23 February
Notable Births
Emilia Jones
b. 2002
British actress (born 2002)
Femke Bol
b. 2000
Dutch hurdler and sprinter (born 2000)
Jamal Murray
b. 1997
Canadian basketball player (born 1997)
D'Angelo Russell
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Andrew Wiggins
b. 1995
Canadian basketball player (born 1995)
Dakota Fanning
b. 1994
American actress (born 1994)
Triptii Dimri
b. 1994
Indian actress (born 1994)
Neviana Vladinova
b. 1994
Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
Casemiro
b. 1992
Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
Kyriakos Papadopoulos
b. 1992
Greek footballer (born 1992)
Samara Weaving
b. 1992
Australian actress and model (born 1992)
Kevin Connauton
b. 1990
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Marco Scandella
b. 1990
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Evan Bates
b. 1989
American ice dancer (born 1989)
Jérémy Pied
b. 1989
French association football player (born 1989)
Wilin Rosario
b. 1989
Dominican baseball player (born 1989)
Nicolás Gaitán
b. 1988
Argentine footballer (born 1988)
Ab-Soul
b. 1987
American rapper (born 1987)
Malik Hairston
b. 1987
American basketball player (born 1987)
Theophilus London
b. 1987
American rapper and singer (born 1987)
Notable Deaths
Larry Dolan
d. 2025
American attorney (1931–2025)
Flaco (owl)
d. 2024
Owl that escaped from a New York City zoo (2010–2024)
Tony Earl
d. 2023
American politician (1936–2023)
John Motson
d. 2023
English football commentator (1945–2023)
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
d. 2021
Saudi Arabian politician (1930–2021)
Katherine Helmond
d. 2019
American actress (1929–2019)
Peter Lustig
d. 2016
German television presenter
Jacqueline Mattson
d. 2016
American baseball catcher (1928–2016)
James Aldridge
d. 2015
Australian-British writer and journalist
Rana Bhagwandas
d. 2015
Pakistani judge (1942–2015)
W. E. "Bill" Dykes
d. 2015
American politician
Alice Herz-Sommer
d. 2014
Israeli classical pianist (1903–2014)
Roger Hilsman
d. 2014
American soldier, statesman, teacher, and author (1919–2014)
Eugene Bookhammer
d. 2013
American politician (1918–2013)
Joseph Friedenson
d. 2013
Julien Ries
d. 2013
Belgian religious historian, titular archbishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church
Lotika Sarkar
d. 2013
Indian feminist, educator and lawyer
William Raggio
d. 2012
American politician
Nirmala Srivastava
d. 2011
Indian spiritual teacher
Janez Drnovšek
d. 2008
Former President and Prime Minister of Slovenia
On This Day in History
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2025
A snap election is held in Germany.
2025 German federal election
2021
Four simultaneous prison riots leave at least 62 people dead in Ecuador.
February 2021 Ecuadorian prison riots
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.
Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
2019
Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.
Atlas Air Flight 3591
2018
Parliamentary elections are held in Djibouti.
2018 Djiboutian parliamentary election
2017
The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.
Free Syrian Army
2012
A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.
23 February 2012 Iraq attacks
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.
Diesel fuel
2008
A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
United States Air Force
2008
The Japanese WINDS satellite is launched.
WINDS
2007
A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
Grayrigg derailment
2002
An Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre carrying Intelsat 904.
Ariane 4
1999
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
Kurds
1999
An avalanche buries the town of Galtür, Austria, killing 31.
Avalanche
1998
In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
1998 Central Florida tornado outbreak
1991
In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
Thailand
1988
Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq.
Anfal campaign
1987
Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
SN 1987A
1983
The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
1981
In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
Antonio Tejero