This day in history

Today is the day in 1945 that the U. S. Marines invaded Iwo Jima in one of the greatest battles of the 2nd world war.

It is also the day that the renowned astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus, was born in 1473. Copernicus revolutioned astronomy and history by developing the helocentric theory that said the earth and other planets revolved around the sun. The opinion up to that point was that the universe revolved around the earth.

On a very sad note this is the day in 1942 that Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the executive order allowed the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Many of these people had been in the USA for several generations.

On this day in 1881 Kansas became the first state to include prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the state constitution.

Finally, on this day in 1878 Thomas Edison patented the phonograph. Most of the readers of this blog would have no idea what that was. But if you come visit we will show phonograph records that date back to the 1950s that we still have. Music experts claim that the quality of music on records is superior to CDs and tape because of the highs and lows that were recorded that we actually cannot hear, but add to the quality of the music. Melissa Boutz would call them Overtones.