What is the Chinese zodiac sign for February 23, 1945?

In the Chinese zodiac, February 23, 1945 falls in the year of the Wood Rooster.

What is the birthstone for February?

The birthstone for February is amethyst.

What was the moon phase on February 23, 1945?

On February 23, 1945 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

A Friday

Born on February 23, 1945?

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📅 Weekday
Friday
♓ Star sign
Pisces
🐓 Chinese zodiac
Wood Rooster
🌔 Moon
Waxing Gibbous
🎂 Age today
81 years

Famous people born on February 23, 1945

Svetlana Gerasimenko

Ukrainian soviet and Tajik astronomer

Born the same week

George F. Smoot

February 20 · American astrophysicist and cosmologist (1945–2025)

Sam Mangwana

February 21 · Congolese musician

Abdullah Shah

February 22 · Mass murderer (1945–2004)

Toshikatsu Matsuoka

February 25 · Japanese politician (1945-2007)

Juan Carlos Buzzetti

February 26 · association football manager

What happened that day

WWII:
Battle of Iwo Jima: A group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island, and are photographed raising the American flag. The photo, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (taken by Joe Rosenthal), later wins a Pulitzer Prize.
The US Army 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free the captives of the Los Baños internment camp.
The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined American and Filipino ground troops. The suburb of Intramuros is devastated.
The German garrison in Poznań capitulates to Red Army and Polish troops.
Bombing of Pforzheim: The heaviest of a series of bombing raids on Pforzheim, Germany, by Allied aircraft is carried out by the British Royal Air Force. As many as 17,600 people, or 31.4% of the town's population, are killed in the raid and about 83% of the town's buildings destroyed, two-thirds of its complete area and between 80 and 100% of the inner city.

What happened that day

🎵 No. 1 song

February 23, 1945 was a Friday. Someone born on February 23, 1945 is a Pisces. Someone born on February 23, 1945 is 81 years old today and has lived about 29,840 days. People born in 1945 belong to the Silent Generation.

Also born on February 23

Famous people who share this birthday, from other years.

Christopher Marlowe
1564 · English dramatist, poet and translator
George Frideric Handel
1685 · German-British Baroque composer
W. E. B. Du Bois
1868 · American sociologist and activist

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Questions about February 23, 1945

What day of the week was February 23, 1945?: February 23, 1945 was a Friday.
What star sign is someone born on February 23, 1945?: Someone born on February 23, 1945 is a Pisces.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for February 23, 1945?: In the Chinese zodiac, February 23, 1945 falls in the year of the Wood Rooster.
How old is someone born on February 23, 1945?: Someone born on February 23, 1945 is 81 years old today and has lived about 29,840 days.
Which generation is someone born in 1945?: People born in 1945 belong to the Silent Generation.
What is the birthstone for February?: The birthstone for February is amethyst.
What was the moon phase on February 23, 1945?: On February 23, 1945 the moon was a Waxing Gibbous.

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