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Old 02-23-25, 02:17 PM   #5386
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1836 The Alamo is besieged for 13 days until March 6 by the Mexican army under General Santa Anna; the entire garrison is eventually killed.

1904 United States acquires control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million.

1942 Japanese submarine fires on oil refinery in Ellwood, California.

1945 US Marines raise the flag of the United States on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Pulitzer Prize-winning photo by Joe Rosenthal later becomes iconic, inspiring the Marine Corps War Memorial sculpture.

1998 Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders.
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