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Today in History: Saturday, February 23, 2013
歷史上的今天：2013年2月23日，星期六
On Feb. 23, 1945, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi and raised the American flag. The moment was captured in a Pulitzer Prize winning photo by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal.
1945年2月23日，美國海軍陸戰隊在硫磺島占領折缽山頂，升起了美國國旗。這一刻被美聯社攝影師喬羅森塔爾拍到，該圖片獲普利策獎。
1685 Composer George Frideric Handel was born in Germany.
1685年，作曲家喬治·弗里德里克·漢德爾在德國出生。
1822 Boston was granted a charter to incorporate as a city.
1822年，波士頓被授予特權組建城市。
1836 The siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.
1836年，德克薩斯州圣安東尼奧阿拉莫圍攻戰拉開序幕。
1847 U.S. troops under Gen. Zachary Taylor defeated Mexican general Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico.
1847年，在墨西哥布埃納維斯塔之戰中，泰勒將軍帶領的美軍擊敗圣安娜將軍帶領的墨西哥軍隊。
1848 John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, died at age 80 in Washington, D.C.
1848年，美國的第六任總統約翰·昆西·亞當斯在華盛頓特區擔任眾議院代表席去世，享年80歲。
1861 President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington to take office after an assassination plot was foiled in Baltimore.
1861年，巴爾的摩暗殺被挫敗后，總統當選者亞伯拉罕·林肯秘密抵達華盛頓就任。
1870 Mississippi was readmitted to the Union.
1870年，密西西比再次允許加入聯盟。
1954 The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began, in Pittsburgh.
1954年，在匹茲堡開始第一次大規模為兒童接種沙克疫苗預防脊髓灰質炎。
1965 Stan Laurel of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy died at age 74.
1965年，喜劇團隊勞萊與哈代成員Stan Laurel去世，享年74歲。
1991 President George H.W. Bush announced that the allied ground offensive against Iraqi forces had begun.
1991年，老布什總統宣布盟軍地面進攻伊拉克軍隊已經開始。
1997 Scientists in Scotland announced they had cloned an adult mammal, producing a lamb named Dolly.
1997年，蘇格蘭科學家宣布他們克隆了一只成年哺乳動物，制造出了一只名叫多莉的羊。
2000 Carlos Santana won eight Grammy Awards for his album "Supernatural," tying the record set by Michael Jackson in 1983 for "Thriller."
2000年，卡洛斯桑塔納獲得八項格萊美大獎，他的專輯《超自然》超過了1983年邁克爾·杰克遜《驚悚片》的記錄。
2003 Norah Jones won five Grammy Awards for the album "Come Away With Me."
2003年，諾拉·瓊斯憑借專輯《遠走高飛》榮獲五項格萊美獎。
2013 The Obama administration said it would no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriage.
2013年，奧巴馬政府表示將不再維護婚姻保護法案的合憲性，聯邦法律禁止承認同性婚姻。
