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'''February 22''' in history:

'''February 22''' in history:

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.]]

* 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.]]

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.

* 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.

* 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 [[Directory:North Dakota|North Dakota]] and [[Directory:South Dakota|South Dakota]].

* 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]].

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.

* 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.

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.

* 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.

[[Category:February]] [[Category:Days of the Year]]

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