U.S. Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima on this day in history1945.

On this day in history 1836 the Mexican general Santa Anna began the siege of the Alamo.

The Tootsie Roll was introduced in 1896 by Leo Hirshfield.

The first Axis shelling of U.S. soil took place near Santa Barbara, California in the year 1942.

In 1997 Scottish scientists announced the successful cloning of a sheep, Dolly.

In 1980 in a major upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets 4–3 at Lake Placid, New York.

Spain ceded Florida to the United States on this day in history 1819.

Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast  in 1924 from the White House.

Airplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House on this day in history 1935.

The first nationwide broadcast of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood aired on PBS on this day in history 1968.

In the year 1807 Aaron Burr, vice president under Thomas Jefferson, was arrested for treason.

Thomas Edison patented the gramophone in 1878, also called the phonograph.

On this day in history 1942 President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that resulted in the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast.

The U.S. Marines went ashore at Iwo Jima in the year 1945.

Clyde Tombaugh, an American astronomer, discovered the ninth planet Pluto on this day in history 1930.

Martin Luther, German leader of the Protestant Reformation, died in the year 1546.

On this day in history 1564 Michelangelo Buonarotti, who was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect, died.

The first 3-D movie, Bwana Devil, opened in New York on this day in  history 1953.

In 2001 Dale Earnhardt, Sr., died from injuries sustained at the Daytona 500.

The Confederate submarine Hunley, rammed and sank the Union’s ship Housatonic off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina in 1864.

The electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was broken by the House of Representatives in 180.  They elected Jefferson president.

Baltimore became the first U.S. city lit by gas on this day in history 1817.

On this day in history 1972 President Richard Nixon left on his trip to China.

Chess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM computer, Deep Blue, winning the six-game match in the year 1996.

In the year 1923 the tomb of King Tutankhamen, discovered in 1922, was opened.

Lithuania proclaimed its independence from Russia on this day in history 1918.

On this day in history 1937 Nylon was patented.

Fidel Castro became the leader of Cuba in 1959 after having ousted the right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista.

The country’s first 911 phone system went into service in 11111968 in Haleyville, Ala.

The USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor in 1898, starting off the Spanish-American War.

President Rutherford Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court on this day in history 1879.

The Maple Leaf Flag officially became the new national flag of Canada in 1965.

On this day in history 1989 more than 100,000 Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan almost 10 years after the USSR invaded the country.

Millions of protesters around the world demonstrated against the threat of a U.S. war on Iraq in 2003.

Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, was euthanized in 2003 because of incurable lung cancer.

On this day in history 1859 Oregon became the 33rd state in the United States.

Arizona became the 48th state in the United States in the year 1912..

Members of Al Capone’s gang killed rival gang members in the St. Valentine’s Day massacre on this day in history 1929.

The Kansas Board of Education reversed its 1999 ruling and restored evolution to the state’s science curriculum.

Bruno Hauptmann was found guilty of murder in the Lindbergh kidnapping case in the year 1935.

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On this day in history 1635 the oldest public school in the U.S., Boston Latin School, was founded.

Bruno Hauptmann was found guilty of murder in the Lindbergh kidnapping case in the year 1935.

France exploded its first atomic bomb on this day in history 1960.

The French in 2002 was accused of throwing the pairs skating decision to the Russians at the Olympics.

On this day in history 1909 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.

Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain on this day in history 1818.

The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote in 1870 only to revoke in in 1887.

The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place in 1973.

The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton in 1999 on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.