All Events

Historical Events on February 23

  • American Revolutionary War

    1778

    American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.

  • Mexican-American War

    1847

    Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

  • Reconstruction Era

    1870

    Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.

  • Alabama

    1883

    Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.

  • Cuba

    1903

    Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".

  • World War II

    1942

    World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.

  • Soviet Union

    1944

    The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.

  • Philippines

    1945

    World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.

  • Thailand

    1991

    In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.

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