February 23rd (1983) 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, 1983
» The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins called dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
Famous Birthdays on February 23 in 1983
» Mido (footballer) or Mido, Egyptian footballer
» Aziz Ansari, American comedian and actor
» Mirco Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
» Emily Blunt, English actress
» Courtney Culkin, American model
February 23rd Famous Deaths for 1983
» Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
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)