February 23rd (1944) was a Wednesday. 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, 1944
» The Soviet Union begins the Operation Lentil (Caucasus) named forced deportation of the Chechen people or Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
Famous Birthdays on February 23 in 1944
» Bernard Cornwell, English author
» John Sandford (novelist) called John Sandford, American author
» Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014)
February 23rd Famous Deaths for 1944
» Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist (b. 1863)
» Oszkár Gerde, two-time Olympic gold medalist in fencing in 1908 Summer Olympics known as 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics or 1912, murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp (b. 1883)
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)