February 22
Today is the 53rd day of 2017, there are 312 days left in the year.
1371 - Robert II succeeded to the throne of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
1732 - George Washington, the first president of the United States, was born in Westmoreland County in the Virginia colony.
1819 - Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
1862 - Jefferson Davis, already the provisional president of the Confederacy, was inaugurated for a six-year term following his November 1861 election.
1865 - Tennessee adopted a new constitution abolishing slavery.
1879 - Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first "Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York.
1909 - The Great White Fleet, a naval task force went on a round-the-world voyage by President Theodore Roosevelt, returned after more than a year at sea.
1924 - Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.
1932 - Sen. Edward Kennedy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest child of Joseph P. and Rose Kennedy.
1935 - Airplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.
1940 - The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was enthroned at age four in Lhasa, Tibet.
1967 - More than 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, aimed at smashing a Viet Cong stronghold near the Cambodian border. (Although the Communists were driven out, they later returned.)
1974 - Pakistan officially recognized the independence of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan).
1987 - Pop artist Andy Warhol died in New York City at age 58.
1997 - Scientists in Scotland announced they had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly".
2001 - A U.N. war crimes tribunal convicted three Bosnian Serbs on charges of rape and torture in the first case of wartime sexual enslavement to go before an international court.
2006 - Insurgents destroyed the golden dome of one of Iraq's holiest Shiite shrines, the Askariya mosque in Samarra, setting off a spasm of sectarian violence.
2011 - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake in New Zealand killed 184 people.
2011 - Somali pirates shot to death four Americans taken hostage on their yacht several hundred miles south of Oman.
Birthdays
21 - Cole Pendery (singer)
22 - Michael Johnston (actor)
23 - Nam Joo-hyuk (actor)
26 - Khalil Mack (football player)
29 - Ximena Navarrete (model/Miss Universe)
31 - Rajon Rondo (basketball player)
32 - Gloria Govan (reality star)
32 - Zach Roerig (actor)
39 - Gus Sorola (actor)
42 - Drew Barrymore (actress)
43 - James Blunt (singer)
46 - Lea Salonga (actress)
48 - Clinton Kelly (TV host)
67 - Julie Walters (actress)
67 - Julius Erving (basketball player)
89 - Bruce Forsyth (game show host)
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Today in Sports History - February 22
1860 - Organized baseball's first game was played in San Francisco, California.
1888 - John Reid of Scotland demonstrates the game of golf to Americans in Yonkers, New York.
1959 - The inaugural Daytona 500 was held; although Johnny Beauchamp was initially declared the winner, the victory was later awarded to Lee Petty.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors attempted a record 34 free throws in a game against the St. Louis Hawks.
1980 - In a major upset, the "Miracle on Ice" took pace as the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 at the Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. The Soviets had been undefeated in Olympic hockey competition since 1968.
1985 - George Gervin of the San Antonio Spurs scored his 25,000th career point in the NBA.
1992 - Don Nelson of the Golden State Warriors won his 700th game as a head coach.
1993 - Glenn Anderson of the Toronto Maple Leafs became the 36th player in NHL history to score 1,000 points.
1995 - The NFL and CBS Radio agreed to a new four-year contract for an annual 53-game package of games.
1998 - The 18th Winter Olympic Games come to a close in Nagano, Japan. Germany won the most medals at the games with 29, while the U.S. finished sixth with 13 medals. Germany also won the most golds with 12; the U.S. took home six golds for a a fifth place finish in that category.
2003 - In his first fight after losing to Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson defeats Clifford Etienne by first round knock out in Memphis, Tennessee.
Today is the 53rd day of 2017, there are 312 days left in the year.
1371 - Robert II succeeded to the throne of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
1732 - George Washington, the first president of the United States, was born in Westmoreland County in the Virginia colony.
1819 - Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
1862 - Jefferson Davis, already the provisional president of the Confederacy, was inaugurated for a six-year term following his November 1861 election.
1865 - Tennessee adopted a new constitution abolishing slavery.
1879 - Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first "Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York.
1909 - The Great White Fleet, a naval task force went on a round-the-world voyage by President Theodore Roosevelt, returned after more than a year at sea.
1924 - Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.
1932 - Sen. Edward Kennedy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest child of Joseph P. and Rose Kennedy.
1935 - Airplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.
1940 - The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was enthroned at age four in Lhasa, Tibet.
1967 - More than 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, aimed at smashing a Viet Cong stronghold near the Cambodian border. (Although the Communists were driven out, they later returned.)
1974 - Pakistan officially recognized the independence of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan).
1987 - Pop artist Andy Warhol died in New York City at age 58.
1997 - Scientists in Scotland announced they had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly".
2001 - A U.N. war crimes tribunal convicted three Bosnian Serbs on charges of rape and torture in the first case of wartime sexual enslavement to go before an international court.
2006 - Insurgents destroyed the golden dome of one of Iraq's holiest Shiite shrines, the Askariya mosque in Samarra, setting off a spasm of sectarian violence.
2011 - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake in New Zealand killed 184 people.
2011 - Somali pirates shot to death four Americans taken hostage on their yacht several hundred miles south of Oman.
Birthdays
21 - Cole Pendery (singer)
22 - Michael Johnston (actor)
23 - Nam Joo-hyuk (actor)
26 - Khalil Mack (football player)
29 - Ximena Navarrete (model/Miss Universe)
31 - Rajon Rondo (basketball player)
32 - Gloria Govan (reality star)
32 - Zach Roerig (actor)
39 - Gus Sorola (actor)
42 - Drew Barrymore (actress)
43 - James Blunt (singer)
46 - Lea Salonga (actress)
48 - Clinton Kelly (TV host)
67 - Julie Walters (actress)
67 - Julius Erving (basketball player)
89 - Bruce Forsyth (game show host)
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Today in Sports History - February 22
1860 - Organized baseball's first game was played in San Francisco, California.
1888 - John Reid of Scotland demonstrates the game of golf to Americans in Yonkers, New York.
1959 - The inaugural Daytona 500 was held; although Johnny Beauchamp was initially declared the winner, the victory was later awarded to Lee Petty.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors attempted a record 34 free throws in a game against the St. Louis Hawks.
1980 - In a major upset, the "Miracle on Ice" took pace as the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 at the Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. The Soviets had been undefeated in Olympic hockey competition since 1968.
1985 - George Gervin of the San Antonio Spurs scored his 25,000th career point in the NBA.
1992 - Don Nelson of the Golden State Warriors won his 700th game as a head coach.
1993 - Glenn Anderson of the Toronto Maple Leafs became the 36th player in NHL history to score 1,000 points.
1995 - The NFL and CBS Radio agreed to a new four-year contract for an annual 53-game package of games.
1998 - The 18th Winter Olympic Games come to a close in Nagano, Japan. Germany won the most medals at the games with 29, while the U.S. finished sixth with 13 medals. Germany also won the most golds with 12; the U.S. took home six golds for a a fifth place finish in that category.
2003 - In his first fight after losing to Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson defeats Clifford Etienne by first round knock out in Memphis, Tennessee.
