Holidays and Observances
- Christian Feast Day:
- Polycarp of Smyrna (Catholic Church)
- Blessed Isabelle of France
- Serenus the Gardener
- February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana)
- National Day (Brunei)
- Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics:
- Defender of the Fatherland Day (Russia)
- Terminalia held in honor of Terminus (Ancient Rome)
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