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2019-02-23

Top reads and historical moments for this date. 5 min read

Brody Stevens

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Steven James Brody, known professionally as Brody Stevens, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He starred in the Comedy Central reality series Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!, and was known for appearances on Chelsea Lately and other comedy shows as well as roles in films such as The Hangover (2009) and Due Date (201…

Robert Kraft

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Robert Kenneth Kraft is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the…

Freddie Mercury

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Freddie Mercury was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the roc…

Steve Irwin

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The Umbrella Academy (TV series)

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Hershey Creamery Company

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Kelly Craft

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2017

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2008

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1987

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SN 1987A, the first supernova that modern astronomers were able to study in great detail, was observed from Earth occurring in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

1971

Vietnam_War

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese General Đỗ Cao Trí was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering Operation Lam Son 719.

1945

World_War_II

Second World War: An Allied bombing run on Pforzheim, Germany, killed approximately 31 percent of its population and destroyed about 83 percent of its buildings.

1945

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American photographer Joe Rosenthal took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima, an image that was later reproduced on the Marine Corps War Memorial.

1944

1940–1944_insurgency_in_Chechnya

In response to an insurgency in Chechnya, the Soviet Union began the forced deportation of the native Chechen and Ingush of North Caucasus.

1943

Cavan_Orphanage_fire

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1941

Plutonium

Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley.