February 23 is the 54th day of the year. There are 311 days remaining (312 in leap years).

• 1882 — Viktória Fődi is born.
• 1906 — Johann Otto Hoch died.
• 1939 — Melvin Reine is born.
• 1957 — Charlie Brandt is born.
• 1957 — Joseph Taborsky is apprehended.
• 1971 — Steven Hobbs is born.
• 1973 — Ronnie Johns is born.
• 1978 — Jairo Díaz Aragón is born.
• 1979 — Kenneth Williams is born.
• 1995 — David Middleton is apprehended.
• 1996 — William Bonin died.
• 2003 — Carl Patton is apprehended.
• 2023 — Norman Flowers is charged with the 2004 murder of a a 28-year-old woman in Nevada.