February 23, 1945: During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S.
Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th
Regiment of the 5th Division took the crest of Mount Suribachi.
the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and
raised the U.S. flag.

Marine photographer Louis Lowery, who was with them,
recorded the event. Americans fighting for control of
Suribachi’s slopes cheered the raising of the flag.

Several hours later, more Marines headed up to the crest
with a larger flag. Joe Rosenthal, a photographer with the
Associated Press, met them along the way and recorded
the raising of the second flag along with a Marine still
photographer and a motion-picture cameraman.

Louis R. Lowery (July 24, 1916 – April 15, 1987)

      1995

ROSS SIMPSON   

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)

Ronald Reagan was a politician and actor who served as
the 40th president of the United States from January
20, 1981 – January 20, 1989.

    
   

President George H.W. Bush announcing the start of the 
Persian Gulf war.

At midnight in Iraq, the United Nations deadline for the Iraqi
withdrawal from Kuwait expires, and the Pentagon prepares
to commence offensive operations to forcibly eject Iraq from
its five-month occupation of its oil-rich neighbor.

George Smith Patton Jr
(11 November 1885 – 21 December 1945)

     

          
  General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. 3rd Army,
died from injuries suffered in a car accident not in battle. He
was 60 years old.