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| + | 1980: A young and inexperienced [[Directory:United States of America|U.S.]] hockey team upset the powerhouse Soviet Union at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, [[Directory:New York|N.Y.]] | ||
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| + | 2002: Jonas Savimbi, the Angolan resistance and rebel leader whose efforts to seize control of his country kept Angola in a state of civil war for 27 years, was killed by government troops. | ||
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| + | 1987: Pop-art icon Andy Warhol died in New York City following surgery. | ||
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| + | 1889: President Grover Cleveland signed into the law the Omnibus Bill, dividing the Dakota Territory into [[Directory:North Dakota|North Dakota]] and [[Directory:South Dakota|South Dakota]]. | ||
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| + | 1819: John Quincy Adams and Luis de Onís signed the Adams-Onís treaty, whereby [[Directory:Spain|Spain]] ceded [[Directory:Florida|Florida]] to the United States; the treaty, which also ended the so-called West Florida Controversy, went into force on Feb. 22, 1821. | ||
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| + | 1512: The Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci, the first to describe the Western Hemisphere as a previously unknown continent rather than as a part of [[Asia]] and whose name was given to the New World, died. | ||
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| + | [[Category:February]] [[Category:Days of the Year]] | ||
Revision as of 16:08, 22 February 2008
February 22 in history:
1980: A young and inexperienced U.S. hockey team upset the powerhouse Soviet Union at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.
2002: Jonas Savimbi, the Angolan resistance and rebel leader whose efforts to seize control of his country kept Angola in a state of civil war for 27 years, was killed by government troops.
1987: Pop-art icon Andy Warhol died in New York City following surgery.
1889: President Grover Cleveland signed into the law the Omnibus Bill, dividing the Dakota Territory into North Dakota and South Dakota.
1819: John Quincy Adams and Luis de Onís signed the Adams-Onís treaty, whereby Spain ceded Florida to the United States; the treaty, which also ended the so-called West Florida Controversy, went into force on Feb. 22, 1821.
1512: The Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci, the first to describe the Western Hemisphere as a previously unknown continent rather than as a part of Asia and whose name was given to the New World, died.
