1. The San Francisco Mint opened on February 23, 1854, becoming the first branch of the United States Mint in California.
2. On February 23, 1945, the United States Marine Corps flag was raised on the summit of Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
3. California State University, Long Beach was founded on February 23, 1949, becoming the fifth campus of the California State University system.
4. On February 23, 2006, gay rights activist Harvey Milk was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
5. The Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay, which processed thousands of immigrants to the United States from 1910 to 1940, was designated a National Historic Landmark on February 23, 1997.
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