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Today in History: Saturday, February 23, 2013
历史上的今天：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，美国海军陆战队在硫磺岛占领折钵山顶，升起了美国国旗。这一刻被美联社摄影师乔罗森塔尔拍到，该图片获普利策奖。
1685 Composer George Frideric Handel was born in Germany.
1685年，作曲家乔治·弗里德里克·汉德尔在德国出生。
1822 Boston was granted a charter to incorporate as a city.
1822年，波士顿被授予特权组建城市。
1836 The siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.
1836年，德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥阿拉莫围攻战拉开序幕。
1847 U.S. troops under Gen. Zachary Taylor defeated Mexican general Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico.
1847年，在墨西哥布埃纳维斯塔之战中，泰勒将军带领的美军击败圣安娜将军带领的墨西哥军队。
1848 John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, died at age 80 in Washington, D.C.
1848年，美国的第六任总统约翰·昆西·亚当斯在华盛顿特区担任众议院代表席去世，享年80岁。
1861 President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington to take office after an assassination plot was foiled in Baltimore.
1861年，巴尔的摩暗杀被挫败后，总统当选者亚伯拉罕·林肯秘密抵达华盛顿就任。
1870 Mississippi was readmitted to the Union.
1870年，密西西比再次允许加入联盟。
1954 The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began, in Pittsburgh.
1954年，在匹兹堡开始第一次大规模为儿童接种沙克疫苗预防脊髓灰质炎。
1965 Stan Laurel of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy died at age 74.
1965年，喜剧团队劳莱与哈代成员Stan Laurel去世，享年74岁。
1991 President George H.W. Bush announced that the allied ground offensive against Iraqi forces had begun.
1991年，老布什总统宣布盟军地面进攻伊拉克军队已经开始。
1997 Scientists in Scotland announced they had cloned an adult mammal, producing a lamb named Dolly.
1997年，苏格兰科学家宣布他们克隆了一只成年哺乳动物，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，卡洛斯桑塔纳获得八项格莱美大奖，他的专辑《超自然》超过了1983年迈克尔·杰克逊《惊悚片》的记录。
2003 Norah Jones won five Grammy Awards for the album "Come Away With Me."
2003年，诺拉·琼斯凭借专辑《远走高飞》荣获五项格莱美奖。
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，奥巴马政府表示将不再维护婚姻保护法案的合宪性，联邦法律禁止承认同性婚姻。
