February 23rd (2007) was a Friday. 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, 2007
» A Grayrigg rail crash or train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
February 23rd Famous Deaths for 2007
» Donnie Brooks, American singer (b. 1936)
» John Ritchie (footballer born 1941) named John Ritchie, English footballer (b. 1941)
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)