February 23, 1835 - Mexican general Santa Anna begins to advance on the Alamo, in Texas.

February 23, 1886 - Chemist Charles Hall develops a process for separating aluminum from its ore. This led to the first practical commercial production of aluminum.

February 23, 1896 - The Tootsie Roll is introduced by Leo Hirshfield.

February 23, 1910 - The first Morse code radio contest, judging on speed and accuracy, takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 

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February 23, 1927 - The Federal Radio Commission, later renamed the Federal Communications Commission, begins its work.

February 23, 1942 - The first Japanese attack on the U.S. mainland in World War 2 occurs as a submarine shells a California oil refinery.

February 23, 1945 - The American flag is raised by U.S. Marines at the top of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima during WW II.

February 23, 1954 - The first mass inoculation of the Salk polio vaccine occurs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
 

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