February 15th, 2023.

What happened?

Notable events that occurred on February 15th, 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.

Basic facts.

Basic facts and information about this date.

• 1 month and 13 days have passed since February 15th, 2023.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 07 of 2023.
• Leap Year: 2023 is NOT a leap year.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 1676419200.

Around this time.

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around February 15th, 2023.

• January 16th, 2023: Mafia godfather Matteo Messina Denaro is arrested in Palermo, Sicily.
• January 17th, 2023: Greta Thunberg is arrested by the police during a coal mine protest in Luetzerath, Germany.
• January 18th, 2023: Singer and guitarist David Crosby dies at the age of 81.
• January 18th, 2023: Microsoft announces plans to cut 10,000 jobs.
• January 18th, 2023: Ukrainian Internal Affairs minister Denys Monastyrsky and nine other people are killed in a helicopter crash in Brovary, Ukraine.
• January 19th, 2023: Jacinda Ardern announces that she will be resigning as the Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• January 19th, 2023: Actor Alec Baldwin is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter relating to the Rust shooting incident.
• January 19th, 2023: Protests begin in France over government proposals to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years old.
• January 20th, 2023: Google's parent company, Alphabet, announces plans to cut 12,000 jobs.
• January 21st, 2023: Ten people are killed during a mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park, California.
• January 23rd, 2023: Soccer: Everton sack Frank Lampard.
• January 23rd, 2023: Former top FBI official Charles McGonigal is arrested over his ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
• January 23rd, 2023: Seven people are killed during a mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, California.
• January 24th, 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 25th, 2023: Germany confirms that it will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
• January 25th, 2023: Chris Hipkins becomes the new Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• January 25th, 2023: The United States confirms that it is sending 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
• January 25th, 2023: Actress Cynthia Jane Williams passes away at the age of 75.
• January 26th, 2023: Five Memphis police officers are charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols.
• January 27th, 2023: The video game "Dead Space" (remake) is released.
• January 27th, 2023: Video footage of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols is released to the public.
• January 27th, 2023: 45-year-old Nicola Bulley goes missing in St. Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire, England.
• January 28th, 2023: WWE: Cody Rhodes wins the 2023 Royal Rumble.
• February 1st, 2023: A Chinese surveillance balloon is spotted flying over the United States.
• February 3rd, 2023: The video game "Dead Island 2" is released.
• February 3rd, 2023: A freight train carrying vinyl chloride derails in East Palestine, Ohio.
• February 3rd, 2023: PinkPantheress and Ice Spice release the song "Boy's a liar Pt. 2".
• February 4th, 2023: The United States shoots down a Chinese surveillance balloon that had been flying over the country for 8 days.
• February 5th, 2023: Pakistan's former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, dies at the age of 79.
• February 6th, 2023: 47,000 people are killed after two earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria.
• February 6th, 2023: Soccer: The Premier League charges Manchester City with more than 100 breaches of financial rules.
• February 6th, 2023: Ohio train derailment: All residents within a 1-by-2-mile radius are forced to evacuate.
• February 6th, 2023: Morgan Wallen releases the song "Last Night".
• February 7th, 2023: LeBron James breaks the NBA all-time scoring record.
• February 9th, 2023: Shares in Alphabet fall after Google's new AI chatbot Bard gets an answer wrong.
• February 10th, 2023: The video game "Hogwarts Legacy" is released.
• February 10th, 2023: The United States shoots down a car-sized UFO flying above Alaska.
• February 11th, 2023: NORAD shoots down an unidentified flying object that violated Canadian airspace.
• February 11th, 2023: Sam Smith raises eyebrows after he attends the 2023 Brit Awards in an inflated latex outfit.
• February 12th, 2023: Super Bowl LVII: The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, and Rihanna performs at the halftime show.
• February 12th, 2023: Rihanna reveals that she is pregnant again.
• February 12th, 2023: De La Soul co-founder, Trugoy the Dove (David Jude Jolicoeur), dies at the age of 54.
• February 12th, 2023: The United States shoots down an unidentified flying object over Lake Huron in Michigan.
• February 12th, 2023: Cyclone Gabrielle hits New Zealand.
• February 13th, 2023: Three students are killed during a mass shooting at Michigan State University.
• February 14th, 2023: Microsoft permanently disables Internet Explorer.
• This date: February 15th, 2023
• February 16th, 2023: The family of actor Bruce Willis announce that he has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.
• February 16th, 2023: US Senator John Fetterman checks into hospital with clinical depression.
• February 17th, 2023: The superhero film "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" is released.
• February 18th, 2023: The body of Ghana soccer player Christian Atsu is pulled from the debris of the Turkey earthquake.
• February 19th, 2023: Actor Richard Belzer dies at the age of 78.
• February 19th, 2023: The body of missing woman Nicola Bulley is found in the River Wyre.
• February 19th, 2023: Meta launches a subscription service called "Meta Verified" for Facebook and Instagram.
• February 20th, 2023: US President Joe Biden makes a surprise visit to Ukraine.
• February 21st, 2023: Andrew Tate's detention in Romania is extended for another 30 days.
• February 23rd, 2023: English football commentator John Motson dies at the age of 77.
• February 23rd, 2023: 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 25th, 2023: Hundreds of US newspapers drop the "Dilbert" cartoon after its creator, Scott Adams, posts a racist rant on YouTube.
• February 26th, 2023: Boxing: Tommy Fury defeats Jake Paul by split decision in Saudi Arabia.
• February 26th, 2023: Partisans destroy a Russian surveillance plane in Belarus.
• February 26th, 2023: 63 migrants die after their boat sinks off the coast of Italy.
• February 27th, 2023: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs a bill that gives him control of Walt Disney World's self-governing district.
• February 27th, 2023: The White House gives agencies 30 days to remove TikTok from federal-owned devices.
• March 1st, 2023: 57 people are killed after two trains collide in Greece.
• March 3rd, 2023: The boxing movie "Creed III" is released.
• March 3rd, 2023: South Carolina: Alex Murdaugh is found guilty of murdering his wife and son.
• March 3rd, 2023: It is reported that US President Joe Biden had a cancerous lesion removed from his chest.
• March 3rd, 2023: Four American citizens are kidnapped by cartel members in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
• March 4th, 2023: Jon Jones defeats Ciryl Gane at UFC 285.
• March 5th, 2023: Soccer: Liverpool thrash Manchester United 7-0.
• March 5th, 2023: Lynyrd Skynyrd cofounder Gary Rossington dies at the age of 71.
• March 6th, 2023: Twitter suffers a major outage that prevents users from viewing images or clicking on links.
• March 7th, 2023: Elon Musk apologizes for firing a Twitter employee and making remarks about his disability.
• March 7th, 2023: Four kidnapped Americans (two dead, one injured, and one unharmed) are located by security forces in El Tecolote, Mexico.
• March 8th, 2023: Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is hospitalized following a fall.
• March 9th, 2023: Seven people are shot dead at a Jehovah's Witness center in Hamburg, Germany.
• March 9th, 2023: English astrologer Mystic Meg dies at the age of 80.
• March 10th, 2023: Xi Jinping secures an unprecedented third term as China's president.
• March 10th, 2023: The BBC forces Gary Lineker to take a step back from his role as a "Match of the Day" presenter due to political remarks he made on social media.
• March 10th, 2023: Silicon Valley Bank is shut down by regulators following a bank run on its deposits.
• March 10th, 2023: The film "Scream VI" is released.
• March 12th, 2023: 95th Academy Awards: "Everything Everywhere All at Once" wins Best Picture, Brendan Fraser wins Best Actor, and Michelle Yeoh wins Best Actress.
• March 12th, 2023: US regulators close New York-based Signature Bank due to a "systemic risk".
• March 13th, 2023: Convicted pedophile Gary Glitter is returned to prison for breaching his release licence conditions.
• March 14th, 2023: Australia announces that it is purchasing five US nuclear submarines.
• March 14th, 2023: China decides to reopen its borders to tourists following a three-year halt.
• March 14th, 2023: Meta confirms that it is cutting 10,000 more jobs.
• March 14th, 2023: The US military accuses Russian Su-27 fighters of intercepting an unmanned MQ-9 Reaper over international waters.
• March 15th, 2023: The FBI arrests exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui on suspicion of fraud.
• March 16th, 2023: French President Emmanuel Macron uses special constitutional powers to push his plan of raising the retirement age through the lower house.
• March 17th, 2023: The film "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" is released.
• March 17th, 2023: The video game "WWE 2K23" is released.
• March 17th, 2023: Actor Lance Reddick dies at the age of 60.
• March 17th, 2023: The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes.

Personality traits.

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Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on February 15th, 2023, will have the star sign Aquarius.
• Zodiac Element: Air.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2023 is the year of the Rabbit (Yin Fire).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 6.
• Native American Zodiac: February 15th, 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.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on February 15th, 2023 was most likely conceived around May 25th, 2022.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on February 15th, 2023 is close to November 8th, 2023.

Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about February 15th, 2023.

• A total of 42 days have passed since this date.
• 6 weeks have passed.
• 3,625,200 seconds have passed since the February 15th, 2023.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 4,229,400 times.
• Since February 15th, 2023, the Earth has travelled approximately 1,870,603,200 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 604,200 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 311,767 steps. That's about 139 miles!
• Since this date, 43,502 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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