Unforgettable moments from February 23

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Take a trip down memory lane and relive some unforgettable moments from February 23 in history. From iconic events to groundbreaking discoveries, this day has been filled with significant moments that have shaped our world. Watch and remember some of the most impactful events from February 23!

1455 Johannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible (estimated date)
1778 Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge
1813 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Massachusetts
1821 College of Apothecaries organized in Philadelphia; 1st US pharmacy college
1822 Boston, Massachusetts, is incorporated as a city
1847 Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico; Zachary Taylor leads mostly volunteer troops against larger Mexican Army force; Mexico retreats, both sides claim victory
1870 Mississippi is readmitted to US after the Civil War
1886 "The Times" of London newspaper publishes world's 1st classified ad
1886 Aluminum manufacturing process developed
1904 United States acquires control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million
1910 1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)
1927 US President Calvin Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FRC)
1936 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, NY
1940 Walt Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio" released
1941 Plutonium first produced and isolated by American chemist Glenn T. Seaborg at Berkeley
1945 US Marines raise American flag on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Pulitzer Prize winning photo of which by Joe Rosenthall later became iconic, inspiring the Marine Corps War Memorial sculpture
1947 US General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews
1954 1st mass inoculation against polio with the Jonas Salk vaccine takes place at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1967 25th amendment (US Presidential succession) adopted
1975 In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly two months early in the United States.
1979 Frank Peterson Jr named 1st black general in Marine Corps
1991 US President George H. W. Bush gives Iraq a 24-hour deadline to withdraw from Kuwait or face a ground war
1993 Gary Coleman wins $1,280,000 lawsuit against parents for high fees
1997 NBC TV shows "Schindler's List" completely uncensored, 65M watch
1998 Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders
1998 US Supreme Court lets Megan's Law (s3x offenders information) stand
2020 China's Supreme Leader Xi Jinping describes the country's COVID-19 outbreak as the China's largest health emergency since 1949
2021 Tiger Woods crashes his car driving south of Los Angeles, injuring both his legs
2023 Former Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years in prison for r@P3 in Los Angeles, on top of the 23 years he is already serving for s3x crimes
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