Today in History - February 23 | Driver escapes prosecution after giving parking rangers electric shock
February 23
Investigations found farmer Peter Hicks had fitted an electric device to deter traffic wardens, or parking rangers, from giving his car a ticket.
Police confiscated the device but handed it back to Hicks nine months later after they failed to prosecute him.
The "Miracle on Ice" Winter Olympics hockey match between the United States and Russia took place on February 23, 1980.
A bunch of college players gave the United States a monumental moment of pride and patriotism having beaten the Soviet Union, the world's largest hockey super power, at the 1980 Winter Olympics – a feat that overcame almost insurmountable odds – to advance them to the finals.
The most expensive air crash in history happened on February 23, 2008, when a $US1.2 billion ($1.8 billion) stealth bomber crashed at a US Air Force base on the Pacific island of Guam.
The B-2 Spirit aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from the Anderson air force base, but both pilots ejected safety.
The accident marked the first and only operational loss of a B‑2 bomber.
A photographer snapped the iconic photo of United States Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raising the American flag atop Mt Suribachi in Iwo Jima, on February 23, 1945.
The Pacific island of Iwo Jima was the site of one of the bloodiest and famous battles of World War II against Japan.
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