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| February 23rd |
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| About February 23rd is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 311 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (312 in leap years). Births 1729 - Josiah Hornblower, statesman, engineer 1868 - W. E. B. Du Bois, civil rights activist, sociologist, historian, author 1915 - Paul Tibbets, brigadier general (pilot of Enola Gay) 1923 - Dante Lavelli, Hall of Fame receiver 1940 - Jackie Smith, Hall of Fame tight end Deaths 1848 - John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. President 1943 - Fred Biletnikoff, NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver 2009 - Tom Cole, playwright, screenwriter (Smooth Talk) Events 1945 - The historic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, depicting five U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II, is taken by Joe Rosenthal. 1998 - Tornadoes strike central Florida killing 42 and destroying over 2,500 structures. 1999 - The Slim Shady LP, the the second studio album from rapper Eminem, is released. |
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