02-23-2013, 12:49 PM
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February 23rd
1633 ~ Birthday of Samuel Pepys, Diarist.
1685 ~ Birthday of Georg Friederich Händel, Composer.
1836 ~ The siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio , Texas.
1893 ~ Rudolf Diesel received a patent for the diesel engine.
1915 ~ Birthday of Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay.
1927 ~ President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill creating the Federal Radio Commission, forerunner of the Federal Communications Commission.
1945 ~ The Stars and Stripes raised over Iwo Jima . The 28th Regiment of the 5th Marine Division took Mount Suribachi.
1954 ~ Lasting prevention of polio reported in vaccine tests.
1965 ~ Death of Stan Laurel, Actor & Comedian.
1998 ~ Osama bin Laden published a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and "Crusaders" (commonly interpreted to refer to the people of Europe and the United States).
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