February 23rd Holidays
🕊️ World Understanding and Peace Day
🍪 International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
🌡️ International Commitment Day for Mercury Control (Día del Compromiso Internacional del Control del Mercurio)
🚛 Diesel Engine Day
⚕️ MAND Awareness Day
☦️ Orthodox Great Lent (Clean Monday)
🇺🇸 National Banana Bread Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Tile Day - USA
🇺🇸 Play Tennis Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Hospitality Workers Appreciation Day - USA
🇺🇸 Tootsie Roll Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Rationalization Day - USA
🇺🇸 Curling is Cool Day - USA
🇦🇷 Dairy Farmer’s Day (Día del Tambero) - Argentina
🇻🇪 Industrial Technician’s Day (Día Nacional del Perito y Técnico Industrial) - Venezuela
🇨🇱 National Rotary Day (Día Nacional del Rotario Chileno) - Chile, Peru
🇭🇳 Friendship Day (Día de la Amistad) - Honduras
🇪🇸 Rosalía de Castro Day (Día de Rosalía de Castro) - Spain
🇬🇧 Shropshire Day - United Kingdom
🇷🇺 Defender of the Fatherland Day (День защитника Отечества) - Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan
🇹🇯 National Army Day (Рӯзи Артиши Миллии Тоҷик) - Tajikistan
🇯🇵 Emperor’s Birthday (Tennō tanjōbi, 天皇誕生日) - Japan
🇩🇴 National Kurash Day (Día Mundial del Kurash) - Dominican Republic
🇧🇳 National Day (Hari Kebangsaan, هاري کبڠساءن) - Brunei
🇬🇾 Republic Day (Mashramani Festival) - Guyana
This Day in History
• On February 23, 1874, A patent has been issued for playing tennis 152 yr.
• On February 23, 1893, The diesel plant was patented 133 yr.
• On February 23, 1941, for the first time artificially produced a heavy radioactive chemical element - Plutonium 85 yr.
