On This Very Day
February 22nd
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- 1784
'Empress of China' becomes the first US ship to trade with China, sailing from NY.
- 1909
Great White Fleet, first US fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia.
- 1933
Malcolm Campbell sets world land speed record of 272.46 mph at Daytona Beach.
- 1980
'Miracle on Ice': US ice hockey team defeats Soviet Union, 4-3, at Lake Placid Olympics. View Post →
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- 2016
10 million people in Delhi without water due to caste protests damaging the Munak canal.
- 1732
Birth of George Washington, first President of the United States.
- 1987
Andy Warhol, renowned American artist, dies.
- 1630
Quadequine introduces popcorn to English colonists at their first Thanksgiving dinner.
- 1855
US Congress appropriates $200,000 for the Washington Monument, later tabled.
- 1859
US President Buchanan approves Act to incorporate the Washington National Monument Society.
- 1984
US Census shows Alaska as the fastest growing state of the decade.
- 1819
The US acquires Spanish Florida.
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