February 1, 2023, Series Premiere of The Ark
February 1, 2023, More than 500,000 workers across multiple public sectors go on strike in the United Kingdom, forcing thousands of schools to close and many services to be delayed or cancelled, amid disputes over pay and working conditions. It is the largest industrial action in the UK since 2010. (CNBC)
February 1, 2023, A search team from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and WA Fire and Emergency Services announces that they have found the missing caesium-137 capsule around 74 km (46 mi) south of Newman. (ABC News Australia)
February 1, 2023, The East Epi submarine volcano in Vanuatu erupts for the first time since 2004, sending ash 90 meters into the air, with a 10 kilometer radius danger zone. (The Washington Post)
February 1, 2023, Long-period comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) makes its closest approach to Earth after reaching its perihelion on January 12. (ABC News)
February 1, 2023, Four years after it originally folded, the Arena Football League announces plans to re-launch in time for a 2024 season. (CBS Sports)
February 2, 2023, Series Premiere of Freeridge
February 2, 2023, The United States Department of Defense monitors a suspected surveillance balloon from China flying over Montana. U.S. president Joe Biden has received a "strong recommendation" from officials that it not be shot down. (AFP via NDTV)
February 2, 2023, The United States releases Majid Khan from the Guantanamo Bay prison and transfers him to Belize. Khan had been captured in 2003 in Pakistan and was being held on accusations of helping al-Qaeda. (Reuters)
February 3, 2023, Release of Knock at the Cabin
February 3, 2023, Release of 80 For Brady
February 3, 2023, Series Premiere of Dear Edward
February 3, 2023, A train carrying 20 cars of hazardous material derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The material was burned, which released hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air, causing an evacuation of all residents within a one-mile radius of the crash and an emergency response across three states.
February 3, 2023, The United States accuses China of "a clear violation of sovereignty" after a suspected meteorological high altitude balloon is noted hovering over Montana. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken postpones his official visit to Beijing, initially scheduled for February 5, in response to the incident. (The Independent)
February 3, 2023, The United States Department of Defense reports that a second high altitude balloon has been discovered flying over Latin America. (NBC News)
February 4, 2023, The high-altitude balloon is shot down by a United States Air Force F-22 Raptor over the Atlantic Ocean at 2:39 PM EST. An operation to collect the remnants of the balloon in U.S. territorial waters is currently underway. It is the first time that an aircraft has been shot down in the United States since World War II. (AP)
February 4, 2023,
February 4, 2023,
February 4, 2023, Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States, records the lowest wind chill temperature in the country at −108 °F (−78 °C). (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
February 5, 2023, American singer Beyoncé sets a Grammy Awards record for the most wins with 32 wins, surpassing Hungarian conductor Georg Solti. (NPR)
February 6, 2023, At least 3,400 people are killed in Turkey and Syria as a magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Gaziantep Province, Turkey. (BBC News)
-A second earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurs in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, nine hours after the first earthquake. (Bloomberg)
February 6, 2023, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church announces that the church will begin using the Gregorian calendar on September 1 for all but moveable feasts, following a decision by the Synod of Bishops. (UGCC)
February 8, 2023, During a regular-season game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron James records his 38,388th career NBA point, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA all-time scoring leader. (ESPN)
February 7, 2023,
February 7, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the 2023 State of the Union address to the 118th United States Congress. It was Biden's second State of the Union Address, and his third speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. (CNN)
February 8, 2023, Series Premiere of Not Dead Yet
February 8, 2023, A data center outage leaves Twitter users in the United States and Canada unable to send messages and receiving an error message informing them that they have "exceeded the daily limit for sending tweets". (Fortune)
February 9, 2023,
February 9, 2023, South Korea resumes the issuance of short-term travel visas to Chinese citizens following a one-month suspension due to China's COVID-19 surge. (AFP via The Business Times)
February 10, 2023, Release of Magic Mike: The Last Dance
February 10, 2023, Release of Sharper
February 10, 2023, Release of Your Place or Mine
February 10, 2023, Release of Somebody I Used To Know
February 10, 2023,
February 10, 2023, The White House's spokesperson John Kirby announces that the United States Air Force shot down a high-altitude object over territorial waters in Alaska, just days after shooting down a Chinese balloon over the Atlantic Ocean. The object was ordered to be shot down by U.S. President Joe Biden because it posed "a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight". (The Hill)
February 11, 2023,
February 11, 2023,
February 11, 2023, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau orders the takedown of an unidentified flying object over Yukon, which is later shot down by a United States Air Force F-22 Raptor using a AIM-9X Sidewinder. The Canadian Armed Forces have been deployed to collect and analyze the object. (CNN)
February 12, 2023, A United States Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon shoots down an unidentified flying object over Lake Huron near the Canada–United States border. The Department of Defense describe the object as octagonal and flying at roughly 20,000 feet. (Forbes)
February 12, 2023,
February 12, 2023,
February 12, 2023, The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 38–35 in Super Bowl LVII, winning their third Super Bowl in franchise history. (CNBC)
February 13, 2023, The death toll of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria surpasses 37,000. (Al Jazeera)
February 13, 2023, Three people are killed and five others injured in a mass shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. The shooter later commits suicide when approached by police. (CNN)
February 14, 2023,
February 15, 2023,
February 15, 2023,
February 15, 2023,
February 15, 2023, Payton Gendron receives ten life sentences without the possibility of parole for the mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, which killed ten people. (NBC News)
February 15, 2023, The FTSE 100 Index, the main share index of the 100 most highly capitalized companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, ends its trading day at a record value of 8,003.65 points, surpassing the previous record value of 7,906.58 points recorded on February 3, 2023. (AFP via Deccan Herald)
February 15, 2023, World Bank President David Malpass announces he will resign by the end of June. (AFP via RFI)
February 16, 2023, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announces that she will step down and will be succeeded by chief product officer Neal Mohan. (The Verge)
February 16, 2023, The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey increases to 43,850, as the World Health Organization declares northwestern Syria as the zone of greatest concern, citing the slow delivery of humanitarian aid. (Al Jazeera)
February 16, 2023, The National Snow and Ice Data Center of the United States reports that the Antarctic sea ice decreased to 1.91 million square kilometers (740,000 sq mi) within the week, the smallest remaining ice area since records began in 1979. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
February 17, 2023, JAXA aborts the first launch attempt of the H3 rocket after some of its boosters failed to ignite during the first stage. It is Japan's second failed rocket launch since 2003. (AFP via The Korea Times)
February 19, 2023, The 76th British Academy Film Awards are held in London, with the German film All Quiet on the Western Front winning the most awards with seven, including Best Film. (BBC News)
February 19, 2023, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins the 65th running of the Daytona 500. (ESPN)
February 20, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden makes an unannounced visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, where he meets with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (The Guardian)
February 20, 2023, A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes southeastern Turkey and Syria, killing eight people and injuring 600 others. The earthquake is also felt in Lebanon and Egypt. This aftershock comes fourteen days after the main earthquake killed more than 47,000 people. (Associated Press)
February 21, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin suspends Russia's participation in the New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States, citing the U.S.'s goal of defeating Russia in the ongoing war in Ukraine. (AP)
February 23, 2023,
February 23, 2023,
February 23, 2023,
February 23, 2023, The European Commission bans Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok from corporate devices used by its staff, citing data protection concerns. (Euractiv)
February 24, 2023, Release of Cocaine Bear
February 24, 2023, Release of Luther
February 24, 2023, Release of Linoleum
February 24, 2023, Release of We Have a Ghost
February 24, 2023, Series Premiere of The Consultant
February 24, 2023,
February 24, 2023,
February 24, 2023,
February 24, 2023, China unveils a 12-point position paper on ending the war in Ukraine, ahead of an expected speech by President Xi Jinping on the conflict. Ukraine says that it hopes China can urge Russia to withdraw its troops in response to the paper. (The Guardian)
February 24, 2023, The death toll of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria surpasses 50,000. (Reuters)
February 27, 2023, One person is killed and over 100 others are injured by a magnitude 5.6 aftershock in Yeşilyurt, Malatya, Turkey. (Sky News)
February 28, 2023,
February 28, 2023, Canada bans social media platform TikTok from all government-issued devices, citing "an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security" from the Chinese-owned app. (BBC News)
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