February
23
Mashramani-Republic
Day (Guyana)
National Day (Brunei)
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)
Terminalia held in honor of Terminus (Ancient Rome)
Events
February 23
1887 – The
French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around
2,000.
1896 – The Tootsie Roll is invented.
1941 – Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn
T. Seaborg.
1947 – The International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
is founded.
1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy
or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42.
1998 – Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against
all Jews and "Crusaders"; the latter term is commonly
interpreted to refer to the people of Europe and the United
States.
1999 – An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür,
killing 31.
2010 – Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of
diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in
Northern Italy, causing an environmental disaster.
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