What happend on 23rd February

22.02
24.02
1992

The Socialist Labour Party is founded in Georgia.

1991

Thailand: General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.

1991

Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabia border and enter Iraq, thus starting the ground-phase of the war.

1987

A supernova is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud (see Supernova 1987a).

1983

The Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.

1983

The Spanish Socialist government of Felipe González and Miguel Boyer nationalizes Rumasa, a holding of José María Ruiz Mateos.

1981

23-F, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.

1980

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament would decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.

1975

In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly two months early in the United States.

1974

The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.