Today In History

In 1836: The siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.

In 1847: U.S. troops under Gen. Zachary Taylor defeated Mexican Gen. Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico.

In 1861: President-elect Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington to take office after an assassination plot was foiled in Baltimore.

In 1945: U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised the American flag.

In 1997: Scientists in Scotland announced they had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named “Dolly.”