This Day in History

February 23rd in History

Flag raised on Iwo Jima! Remember the Alamo, enjoy a Tootsie-Roll, and read the Gutenberg Bible, all February 23 events. Happy birthday to Handel, W. E. B. Du Bois, and easy rider Peter Fonda; RIP John Keats, John Quincy Adams, and lieder Horst Wessel. Happy Mashramani Republic Day!

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Quote of the Day

“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.”

W . E. B. Du Bois, activist and educator born February 23, 1868