This Day in History: February 23, 2024
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1821
John Keats, English Romantic poet, died.
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1836
Mexican general Santa Anna began the siege of the Alamo.
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1896
The Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield.
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1898
1898 French novelist Emile Zola was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing the government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
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1942
The first Axis shelling of U.S. soil took place near Santa Barbara, Calif.
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1945
U.S. Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima.
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1997
Scottish scientists announced the successful cloning of a sheep, Dolly.
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2011
The Obama Administration determines that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.
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