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February 19th

This Day in History:    

-- On this day in 1473, Nicolas Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland. Early on, the Pol became an astronomer, and was the first to develop the theory that the sun is the center of our solar system, not the earth. This later became known as the Copernican Theory, in honor of Copernicus, and nearly all scientists hold to it.

-- On this day in 1945, United States Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima in the South Pacific. The island was a key stronghold of the Japanese, with 11 miles of underground tunnels swarming with 18,000 Imperial soldiers. It took 31 days and 70,000 Americans to take the island. Only 243 Japanese survived. The rest is history.

-- On this day, three years ago (2008), Fidel Castro, Communist dictator of Cuba, resigned power, and let his brother Raul take over. Fidel fought a guerrilla war to overthrow the Cuban government, which was successful in 1958. Ever since then, the Caribbean island has dropped into a dark age, with over 40 years of Marxist rule.

Random Fact of the Day:

In Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, the world’s smallest dinosaur footprints were found in 1984. They were made by a creature likely no larger than a robin.

February 18th

~~This Day in History:

--On this day in 1546, Martin Luther, the leader of the Protestant Reformation, died in Eiselben, Germany. Luther was indisputably one of the most influential characters in the Protestant Reformation. He was also one of the very few early challengers of the Roman Catholic Church (or Empire), who did not die by execution. Today, the Lutheran church is a denomination in the Protestant Church that is based on his teachings.

-- On this day in 1885, Mark Twain published Huckleberry Finn, one of the first modern American classics in literature.

-- On this day in 2001, Robert Hanssen, a veteran FBI agent, was arrested on charges for spying for the Russians. He pled guilty, and is serving a life sentence without parole. Hanssen was the most successful spy in the American government, and he leaked more information than any other...traitor... in our history.

~~Random Fact of the Day:

Chocolate chip cookies were made by mistake when the chocolate in the cookie did not melt properly.

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.

February 16th

 

This Day in History:

-- On this day in 1804, Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led a successful sting operation into Tripoli, Libya, to burn the USS Philadelphia, an American Frigate captured by Barbary pirates. It was the first time Americans executed a foreign foray, and it wasn’t to be the last.

-- On this day in 1918, the country of Lithuania declared its independence from Russia with its Act of Independence.  This small Baltic country was then occupied by the USSR, until Nazi Germany overran it in 1940. Later, Communist Russia once again took over Lithuania, and occupied it until the USSR fell in 1991.

-- On this day in 1923, archaeologists unsealed King Tutankhamen’s recently discovered tomb in Egypt. This tomb was fascinating to the modern world, and many previously unknown secrets of Ancient Egypt were uncovered inside the dust-filled hole in the desert.

Random Fact of the Day:

The border of your lips is called the vermilion-skin border.

February 15th

Portrait of Galileo Galilei

This Day in History: 

-- On this day in 1564, Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy. He was one of the most influential astronomers in modern history, and contributed much to the scientific field. It was he who first turned the telescope to the sky, and he discovered Jupiter's 4 largest moons. He also created the first thermometer.

-- On this day in 1898, the battleship USS Maine sank near Havana, Cuba, when it brushed up against a mine near the harbor. It sparked the Spanish-American War, which resulted in the Treaty of Paris. The Spanish forfeited the Philippines, Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico to the US. However, the American government consented to let Cuba and the Philippines form their own governments.

-- On this day in 1965, Canada dissed the Union Jack of the UK, and adopted the maple leaf flag. It still flies over the capital in Ottawa today.

Random Fact of the Day: 

The word “jumbo” is a term taken from the name of one of P.T. Barnum’s large circus elephants.