02-21-2004, 07:37 PM
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February 22nd
1371 ~ Robert II succeeded to the throne of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
1732 ~ Birthday of George Washington, 1st President of the U.S.A.
1810 ~ Birthday of Frédéric Chopin , Pianist & Composer.
1857 ~ Birthday of Robert Baden-Powell, Chief Scout of the World.
1892 ~ Oscar Wilde's play, ’Lady Windermere's Fan’, first performed.
1950 ~ Walt Disney's animated movie ‘Cinderella’ opens.
1980 ~ The U.S. hockey team defeated the defending champion Soviet team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York.
(I watched that game, and I think I remember the magic of that afternoon!)
1989 ~ Tina Turner won the Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocalist.
1994 ~ Aldrich Ames, a CIA operative and Russian double agent, arrested for selling secrets to Russia.
1997 ~ Ian Wilmut and colleagues announced that an adult sheep, later name ‘Dolly’ had been successfully cloned.
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