http://whatplanetisthis.com Do you ever stop and think, What Planet Is this? Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:00:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   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. ... http://whatplanetisthis.com/2009/02/this-day-in-history-february-23rd/   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 ... http://whatplanetisthis.com/2009/02/this-day-in-history-february-20th/   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 ... http://whatplanetisthis.com/2009/02/this-day-in-history-february-19th/ 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 ... http://whatplanetisthis.com/2009/02/this-day-in-history-february-18th/ 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 ... http://whatplanetisthis.com/2009/02/this-day-in-history-february-17th/ 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 ... http://whatplanetisthis.com/2009/02/this-day-in-history-february-16th/ 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 ... http://whatplanetisthis.com/2009/02/this-day-in-history-february-15th/ 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 ... http://whatplanetisthis.com/2009/02/this-day-in-history-february-14th/ Bruno Hauptmann was found guilty of murder in the Lindbergh kidnapping case in the year 1935. http://ihateliz.com/?id=ra7a20v7459iu31655icxyfox7plws 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 ... http://whatplanetisthis.com/2009/02/this-day-in-history-february-13th/ 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 ... http://whatplanetisthis.com/2009/02/this-day-in-history-february-12th/