Today is the 53rd day of 2023 and the 64th day of winter.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1819, Spain signed the Adams-Onis Treaty, ceding Florida to the United States and redefining the boundary between U.S. and Spanish territories from Louisiana to the Pacific Ocean.

In 1935, new regulations outlawed aircraft flight over the White House.

In 1980, the U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet Union 4-3 in Lake Placid, New York, a victory popularly known as the “Miracle on Ice.”

In 1993, the U.N. Security Council approved the creation of a war crimes tribunal to address atrocities committed during the former Yugoslavia’s civil war.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: George Washington (17321799), soldier/first U.S. president; Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), philosopher; Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), poet; Don Pardo (1918-2014), radio and TV announcer; Edward “Ted” Kennedy (19322009), U.S. senator; Julius “Dr. J” Erving (1950- ), basketball player; Kyle MacLachlan (1959- ), actor; Steve Irwin (1962-2006), TV personality; Drew Barrymore (1975- ), actress/talk show host; Iliza Shlesinger (1983- ), actress/ comedian; Rajon Rondo (1986), basketball player.

TODAY’S FACT: Like Mozart, Frederic Chopin (born on this day in 1810, according to his baptismal register) was considered a musical prodigy in childhood. By age 7 he had composed two simple marches.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1959, Lee Petty won the first Daytona 500.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “Pity me that the heart is slow to learn / What the swift mind beholds at every turn.” -- Edna St. Vincent Millay, “’Pity me not because the light of day’” TODAY’S NUMBER: 1 -- Broadway performance (excluding 13 previews) for Arthur Bicknell’s play, “Moose Murders,” which opened and closed at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on this day in 1983. The play is widely considered the most infamous flop in Broadway history.

TODAY’S MOON: Between new moon (Feb. 20) and first quarter moon (Feb. 27).