About February 23
February 23, 2021 is the 54th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 311 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Pisces is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 343 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On February 23
- 1455 –Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
- 1660 –Charles XI becomes King of Sweden.
- 1847 –Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista – In Mexico, American troops under General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
- 1870 –In the United States, post-Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
- 1886 –Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister Julia Brainerd Hall.
- 1909 –The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
- 1917 –First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution.
- 1934 –Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
- 1945 –World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
- 1958 –Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
- 1966 –In Syria, Baath party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin Hafiz, also a Baathist.
- 1974 –The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
- 1980 –Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran’s parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
- 1981 –In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
- 1987 –Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
- 1991 –Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
- 1997 –A small fire occurs in the Russian Space station, Mir.
- 1999 –Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
- 2007 –A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
- 2010 –Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in Northern Italy, causing an environmental disaster.
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