February 23 - The Day in History

February 23: General Interest
1945: U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima

During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island's highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag... read more


American Revolution
1778 : Friedrich von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/friedrich-von-steuben-arrives-at-valley-forge

Automotive
1958 : Formula One champ kidnapped
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/formula-one-champ-kidnapped

Civil War
1861 : President-elect Lincoln arrives in Washington
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-arrives-in-washington

Cold War
1955 : First council meeting of SEATO
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-council-meeting-of-seato

Crime
1885 : A remarkable reprieve for a man sent to the gallows
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-remarkable-reprieve-for-a-man-sent-to-the-gallows

Disaster
1887 : Earthquake strikes Mediterranean
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-strikes-mediterranean

General Interest
1954 : Children receive first polio vaccine
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/children-receive-first-polio-vaccine
1981 : Spanish rebels storm Parliament
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-rebels-storm-parliament

Hollywood
1997 : Schindler's List shown uncut on network television
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/schindlers-list-shown-uncut-on-network-television

Literary
1868 : W.E.B. DuBois is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/web-dubois-is-born

Music
1978 : It's a tie for Song of the Year at the 20th annual Grammy Awards
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/it39s-a-tie-for-song-of-the-year-at-the-20th-annual-grammy-awards

Old West
1940 : Guthrie writes "This Land is Your Land"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/guthrie-writes-this-land-is-your-land

Presidential
1861 : Lincoln avoids assassination attempt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-avoids-assassination-attempt

Sports
1980 : Eric Heiden speed skates into Olympic history
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eric-heiden-speed-skates-into-olympic-history

Vietnam War
1966 : Desertion up in South Vietnamese army
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/desertion-up-in-south-vietnamese-army
1971 : South Vietnamese advance stalls
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-advance-stalls

World War I
1917 : Germans begin withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-begin-withdrawal-to-the-hindenburg-line

World War II
1945 : Marines raise the flag on Mt. Suribachi
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marines-raise-the-flag-on-mt-suribachi