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February 22nd Today's Highlights in History

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« on: February 22, 2010, 07:01:54 am »

Monday, February 22nd
The 053rd day of 2010.
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Today's Highlights in History

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   On Feb. 22, 1980, in a stunning upset, the United States Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets at Lake Placid, N.Y., 4-to-3. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.) (Go to article.)

On Feb. 22, 1892, Edna St. Vincent Millay, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who personified romantic rebellion, was born. Following her death on Oct. 19, 1950, her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
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   On February 22, 1890, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about voting reform. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1732    George Washington, the first president of the United States, was born in the Virginia Colony.

1819    Spain ceded Florida to the United States.

1865    Tennessee adopted a new constitution abolishing slavery.

1879    Frank Winfield Woolworth opened a five-cent store in Utica, N.Y.

1924    Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.

1932    Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., was born in Boston, the youngest child of Joseph P. and Rose Kennedy.

1935    It became illegal for airplanes to fly over the White House.

1959    The inaugural Daytona 500 race was held in Daytona Beach, Fla.

1987    Pop artist Andy Warhol died at age 58.

1993    The U.N. Security Council approved creation of an international war crimes tribunal to punish those responsible for atrocities in the former Yugoslavia.

1994    The Justice Department charged 31-year CIA veteran Aldrich Ames and his wife, Rosario, with selling national security secrets to the Soviet Union.

2001    A U.N. war crimes tribunal convicted three Bosnian Serbs on charges of **** and torture in the first case of wartime sexual enslavement to go before an international court.

2002    San Diego police arrested David Westerfield in the disappearance of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam. (Westerfield was later convicted of kidnapping and murder and sentenced to death.)

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.

Current Birthdays

Drew Barrymore turns 35 years old today.

AP Photo/Chris Pizzello Actress Drew Barrymore turns 35 years old today.


92    Don Pardo
TV announcer ("Saturday Night Live")

76    Sparky Anderson
Hall of Fame baseball manager

66    Jonathan Demme
Director

60    Julius Erving
Basketball Hall of Famer

58    Bill Frist
Former Senate majority leader

51    Kyle MacLachlan
Actor ("Twin Peaks")

47    Vijay Singh
Golfer

45    Pat Lafontaine
Hockey Hall of Famer

44    Rachel Dratch
Actress, comedian ("Saturday Night Live")

42    Jeri Ryan
Actress ("Boston Public")

38    Michael Chang
Tennis Hall of Famer

33    James Blunt
Singer

Historic Birthdays

Edna St. Vincent Millay

2/22/1892 - 10/19/1950
American poet and dramatist
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58    Charles VII
2/22/1403 - 7/22/1461
King of France from 1422 to 1461

67    George Washington
2/22/1732 - 12/14/1799
American general and first president of U.S.

82    Rembrandt Peale
2/22/1778 - 10/3/1860
American painter, writer and portraitist

72    Arthur Schopenhauer
2/22/1788 - 9/21/1860
German philosopher

72    James Russell Lowell
2/22/1819 - 8/12/1891
American poet, critic, essayist and diplomat

73    August Bebel
2/22/1840 - 8/13/1913
German co-founder of the Social Democratic Party

77    Bill Klem
2/22/1874 - 9/16/1951
American National League baseball umpire

90    David Dubinsky
2/22/1892 - 9/17/1982
Russian-bn. American labor leader

83    Luis Bunuel
2/22/1900 - 7/29/1983
Spanish director and filmmaker

91    Sean O'Faolain
2/22/1900 - 4/20/1991
Irish short-story writer and teacher

80    Peter Hurd
2/22/1904 - 7/9/1984
American painter, printmaker and illustrator

73    Giulietta Masina
2/22/1921 - 3/23/1994
Italian motion-picture actress


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