February 22
1371 - Robert II succeeded to the throne of Scotland, beginning the Stuart Dynasty.
1630 - English colonists in the Massachusetts Bay Colony first sampled popcorn brought to them by a Native American named Quadequina for their Thanksgiving celebration.
1732 - George Washington, the first president of the United States, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
1784 - A U.S. merchant ship, the Empress of China, left New York for the Far East to trade goods with China.
1819 - Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
1879 - Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first "Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York.
1924 - Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.
1935 - Airplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.
1967 - More than 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, aimed at smashing a Vietcong stronghold near the Cambodian border. (Although the communists were driven out, they later returned.)
1987 - Pop artist Andy Warhol died at a New York City hospital at age 58.
1997 - Scientists in Scotland announced they had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named “Dolly.” (Dolly, however, was later put down after a short life marred by premature aging and disease.)
2016 - The City Council of Charlotte, North Carolina, voted 7-4 to pass a new law allowing transgender people to choose public bathrooms that corresponded to their gender identity.
2021 - The number of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 topped 500,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
2022 - The East-West faceoff over Ukraine escalated dramatically, with Russian lawmakers authorizing President Vladimir Putin to use military force outside his country and U.S. President Joe Biden and European leaders responding by slapping sanctions on Russian oligarchs and banks. (Russia would invade Ukraine two days later.)
2022 - In Georgia, the three white men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting are found guilty of federal hate crimes for violating Arbery’s civil rights and targeting him because he was Black.
Birthdays
37 - Rajon Rondo (basketball player)
38 - Zach Roerig (actor)
48 - Liza Huber (actress)
48 - Drew Barrymore (actress/TV host)
49 - James Blunt (singer)
51 - Michael Chang (tennis player)
52 - Jose Solano (actor)
52 - Lea Salonga (actress/singer)
53 - Tamara Mello (actress)
54 - Clinton Kelly (TV host)
54 - Thomas Jane (actor)
55 - Jeri Ryan (actress)
56 - Paul Lieberstein (actor)
57 - Rachel Dratch (actress/comedian)
60 - Vijay Singh (golfer)
64 - Kyle MacLachlan (actor)
72 - Ellen Greene (actress)
73 - Julius Erving (basketball player)
73 - Julie Walters (actress)
75 - John Ashton (actor)
94 - James Hong (actor)
95 - Paul Dooley (actor)
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Today in Sports History - February 22
1860 - Organized baseball’s first game was played in San Francisco.
1959 - The inaugural Daytona 500 race was held; although Johnny Beauchamp was initially declared the winner, the victory was later awarded to Lee Petty.
1980 - In a major upset and one of the most iconic sports moments in American history, the United States men's hockey team upset the Soviet Union, 4-3, in the semifinals at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York in an event dubbed "The Miracle on Ice."
1985 - George Gervin (San Antonio Spurs) scored his 25,000th career point.
1992 - Don Nelson (Golden State) won his 700th games as a coach.
1993 - Glenn Anderson (Toronto Maple Leafs) became the 36th NHL player to score 1,000 points.
2013 - The Justice Department joined a lawsuit against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong alleging the former seven-time Tour de France champion had concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs and defrauded his longtime sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service.
2018 - The U.S. women’s hockey team won the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in South Korea, beating Canada 3-2 after a shootout tiebreaker.
2022 - U.S. women soccer players reached a landmark agreement with the sport’s American governing body to end a six-year legal battle over equal pay.
1371 - Robert II succeeded to the throne of Scotland, beginning the Stuart Dynasty.
1630 - English colonists in the Massachusetts Bay Colony first sampled popcorn brought to them by a Native American named Quadequina for their Thanksgiving celebration.
1732 - George Washington, the first president of the United States, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
1784 - A U.S. merchant ship, the Empress of China, left New York for the Far East to trade goods with China.
1819 - Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
1879 - Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first "Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York.
1924 - Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.
1935 - Airplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.
1967 - More than 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, aimed at smashing a Vietcong stronghold near the Cambodian border. (Although the communists were driven out, they later returned.)
1987 - Pop artist Andy Warhol died at a New York City hospital at age 58.
1997 - Scientists in Scotland announced they had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named “Dolly.” (Dolly, however, was later put down after a short life marred by premature aging and disease.)
2016 - The City Council of Charlotte, North Carolina, voted 7-4 to pass a new law allowing transgender people to choose public bathrooms that corresponded to their gender identity.
2021 - The number of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 topped 500,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
2022 - The East-West faceoff over Ukraine escalated dramatically, with Russian lawmakers authorizing President Vladimir Putin to use military force outside his country and U.S. President Joe Biden and European leaders responding by slapping sanctions on Russian oligarchs and banks. (Russia would invade Ukraine two days later.)
2022 - In Georgia, the three white men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting are found guilty of federal hate crimes for violating Arbery’s civil rights and targeting him because he was Black.
Birthdays
37 - Rajon Rondo (basketball player)
38 - Zach Roerig (actor)
48 - Liza Huber (actress)
48 - Drew Barrymore (actress/TV host)
49 - James Blunt (singer)
51 - Michael Chang (tennis player)
52 - Jose Solano (actor)
52 - Lea Salonga (actress/singer)
53 - Tamara Mello (actress)
54 - Clinton Kelly (TV host)
54 - Thomas Jane (actor)
55 - Jeri Ryan (actress)
56 - Paul Lieberstein (actor)
57 - Rachel Dratch (actress/comedian)
60 - Vijay Singh (golfer)
64 - Kyle MacLachlan (actor)
72 - Ellen Greene (actress)
73 - Julius Erving (basketball player)
73 - Julie Walters (actress)
75 - John Ashton (actor)
94 - James Hong (actor)
95 - Paul Dooley (actor)
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Today in Sports History - February 22
1860 - Organized baseball’s first game was played in San Francisco.
1959 - The inaugural Daytona 500 race was held; although Johnny Beauchamp was initially declared the winner, the victory was later awarded to Lee Petty.
1980 - In a major upset and one of the most iconic sports moments in American history, the United States men's hockey team upset the Soviet Union, 4-3, in the semifinals at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York in an event dubbed "The Miracle on Ice."
1985 - George Gervin (San Antonio Spurs) scored his 25,000th career point.
1992 - Don Nelson (Golden State) won his 700th games as a coach.
1993 - Glenn Anderson (Toronto Maple Leafs) became the 36th NHL player to score 1,000 points.
2013 - The Justice Department joined a lawsuit against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong alleging the former seven-time Tour de France champion had concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs and defrauded his longtime sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service.
2018 - The U.S. women’s hockey team won the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in South Korea, beating Canada 3-2 after a shootout tiebreaker.
2022 - U.S. women soccer players reached a landmark agreement with the sport’s American governing body to end a six-year legal battle over equal pay.
