Academic Kids:Selected anniversaries/February 22
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February 22: Independence Day in Saint Lucia (1979)
- 1819 - By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sold Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
- 1943 - Members of the White Rose Society were found guilty of treason and guillotined by the Nazi regime in Germany.
- 1956 - Heartbreak Hotel propelled Elvis Presley onto the music charts.
- 1980 - The United States defeated the Soviet Union in Olympic ice hockey – an unlikely victory dubbed the Miracle on Ice.
- 1997 - Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced the birth of a cloned sheep named Dolly.
Recent days: February 21 – February 20 – February 19