1455: Johannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible [estimated date] [1]

1540: Francisco Vázquez de Coronado’s expedition sets off from Mexico in search of the Seven Cities of Gold (Cibola)

1836: The Alamo is besieged for 13 days until March 6 by the Mexican army under General Santa Anna; the entire garrison is eventually killed

1904: US acquires control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million

1945: US Marines raise the flag of the United States on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Pulitzer Prize-winning photo by Joe Rosenthal later becomes iconic, inspiring the Marine Corps War Memorial sculpture

1954: First mass inoculation against polio with the Jonas Salk vaccine takes place at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1998: Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and Crusaders

Source: Onthisday.com