February 23 - This 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... 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