February 22 - This day in History

February 22: General Interest
1980: U.S. hockey team makes miracle on ice

In one of the most dramatic upsets in Olympic history, the underdog U.S. hockey team, made up of college players, defeats the four-time defending gold-medal winning Soviet team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in... read more


American Revolution
1777 : Archibald Bulloch dies under mysterious circumstances
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archibald-bulloch-dies-under-mysterious-circumstances


Automotive
1959 : Lee Petty wins first Daytona 500
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lee-petty-wins-first-daytona-500


Civil War
1864 : Rebels rout Yankees at the Battle of West Point
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-west-point-mississippi


Cold War
1946 : George Kennan sends "long telegram" to State Department
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-kennan-sends-long-telegram-to-state-department


Crime
2006 : Gang commits largest robbery in British history
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gang-commits-largest-robbery-in-british-history

2014 : World's most-wanted drug kingpin is captured in Mexico
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worlds-most-wanted-drug-kingpin-is-captured-in-mexico


Disaster
1998 : Deadly tornadoes rip through central Florida
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/deadly-tornadoes-rip-through-central-florida


General Interest
1819 : The U.S. acquires Spanish Florida
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-us-acquires-spanish-florida

1847 : Battle of Buena Vista begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-buena-vista-begins

1967 : Suharto takes full power in Indonesia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/suharto-takes-full-power-in-indonesia

1968 : Tet Offensive ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tet-offensive-ends


Hollywood
1975 : Actress Drew Barrymore born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/actress-drew-barrymore-born


Literary
1892 : Edna St. Vincent Millay is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/edna-st-vincent-millay-is-born


Music
1990 : Milli Vanilli win the Best New Artist Grammy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/milli-vanilli-win-the-best-new-artist-grammy


Old West
1918 : Montana passes law against sedition
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/montana-passes-law-against-sedition


Presidential
1732 : George Washington is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-washington-is-born


Sports
1980 : U.S. hockey pulls off Miracle on Ice
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-hockey-pulls-off-miracle-on-ice


Vietnam War
1965 : Westmoreland asks for Marines
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/westmoreland-asks-for-marines

1967 : Operation Junction City begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-junction-city-begins


World War I
1917 : Mussolini wounded by mortar bomb
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mussolini-wounded-by-mortar-bomb


World War II
1942 : President Roosevelt to MacArthur: Get out of the Philippines
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-roosevelt-to-macarthur-get-out-of-the-philippines