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| February 23rd, 2005 (February 23 2005) | Event | Slovakia Summit 2005 begins, marking the first occasion when a sitting American President visits Slovakia; George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin are in attendance. | Vladimir Putin Quotes |
| February 23rd, 2005 (February 23 2005) | Event | Vote of the controversial French law on colonialism, repealed start of 2006. | |
| February 23rd, 1995 (February 23 1995) | Death | Melvin Franklin, American singer (The Temptations) (born in 1942) | |
| February 23rd, 1995 (February 23 1995) | Death | James Herriot, English writer (born in 1916) | |
| February 23rd, 1975 (February 23 1975) | Event | In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly two months early in the United States. | |
| February 23rd, 1975 (February 23 1975) | Birth | Michael Cornacchia, American actor | |
| February 23rd, 1975 (February 23 1975) | Birth | Robert Lopez, American composer | |
| February 23rd, 1975 (February 23 1975) | Birth | Natalia Verbeke, Argentine actress | |
| February 23rd, 1965 (February 23 1965) | Birth | Kristin Davis, American actress | |
| February 23rd, 1965 (February 23 1965) | Birth | Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer | |
| February 23rd, 1965 (February 23 1965) | Birth | Helena Sukova, former Czech tennis player | |
| February 23rd, 1965 (February 23 1965) | Birth | Veronica Webb, American supermodel and actress | |
| February 23rd, 1965 (February 23 1965) | Death | Stan Laurel, British born actor and comedian (born in 1890) | Stan Laurel Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1955 (February 23 1955) | Event | First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). | |
| February 23rd, 1955 (February 23 1955) | Birth | Tom Bodett, American voice actor, radio personality, and writer | |
| February 23rd, 1955 (February 23 1955) | Birth | Howard Jones, British pop singer | |
| February 23rd, 1955 (February 23 1955) | Death | Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (born in 1868) | |
| February 23rd, 1945 (February 23 1945) | Event | World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U.S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag. The photo would later win a Pulitzer Prize. | |
| February 23rd, 1945 (February 23 1945) | Event | World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by American forces. | |
| February 23rd, 1945 (February 23 1945) | Event | World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznan, the city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces. | |
| February 23rd, 1945 (February 23 1945) | Event | World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is completely destroyed by a raid of 379 British bombers. | |
| February 23rd, 1945 (February 23 1945) | Event | World War II: The Verona Philharmonic Theatre is bombed by Allied forces. It would later be re-opened in 1975. | |
| February 23rd, 1945 (February 23 1945) | Birth | Allan Boesak, South African activist | |
| February 23rd, 1915 (February 23 1915) | Birth | Jon Hall, American actor (died in 1979) | |
| February 23rd, 1915 (February 23 1915) | Birth | Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General and Pilot of B-29 "Enola Gay" over Hiroshima (died in 2007) | |
| February 23rd, 1905 (February 23 1905) | Event | Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world s first service club. | |
| February 23rd, 1855 (February 23 1855) | Death | Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (born in 1777) | Carl Friedrich Gauss Quotes |
| February 23rd, 1685 (February 23 1685) | Birth | Georg Friedrich Handel, German/British Baroque composer (died in 1759) | |
| February 23rd, 1455 (February 23 1455) | Event | Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed from movable type. | |
