February 23, 2002
QUOTE
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Abraham Lincoln
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BIRTHDAYS
1904 – William L. Shirer, Journalist and historian
1915 – Paul Tibbets, General and pilot
1940 – Peter Fonda, Actor and director
IN MEMORY
1848 – John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States
2003 – Howie Epstein, Bass player, songwriter, and producer
IN ON THIS DAY
1778 – Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, to help train the Continental Army.
1836 – The Siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
1870 – Post Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
1945 – Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.