2010 - Unknown criminals pour diesel oil and hydrocarbons into Italy's Lambro River.
1985 - Indiana basketball coach Bobby (the General) Knight, who holds over 900 victories in college basketball, throws a chair during a game.
1954 - The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins.
1892 - First college student government established, Bryn Mawr PA
1822 - Boston is incorporated as a city. It was first a 'town' (in 1630) and grew into one of the largest cities in America centuries later.
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1886 - Charles Martin Hall produces the first samples of man-made aluminum.
1997 - Schindler's List is the first movie televised completely without commercial interruption.
1861 - Due to the ongoing tumult of the civil war, Texas becomes 7th state to secede from US.
1992 - Closing ceremonies take place for the 16th Winter Olympics, in Albertville, France
February 23rd Holiday
Red Army Day - Celebrated by former Soviet Countries to honor the revolutionary "red" army.
Today's Birthday Trivia
He won the inaugural Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award and was a top-5 finalist for the John R. Wooden Award in 2015. Who is he?
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