February 23

People born on this day are Pisces.

On this day in history01

1999
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
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1999
An avalanche buries the town of Galtür, Austria, killing 31.
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2002
An Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre carrying Intelsat 904.
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2007
A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
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2008
A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
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2008
The Japanese WINDS satellite is launched.
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2010
Unknown criminals pour more than 2+1⁄2 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.
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2017
The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.
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2018
Parliamentary elections are held in Djibouti.
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2019
Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.
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2020
Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.
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2025
A snap election is held in Germany.
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