Day Guide for Friday February 23rd 2024

This is our day guide for Friday February 23rd 2024 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Observances on February 23rd 2024

Day of Defenders of the Fatherland and the Armed Forces

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Day of Defenders of the Fatherland and the Armed Forces

Jamaican Patty Day

Food
Canada

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Play Tennis Day 🎾

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Quiet Day

"Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.” - Plutarch

National Banana Bread Day

Food
USA

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National Dog Biscuit Day

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USA

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National Skip the Straw Day

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General Information for February 23rd 2024

There are 7 observances on this day.
258 days to go.
Day 54 of 2024
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Week 08 of the year

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On this Day in History

1965 - Filming for the second Beatles' film, Help!, begins in the Bahamas.
1939 - at the 11th Academy Awards ceremony at the Biltmore Hotel, Hollywood, LA, the Best film Oscar goes to You Can't Take It With You, while its director Frank Capra bags Best Director. Best Actor goes to Spencer Tracy for Boys Town and Bette Davies win
1685 - Composer George Frideric Handel is born in Germany. Later moving to England and being naturalised as an English subject, he is considered one of the greatest composers ever.
1633 - Samuel Pepys, the English naval administrator, man of letters and posthumously famous diarist, is born (d. 1703).