February 22

Friday 22, 2002:

A MH-47E Chinook helicopter crashes into the ocean near the Philippines, killing all 10 aboard.

Saturday 22, 1997:

In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned.

Tuesday 22, 1994:

Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.

Friday 22, 1980:

The United States ice hockey team defeats the Soviet Union team at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in an upset dubbed the "Miracle on Ice".

Thursday 22, 1979:

Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom.

Thursday 22, 1973:

Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to China, the United States and the People's Republic of China agree to establish liaison offices.

Saturday 22, 1969:

Barbara Jo Rubin wins a United States thoroughbred horse race making history as the first woman to do so.

Sunday 22, 1959:

Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.

Saturday 22, 1958:

Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.

Wednesday 22, 1956:

Elvis Presley enters the music charts for the first time, with "Heartbreak Hotel".

Tuesday 22, 1949:

Grady the Cow, a 1,200-pound cow gets stuck inside a silo on a farm in Yukon, Oklahoma and garners national media attention.

Sunday 22, 1948:

Start of the Czechoslovak Revolution.

Monday 22, 1943:

Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany.

Sunday 22, 1942:

World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defense collapses.

Friday 22, 1924:

Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.

Thursday 22, 1923:

Barcelona (Catalonia): Albert Einstein visits the city, invited by the scientist Esteban Terradas i Illa, as part of the monografics course of High Studies and Exchange organized by the Mancomunitat de Catalunya and conducted by Rafael de Campalans.

Sunday 22, 1920:

In Emeryville, California, the first dog race track to employ an imitation rabbit opens.

Monday 22, 1915:

Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.

Monday 22, 1904:

UK recognises the South Orkney Islands as part of Argentina, in 1908 claims them again.

Friday 22, 1889:

President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.

Saturday 22, 1879:

In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores.

Tuesday 22, 1876:

Johns Hopkins University is founded in Baltimore, Maryland.

Wednesday 22, 1865:

Tennessee adopts a new constitution that abolishes slavery.

Friday 22, 1856:

The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Thursday 22, 1855:

The Pennsylvania State University is founded.

Monday 22, 1847:

5,000 American troops drive off 15,000 Mexican.

Monday 22, 1819:

By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.

Saturday 22, 1744:

The Battle of Toulon begins.

Sunday 22, 1632:

Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.

Friday 22, 1495:

King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.

Sunday 22, 1288:

Nicholas IV becomes Pope.

Saturday 22, 1281:

Martin IV becomes Pope.

Tuesday 22, 2005:

2005- Milford, Connecticut's Mayor James Richetelli Jr. named February 22nd, 2005 as Christy Carlson Romano Day. She also received the "Connecticut's Finest Citizen Award" the same day.

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