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February 23
Born on February 23? You're a Pisces with the Amethyst birthstone.
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February 23 Zodiac Sign
Pisces (February 19 – March 20)
Element: Water
compassionateartisticintuitivegentlewise
Birthstone
Amethyst
Birth Flower
Violet
Season
Winter
Numerology 7
A number of introspection, wisdom, and the search for truth.
February 23: This Day in History
- 1455— The Gutenberg Bible, the first major book printed using movable type in Europe, was believed to have been completed around this date.
- 1821— John Keats, the English Romantic poet, died in Rome at age 25 from tuberculosis.
- 1945— U.S. Marines raised the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, captured in the iconic photograph by Joe Rosenthal.
- 1954— The first mass polio vaccination of children began in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, using Jonas Salk's experimental vaccine.
- 1987— Supernova 1987A, the brightest observed supernova since 1604, was spotted in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.
Famous Birthdays on February 23
- Dakota Fanning (1994) — actress
- W.E.B. Du Bois (1868) — civil rights leader and sociologist
- Peter Fonda (1940) — actor, Easy Rider
- George Frideric Handel (1685) — German-British baroque composer, Messiah
- Emily Blunt (1983) — British actress
Did You Know? February 23 Fun Facts
- The Iwo Jima flag-raising photo, taken February 23, 1945, became the basis for the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
- Polio vaccination began on February 23, 1954, at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh — within a decade, polio cases in the U.S. fell by over 99%.
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