1847: About 5,000 American troops commanded by General Zachary Taylor defeat some 15,000 Mexicans under General Antonio López de Santa Anna near Buena Vista, Mexico.
Way to go, Santa Anna:
Heave her up, and away we'll go
Heave away, Santianna!
Heave her up, and away we'll go
All on the plains of Mexico
Heave away, Santianna!
Heave her up, and away we'll go
All on the plains of Mexico
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1870: Mississippi is formally readmitted to the Union.
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1934: Casey Stengel, who had previously been the team's coach, becomes the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Hhmm ... don't see the historical significance of that, but then I've never been that interested in the Brooklyn Dodgers ... or any baseball team for that matter.
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1940: The Walt Disney animated motion picture Pinocchio, about a wooden puppet who longs to become human, is released.
Pinocchio, as I noticed last night, also puts in guest appearances in Shrek (2001).
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1945: U.S. Marines capture the highest point on the island of Iwo Jima and raise the American flag for the second time that day.
Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) tells the story of the battle from the perspective of Japanese soldiers who fought in it.
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1997: Scottish scientists announce what they have kept secret for seven months: that they have cloned adult sheep DNA and produced a healthy sheep who they have named Dolly.
Dolly, who was apparently named after Dolly Parton, lived from 1996 to 2003.
