February 22 Traditional Cache
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February 22nd
According to Wikipedia and other sources, on February 22nd:
1732 – George Washington, First President of the United States is born in Westmoreland County, VA.
1819 – By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
1856 – The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1862 – Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia.
1915 – During World War I, Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
1980 – Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3 and goes on to win the Gold Medal
by defeating Finland 4-2.
1997 – In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
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