February 23rd, 2009

Born on February 23rd, 2009

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 5,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 461 days, exactly on July 29th, 2025, people who were born on February 23rd, 2009 will be 6,000 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

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

30

Tom Wolfenden

English badminton player

*February 23rd, 1994, Liverpool

30

James Paxton

American actor

*February 23rd, 1994, Ojai

32

Peter Briggs

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1992, Leicester

19

Félix Bossuet

French actor

*February 23rd, 2005, Paris

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

86

Karl Jaspers

German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)

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

58

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

*February 23rd, 1966, Lausanne

41

Emily Blunt

English actress

*February 23rd, 1983, Wandsworth

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

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

59

Mikel Erentxun

Spanish singer

*February 23rd, 1965, Caracas

32

Casemiro

Brazilian association football player

*February 23rd, 1992, São José dos Campos

45

S. E. Cupp

American conservative political commentator and writer

*February 23rd, 1979, Carlsbad

74

George Frideric Handel

German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)

*February 23rd, 1685, Halle (Saale) †April 14th, 1759, London

Same year
Born in 2009

15

Julia Butters

American actress

*April 15th, 2009, Los Angeles

14

Kim Kang-hoon

South Korean actor

*June 7th, 2009, Cheongju

14

Samaya Clark Gabriel

American basketball player

*October 1st, 2009, Brooklyn

14

Heo Yool

South Korean actress

*August 26th, 2009, South Korea

14

Leanne Bautista

Filipino child actress

*October 14th, 2009, Philippines

14

Kler Çaku

Albanian chess player

*November 30th, 2009, Shkodër

14

Fairooj Labiba

Bangladeshi singer

*June 13th, 2009, Khulna

14

Alihan Türkdemir

Turkish actor

*June 29th, 2009, Istanbul

14

Count Henrik of Monpezat

Danish former prince; son of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark

*May 4th, 2009, Rigshospitalet

15

Suleman octuplets

Six male and two female children conceived via in vitro fertilization

*January 26th, 2009, Bellflower

15

Moon Woo-jin

South Korean television and film actor

*February 19th, 2009, Incheon

15

Hend Zaza

Syrian table tennis player

*January 1st, 2009, Hama

15

Isabella Damla Güvenilir

American-Turkish actress

*January 18th, 2009, New York City

15

Valentina Tronel

French singer

*April 6th, 2009, Rennes

14

Lee Go-eun

South Korean actress

*November 6th, 2009, Incheon

12

Tomiii 11

Chilean YouTuber

*June 13th, 2009, Quinta de Tilcoco †August 30th, 2021, Quinta de Tilcoco

14

Temilayo Abodunrin

Nigerian saxophonist and song writer

*November 19th, 2009, Lagos

14

Lina Renna

Canadian actress

*April 25th, 2009, Canada

15

Seraphina Affleck

American actress and producer

*January 6th, 2009, Los Angeles

15

Ava Grace Cooper

Canadian actress

*March 2nd, 2009, Canada

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, 2009
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 2009 is a normal year and no leap year.

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