Today, February 23, is the 54th day of the year on the Gregorian Calendar. The Zodiac sign for individuals born on this day is Pisces. On this day in 1954 the first mass vaccination using the polio vaccine developed by Joseph Salk was begun in Pittsburgh, in 1997 scientists announced they had successfully cloned a sheep, Dolly, and in 2000 Carlos Santana earned 8 Grammy awards for his album "Supernatural".http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/index.html
IHOP offers free pancakes every year on this date, to celebrate National Pancake Day.
AP Today in History
The 2000s
- 2000: Carlos Santana tied Michael Jackson for winning 8 Grammy Awards in one year.
The 1900s
- 1991: Gulf War: President George H.W. Bush announces that the ground war in Iraq had begun.
- 1980: Eric Heiden earned his 5th gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY and set a world record time in the 10,000 meter speed skating race.
- 1945: World War II: The U.S. Flag was raised on Iwo Jima. Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Joe Rosenthal captured the moment when the US. Marines took Mount Suribachi at Iwo Jima.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/23/newsid_3564000/3564547.stm Iwo Jima]
1945
The 1800s
- 1893: Rudolf Diesel received a patent for the diesel engine in Germany.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&displayDate=2/23&categoryId=automotive
- 1887: Earthquake, with an estimated 6.0 magnitude, on the Mediterranean Coast of Southern France and Northern Italy killed 2,000http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&displayDate=2/23&categoryId=disaster
- 1836: The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas
Holidays and Observances
- Defender of the Fatherland Day, (Russia):
- National Pancake Day, (USA)
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
1965: Stan Laurel - Comedian, Laurel and Hardy 1848: John Quincy Adams - 6th American President
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