21

Joao Grimaldo

Peruvian association football player

*February 20th, 2003, Lima

20

Emjay Anthony

American actor

*June 1st, 2003, Clearwater Beach

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, 2003
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 2003 is a normal year and no leap year.

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