On This Day - February 23rd

Featured Event:

Alamo besieged by Santa Anna's Mexican army (1836) 🪖

This day in 1836, during the Texas war for independence, Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna began a siege of the Alamo, which was captured after 13 days and which became for Texans a symbol of heroic resistance.

Other Events:

1455: Johannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible (estimated date) 📖

1822: Boston was granted a charter to become a city. 🌃

1945: Six U.S. servicemen raised the American flag over Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II. 🇺🇸

1999: Hip Hop artist Eminem releases his first major record album "The Slim Shady LP" 🎤

Holidays:

The Emperor's Birthday 🇯🇵

National Day 🇧🇳

Defender of the Fatherland Day 🇷🇺

Armed Forces Day 🇹🇯 (and) 🇧🇾

Featured Birthdays:

1868: W.E.B. Du Bois 🇺🇸 (Sociocologist)

1960: Naruhito 🇯🇵 (Emperor)

1983: Emily Blunt 🇬🇧 (Actress)

1983: Aziz Ansari 🇺🇸 (Comedian and Actor)

Featured Deaths:

1848: John Quincy Adams 🇺🇸 (6th President)

1855: Carl Friedrich Gauss 🇩🇪 (Mathematician)

1915: Robert Smalls 🇺🇸 (Politician)