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What happened in history on this day: February 22?
On February 22 in ...
- 1784 - First US ship to trade with China, Empress of China, sails from New York.
- 1819 - Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onís Treaty).
- 1821 - Spain sells (east) Florida to United States for $5 million.
- 1854 - First meeting of the Republican Party, in Michigan.
- 1860 - Shoe-making workers of Lynn, Mississippi, strike successfully for higher wages.
- 1864 - Battle at Dalton, Georgia.
- 1864 - Second and last day of Battle of Okolona, Mississippi.
- 1864 - Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee.
- 1865 - Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery.
- 1865 - Battle of Wilmington, North Carolina (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals.
- 1870 - US naval commander Thomas Selfridge begins a survey of the Isthmus of Darien in Nicaragua, at Caledonia Bay, as potential site for a canal.
- 1872 - First national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus, Ohio).
- 1872 - Labor Reform Party forms at Columbus, Ohio.
- 1876 - Johns Hopkins University opens.
- 1878 - Greenback Labor Party forms (Toledo, Ohio).
- 1879 - First 5 and 10 cent store opened by Frank W Woolworth in Utica, New York.
- 1887 - Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- 1888 - John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers, New York).
- 1889 - US President Grover Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana and Washington state.
- 1898 - Black postmaster is lynched, and his wife and three daughters are shot in Lake City, South Carolina.
- 1903 - Due to drought the US side of Niagara Falls runs short of water.
- 1909 - Great White Fleet, first US fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia.
- 1920 - In Emeryville, New York, the first dog race track to employ an imitation rabbit opens.
- 1923 - First successful chinchilla farm in US (Los Angeles, California).
- 1923 - The United States begins the first transcontinental air mail route.
- 1932 - Purple Heart award re-instituted.
- 1935 - Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House.
- 1944 - US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die.
- 1958 - Michael Todd, film magnate, killed in a New Mexico air crash.
- 1963 - US President John Kennedy issues Executive Order creating the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- 1967 - 25,000 American and South Vietnamese troops launch Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border.
- 1972 - US President Richard Nixon meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing.
- 1973 - US and China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing and Washington DC.
- 1978 - Two tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tennessee.
- 1979 - Cleveland (Ohio) Metroparks Zoo's Primate and Cat Building is dedicated.
- 1979 - Last ever meeting of annual Assay Commission at US Mint in Philadelphia.
- 1989 - First Spanish commercial on US network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award).
- 1989 - New York Lotto pays US$26.9 million to one winner (numbers are 1-5-12-19-44-50).
- 1989 - United Kingdom physicist Stephen Hawking calls US Strategic Defence Initiative a "deliberate fraud".
- 1989 - US authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdie, author of Satanic Verses.
- 1991 - US President George H.W. Bush and US Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal.
- 1991 - Kelli McCarty, 21, (Kansas), crowned 40th Miss USA.
- 1992 - Barry Diller resigns as CEO of Fox.
- 1994 - Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged with spying for the Soviet Union by the United States Department of Justice.
- 1996 - Disney launches the Disney.com web site on the Internet. Primary purpose of the site is to provide travel info on Disneyland and Walt Disney World, and to promote Disney merchandise.
Births on February 22
- 1891 - Birth of "Chico" Marx in New York City, New York, USA; actor/comedian (Marx Brothers, Animal Crackers).
- 1896 - Birth of Enid Markey in Dillon, Colorado, USA; actress (Aunt Violet - Bringing Up Buddy).
- 1899 - Birth of Dwight Frye in Salina, Kansas, USA; actor (Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein).
- 1901 - Birth of Charles E Whittaker in Kansas, USA; US Supreme Court justice (1957-62).
- 1901 - Birth of Mildred Davis in Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Grandma's Boy).
- 1907 - Birth of Robert Young in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby M.D.).
- 1907 - Birth of Sheldon Leonard in New York City, New York, USA; actor/director (Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie).
- 1915 - Birth of Dan Seymour in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (We the People, Sing it Again).
- 1918 - Birth of Dominick George Pardo AKA Don Pardo in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA; TV announcer (Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live).
- 1918 - Birth of Robert Wadlow in Alton, Illinois, USA; tallest known human (2.72m, 8 feet 11.1 inches).
- 1925 - Birth of Edward Gorey in Chicago, Illinois, USA; author/artist (The Curious Sofa).
- 1925 - Birth of Guy Mitchell [Albert George Cernick] in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor/singer (Red Garters, Three Redheads from Seattle).
- 1927 - Birth of Donald May in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Adam - Edge of Night, Colt .45).
- 1928 - Birth of Paul Dooley in Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA; actor (Sixteen Candles, Strange Brew, Wedding).
- 1930 - Birth of Allison Hayes in Washington, USA; actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman).
- 1934 - Birth of George "Sparky" Anderson in South Dakota, USA; baseball manager (Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers).
- 1934 - Birth of Thomas Paul in Chicago, Illinois, USA; bass (New York City Opera 1963-70).
- 1937 - Birth of Tommy Aaron in Gainesville, Georgia, USA; PGA golfer (1973 Masters, 1969 Canadian Open).
- 1944 - Birth of E J Peaker in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; actress (That's Life).
- 1944 - Birth of Jonathan Demme in Baldwin, New York, USA; actor/director (Caged Heat, Swing Shift).
- 1949 - Birth of Leslie Charleson in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actress (Monica - General Hospital).
- 1950 - Birth of Ellen Greene in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer/actress (Little Shoppe of Horrors, One Fine Day).
- 1952 - Birth of James Philip Bagian in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; MDPE/astronaut (STS 29, STS 40).
- 1952 - Birth of Wayne John Levi in Little Falls, New York, USA; PGA golfer (1983 Buick Open).
- 1956 - Birth of Amy Alcott in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; LPGA golfer (1983 Nabisco Dinah Shore, Vare Trophy 1980, 1983).
- 1958 - Birth of Kyle MacLachlan in Yakima, Washington, USA; actor (Blue Velvet, Dune, Twin Peaks, The Hidden).
- 1961 - Birth of Marla O'Hara in Gardena, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Santa Cruz-third-1991).
- 1962 - Birth of Lenda Murray in Detroit, Michigan, USA; body builder (four times Ms Olympia).
- 1963 - Birth of Dave Besteman in Madison, Wisconsin, USA; speed skater (Olympics-1994).
- 1964 - Birth of Gigi Fernandez [Beatriz] in San Juan, Puerto Rico; US tennis star (Olympics-gold-1996, 1988 US Open Doubles).
- 1964 - Birth of James Wlcek in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Trent - Walker Texas Ranger, Linc - As the World Turns).
- 1965 - Birth of Pat LaFontaine in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; NHL center (Olympics-1984, New York Islanders, New York Rangers).
- 1966 - Birth of Sheila Riggins in Trussville, Alabama, USA; Miss Alabama-America (1990).
- 1969 - Birth of Leslie Spalding in Billings, Montana, USA; golfer (Montana Women's Amateur-1990, 1991).
- 1971 - Birth of Lisa Fernandez in Lakewood, California, USA; softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Christin Didier; Miss Montana-USA (1997).
- 1972 - Birth of Michael Chang in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA; tennis star (1989 French Open).
- 1973 - Birth of Ntala Skinner in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA; biathlete (Olympics-1994).
- 1975 - Birth of Drew Barrymore in Los Angeles, California; actress (ET, Firestarter, Poison Ivy, Altered States).
- 1975 - Birth of Gregory Maddalone in Schenectady, New York, USA; dance skater (and Demkowski).
- 1979 - Birth of David Lopez in Queens, New York; actor (And God Created Women, Ghostwriter).
Deaths on February 22
- 1965 - Death of Felix Frankfurter in Washington, D.C.; co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (1920), Supreme Court justice (1939-1962), recipient of the Medal of Freedom (1963).
- 1973 - Winthrop Rockefeller, US Governor (Arkansas), dies at age 60.
- 1978 - Phyllis McGinley, US poetess (Pulitzer 1961), dies at age 72.
- 1982 - Murray "the K" Kaufman, New York City disc jockey (The 5th Beatle), dies at age 60.
- 1984 - Death of Jessamyn West, American writer (born 1902).
- 1987 - Andy Warhol, American pop artist/director/writer, dies from complications following gall bladder surgery at age 58 (born 1928).
- 1987 - Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens), dies at age 85.
- 1994 - "Papa" John Creach, American jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at age 76 (born 1917).
- 1998 - Sandy Hume, correspondent (Fox News), commits suicide at age 28.
- 1998 - Death of Abraham Alexander Ribicoff, American Democratic Party politician (born 1910).
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