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This Day In History-February 23rd

February 23, 2009 by Brad

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

February 22, 2009 by Brad

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

February 19, 2009 by Brad

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

February 18, 2009 by Brad

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

February 17, 2009 by Brad

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

February 16, 2009 by Brad

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

February 15, 2009 by Brad

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

February 14, 2009 by Brad

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

February 13, 2009 by Brad

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

February 12, 2009 by Brad

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