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Today is Monday, Feb. 23, the 54th day of 2026. There are 311 days left in the year.

On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two American flags. (The second flag-raising was captured in an iconic photograph by Joe Rosenthal of The Associated Press.)

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In 1833, Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States, was born in North Bend, Ohio.