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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_23" title="February 23">February 23</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_Birthday" title="The Emperor's Birthday">The Emperor's Birthday</a></b> in Japan (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960" title="1960">1960</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1739" title="1739">1739</a> – The identity of English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highwayman" title="Highwayman">highwayman</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Turpin" title="Dick Turpin">Dick Turpin</a></b> was uncovered by his former schoolmate, who recognised his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwriting" title="Handwriting">handwriting</a>, leading to Turpin's trial.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1847" title="1847">1847</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> used artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buena_Vista" title="Battle of Buena Vista">Battle of Buena Vista</a></b> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltillo" title="Saltillo">Saltillo</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" title="1941">1941</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium" title="Plutonium">Plutonium</a></b> was first chemically identified by chemist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_T._Seaborg" title="Glenn T. Seaborg">Glenn T. Seaborg</a> and his team at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – American photographer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Rosenthal" title="Joe Rosenthal">Joe Rosenthal</a> took the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>–winning photograph during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima" title="Battle of Iwo Jima">Battle of Iwo Jima</a>, an image that was later reproduced on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_War_Memorial" title="Marine Corps War Memorial">Marine Corps War Memorial</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: Allied troops led by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Armed_Forces" title="Turkish Armed Forces">Turkish Armed Forces</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_al-Bab" title="Battle of al-Bab">captured the city of al-Bab</a></b> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">Islamic State</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_II" title="Pope Paul II">Pope Paul II</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1417); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Taylor_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician)">George Taylor</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1781); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herriot" title="James Herriot">James Herriot</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1995)</p>
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