February 17th

~~This Day in History:

 --On this day in 1801, the presidential deadlock between Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson was ended, and Jefferson was elected as our 3^rd President. He is probably most famous for his comments on “separation of church and state”, and for sending Lewis and Clark on their history expedition across the “Wild West”. He also signed a deal with Napoleon Bonaparte, the Louisiana Purchase, which gave much of the Midwest and northwest to the US.

-- On this day in 2008, Kosovo defiantly declared to the world that they were an independent country. Later, Serbia acknowledged that claim, and the tiny country that once was southern Serbia became the Republic of Kosovo.

-- On this day two years ago (2009), President Barack Obama signed the $757 billion economic stimulus package to “help balance” the economy.

~~Random Fact of the Day:

Cheesecake was invented in Ancient Greece and served to athletes at the very first Olympic Games.