February 23
1821:John Keats, English Romantic poet, died.
1836:Mexican general Santa Anna began the siege of the Alamo.
1896:The Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield.
1898:1898 French novelist Emile Zola was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing the government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
1945:U.S. Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima.
1997:Scottish scientists announced the successful cloning of a sheep, Dolly.
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