February 23rd (2012) was a Thursday. It's the 51st day of the year (52nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 314 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 23rd February, 2012
» A 23 February 2012 Iraq attacks named series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.
Famous Birthdays on February 23 in 2012
» Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland
February 23rd Famous Deaths for 2012
» William Gay (author) named William Gay, American author (b. 1941)
» Peter King (footballer born 1964) known as Peter King, English footballer (b. 1964)
» William Raggio, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
» David Sayre, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1924)
» Bruce Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1937)
» Kazimierz Żygulski, Polish sociologist and activist (b. 1919)
February 23rd Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Polycarp of Smyrna
» Serenus the Gardener
» February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana)
» National Day (Brunei)
» Red Army known as Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics:
» Defender of the Fatherland Day (Russia)
» Public holidays in Belarus known as Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces day (Belarus)