February 23: Fat Thursday (Catholicism, 2017); National Day in Brunei (1984); Defender of the Fatherland Day in Russia and several other former Soviet republics
Scene of the Grayrigg derailment
- 1739 – The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolteacher, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's arrest.
- 1847 – Mexican–American War: The United States Army used heavy artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista near Saltillo, Coahuila.
- 1947 – The International Organization for Standardization, responsible for worldwide industrial and commercial standards, was founded.
- 1987 – Light from SN 1987A, a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, reached the Earth.
- 2007 – A Virgin express train from London Euston to Glasgow Central derailed near Grayrigg, Cumbria (accident scene pictured), killing one person and injuring thirty.
Mido (b. 1983) · Edward Elgar (d. 1934)
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