February 1, 2023

February 1, 2023, was a Wednesday. It was 1 years, 9 months, and 20 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Aquarius.

On this day

What happened on February 1, 2023?

A Chinese surveillance balloon is spotted flying over the United States.

Music charts

Songs that were on top of the charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on February 1, 2023:

United States: "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus
United Kingdom: "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus

Top movie at the box office

The movie "Avatar: The Way of Water" was at the top of the box office on February 1, 2023.

Facts

This date occurred 659 days ago. Approximately 22 months have passed. It was the 32nd day of 2023, in week 05. The decade was the 2020s. A baby that was born on this day is now one year old. The Earth has experienced 7 seasons of weather since then.

Take me back to February 1, 2023

Let's take a stroll down memory lane.

The date is February 1, 2023, and it's a Wednesday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Aquarius. It is "Hump Day", so many are beginning to think about the weekend ahead.

The song "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus is at the top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom. Joe Biden is the President of the United States, and the movie Avatar: The Way of Water is at the top of the box office. Rishi Sunak is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

On television, people are watching popular shows such as "Chicago Fire", "Ex on the Beach", "The Witcher", and "Wednesday (Season 1)". If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Lance Reddick, Jerry Springer, Tina Turner, and Sinéad O'Connor would all still be alive. People are playing video games such as "Elden Ring", "Tunic", "The Quarry", and "Neon White".

Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "The Loud House", "Raven's Home", "The Owl House", and "Baby Shark's Big Show!". Children are playing with toys such as the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Personality summary image

Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on February 1, 2023, will have the star sign Aquarius.
Zodiac Element: Air.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2023 was the year of the Rabbit (Yin Fire).
The Life Path Number for this date is 1.
Native American Zodiac: February 1, 2023 falls under the Otter.
Birthstone: A person during the month of February will have the birthstone Amethyst.
Birth flower (February): The Violet and the Primrose.

Personality traits

Check out our personality summary for people who were born on February 1, 2023.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around February 1, 2023.

January 2, 2023: Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffers a cardiac arrest during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
January 3, 2023: The Republican Party fails to elect a new House speaker.
January 4, 2023:
• West Ham co-chairman David Gold passes away at the age of 86.
• Amazon announces plans to cut more than 18,000 jobs globally.
• Quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger is extradited back to Idaho.
January 5, 2023:
• The US House of Representatives fails to elect a speaker after 11 rounds of voting.
• El Chapo's son, Ovidio Guzmán López, is arrested in Mexico.
• Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp comes out as gay in a TikTok video.
January 6, 2023:
• Former soccer player Gianluca Vialli passes away at the age of 58.
• Republican Kevin McCarthy is elected US House speaker after an historic 15 rounds of voting.
• Vince McMahon returns to the board of the WWE five months after retiring.
January 7, 2023: Protests begin in Israel against the proposed judicial reforms of re-elected prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
January 8, 2023: Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro storm Brazil's Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace.
January 9, 2023: Soccer: Gareth Bale announces his retirement.
January 10, 2023:
• Stephanie McMahon resigns as the co-CEO of WWE.
• Multiple media outlets report rumors that the WWE has been sold to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
• Netflix releases the documentary "The Hatched Wielding Hitchhiker".
• Prince Harry releases his memoir "Spare".
• Tyre Nichols is beaten to death by five police officers in Memphis, Tennessee.
• The last king of Greece, Constantine II of Greece, dies at the age of 82.
• SZA releases the song "Kill Bill".
January 11, 2023:
• All US flights are grounded due to a computer system glitch.
• Soccer: João Félix joins Chelsea on loan.
January 12, 2023:
• Lisa Marie Presley dies at the age of 54.
• Dancer Michael Flatley is diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of cancer.
• NBC News reports that Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland is facing domestic abuse charges.
• Miley Cyrus releases the song "Flowers".
• Soccer: João Félix is sent off during his debut with Chelsea.
January 13, 2023:
• The film Plane is released.
• British actor Julian Sands goes missing while hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains near Los Angeles.
January 14, 2023:
• The Romanian police seize several luxury cars from social media influencer Andrew Tate.
• At least 44 people are killed after a Russian missile hits an apartment building in Dnipro, Ukraine.
January 15, 2023:
• 72 people are killed after Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes in Pokhara, Nepal.
• The first episode of "The Last of Us" is aired on television.
January 16, 2023: Mafia godfather Matteo Messina Denaro is arrested in Palermo, Sicily.
January 17, 2023: Greta Thunberg is arrested by the police during a coal mine protest in Luetzerath, Germany.
January 18, 2023:
• Singer and guitarist David Crosby dies at the age of 81.
• Microsoft announces plans to cut 10,000 jobs.
• Ukrainian Internal Affairs minister Denys Monastyrsky and nine other people are killed in a helicopter crash in Brovary, Ukraine.
January 19, 2023:
• Jacinda Ardern announces that she will be resigning as the Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• Actor Alec Baldwin is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter relating to the Rust shooting incident.
• Protests begin in France over government proposals to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years old.
January 20, 2023:
• Google's parent company, Alphabet, announces plans to cut 12,000 jobs.
• Former Barcelona right-back Dani Alves is arrested on charges of sexual assault.
January 21, 2023: Ten people are killed during a mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park, California.
January 23, 2023:
• Soccer: Everton sack Frank Lampard.
• Former top FBI official Charles McGonigal is arrested over his ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
• Seven people are killed during a mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, California.
January 24, 2023: Adult Swim ends its relationship with Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland following news that he was arrested for domestic abuse in 2020.
January 25, 2023:
• Germany confirms that it will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
• Chris Hipkins becomes the new Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• The United States confirms that it is sending 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
• Actress Cynthia Jane Williams passes away at the age of 75.
January 26, 2023: Five Memphis police officers are charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols.
January 27, 2023:
• The video game "Dead Space" (remake) is released.
• Video footage of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols is released to the public.
• 45-year-old Nicola Bulley goes missing in St. Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire, England.
January 28, 2023: WWE: Cody Rhodes wins the 2023 Royal Rumble.
January 31, 2023: Soccer: Enzo Fernández joins Chelsea from Benfica.
This date: February 1, 2023
February 3, 2023:
• The video game "Dead Island 2" is released.
• A freight train carrying vinyl chloride derails in East Palestine, Ohio.
• PinkPantheress and Ice Spice release the song "Boy's a liar Pt. 2".
February 4, 2023: The United States shoots down a Chinese surveillance balloon that had been flying over the country for 8 days.
February 5, 2023:
• Pakistan's former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, dies at the age of 79.
• "About Damn Time" by Lizzo wins Record of the Year at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
February 6, 2023:
• 47,000 people are killed after two earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria.
• Soccer: The Premier League charges Manchester City with more than 100 breaches of financial rules.
• Ohio train derailment: All residents within a 1-by-2-mile radius are forced to evacuate.
• Morgan Wallen releases the song "Last Night".
February 7, 2023:
• LeBron James breaks the NBA all-time scoring record.
• The first "Skibidi Toilet" video is released on YouTube.
February 9, 2023: Shares in Alphabet fall after Google's new AI chatbot Bard gets an answer wrong.
February 10, 2023:
• The video game "Hogwarts Legacy" is released.
• The United States shoots down a car-sized UFO flying above Alaska.
• British singer Mae Stephens releases her song "If We Ever Broke Up".
February 11, 2023:
• NORAD shoots down an unidentified flying object that violated Canadian airspace.
• Sam Smith raises eyebrows after he attends the 2023 Brit Awards in an inflated latex outfit.
• Brianna Ghey (16) is murdered in Cheshire, England.
February 12, 2023:
• Super Bowl LVII: The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, and Rihanna performs at the halftime show.
• Rihanna reveals that she is pregnant again.
• De La Soul co-founder, Trugoy the Dove (David Jude Jolicoeur), dies at the age of 54.
• The United States shoots down an unidentified flying object over Lake Huron in Michigan.
• Cyclone Gabrielle hits New Zealand.
February 13, 2023: Three students are killed during a mass shooting at Michigan State University.
February 14, 2023: Microsoft permanently disables Internet Explorer.
February 15, 2023:
• American actress Raquel Welch dies at the age of 82.
• Nicola Sturgeon announces that she will be resigning as the first minister of Scotland.
• 42 people are killed after a bus crashes in the Gualaca District in Panama.
February 16, 2023:
• The family of actor Bruce Willis announce that he has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.
• US Senator John Fetterman checks into hospital with clinical depression.
February 17, 2023: The superhero film "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" is released.
February 18, 2023: The body of Ghana soccer player Christian Atsu is pulled from the debris of the Turkey earthquake.
February 19, 2023:
• Actor Richard Belzer dies at the age of 78.
• The body of missing woman Nicola Bulley is found in the River Wyre.
• Meta launches a subscription service called "Meta Verified" for Facebook and Instagram.
February 20, 2023: US President Joe Biden makes a surprise visit to Ukraine.
February 21, 2023: Andrew Tate's detention in Romania is extended for another 30 days.
February 22, 2023: The documentary "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal" is released.
February 23, 2023:
• English football commentator John Motson dies at the age of 77.
• Internet drama: Selena Gomez announces that she is taking a break from social media amid reports that she is feuding with Hailey Bieber and Kylie Jenner.
February 25, 2023: Hundreds of US newspapers drop the "Dilbert" cartoon after its creator, Scott Adams, posts a racist rant on YouTube.
February 26, 2023:
• Boxing: Tommy Fury defeats Jake Paul by split decision in Saudi Arabia.
• Partisans destroy a Russian surveillance plane in Belarus.
• 63 migrants die after their boat sinks off the coast of Italy.
February 27, 2023:
• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs a bill that gives him control of Walt Disney World's self-governing district.
• The White House gives agencies 30 days to remove TikTok from federal-owned devices.
March 1, 2023: 57 people are killed after two trains collide in Greece.
March 3, 2023:
• The boxing movie "Creed III" is released.
• South Carolina: Alex Murdaugh is found guilty of murdering his wife and son.
• It is reported that US President Joe Biden had a cancerous lesion removed from his chest.
• Four American citizens are kidnapped by cartel members in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Television shows in February 2023

Television shows that people were watching in February 2023:

The Last of Us

Wednesday (Season 1)

House of the Dragon

The Bear

The Kardashians

Severance

The Wheel of Time

Only Murders in the Building

The White Lotus

Cobra Kai

Bridgerton

Emily in Paris

Cartoons and children's TV shows in February 2023

Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:

Transformers: EarthSpark

Monster High

The Tiny Chef Show

Chibiverse

Face's Music Party

The Villains of Valley View

The Ghost and Molly McGee

Baby Shark's Big Show!

Danger Force

Tyler Perry's Young Dylan

The Owl House

Toys in 2023

Children were playing with the following toys and games:

The PlayStation 5

The Xbox Series X

Video games

Popular video games that people were playing in February 2023.

Dead Space (Remake)

Marvel's Midnight Suns

God of War Ragnarök

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

A Plague Tale: Requiem

FIFA 23

The Last of Us Part I (Remake)

Neon White

The Quarry

Tunic

Elden Ring

Horizon Forbidden West

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on February 1.

Clark Gable

Actor Deceased
Born on February 1, 1901
He was not alive on this date.

Sherman Hemsley

Actor Deceased
Born on February 1, 1938
He was not alive on this date.

Rick James

Funk singer Deceased
Born on February 1, 1948
He was not alive on this date.

Brandon Lee

American actor Deceased
Born on February 1, 1965
He was not alive on this date.

Lisa Marie Presley

Singer Deceased
Born on February 1, 1968
She was not alive on this date.

Brian Krause

Actor
Born on February 1, 1969
He turned 54 on this day in 2023.

Big Boi

Rapper
Born on February 1, 1975
He turned 48 on this day in 2023.

Lee Thompson Young

American actor Deceased
Born on February 1, 1984
He was not alive on this date.

Harry Styles

Singer
Born on February 1, 1994
He turned 29 on this day in 2023.

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on February 1:

The Memorial Day of the Republic (Hungary)

US President

Joe Biden was the President of the United States on February 1, 2023.

UK Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Irish Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar was the Taoiseach of Ireland.

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

Note: These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

A baby that was born on February 1, 2023 was most likely conceived around May 11, 2022.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on February 1, 2023 is close to October 25, 2023.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about February 1, 2023:

659 days have passed since this date.
94 weeks have passed.
56,937,600 seconds have passed since February 1, 2023.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 66,427,200 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 29,379,801,600 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 9,489,600 times.
You have taken approximately 4,896,634 steps. That's roughly 2,176 miles.
683,251 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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