February
22
Independence
Day
Saint Lucia : February 22 1979
February
22
Independence Day of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom (1979).
Washington's Birthday, celebrate George Washington's birthday
on February 11, 1732. The different date is caused by the form
of Julian calendar. (United States)
World Thinking Day, also known as "B.-P. day" or "Founder's
Day" (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)
Events
February
22
1819 – By
the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States
for five million U.S. dollars.
1848 – The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the
establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
1879 – In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of
many of 5 and dime Woolworth stores.
1904 – The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on
the South Orkney Islands to Argentina, the islands are subsequently
claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
1948 – Communist revolution in Czechoslovakia.
1958 – Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
1979 – Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom.
1986 – Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
1997 – In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult
sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
2011 – An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch,
New Zealand, killing 185 people.
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