This day in 1836, during the Texas war for independence, Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna began a siege of the Alamo, which was captured after 13 days and which became for Texans a symbol of heroic resistance.
| 1945: | | | Six U.S. servicemen raised the American flag over Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II. |
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| 1905: | | The first Rotary Club was founded by Chicago attorney Paul P. Harris. |
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| 1870: | | | Mississippi was readmitted to the United States following the American Civil War. |
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| 1822: | | Boston was granted a charter to become a city. |
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| 1685: | | | English composer George Frideric Handel, a leading figure of late Baroque music, was born. |
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