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Today in History: Monday, February\u00a0 22, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Feb. 22, 1732, George Washington, the first president of the United States, was born in the Virginia Colony.
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1819<\/td>\nSpain ceded Florida to the United States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1862<\/td>\nJefferson Davis was inaugurated as president of the Confederacy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1865<\/td>\nTennessee adopted a new constitution abolishing slavery.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1879<\/td>\nFrank Winfield Woolworth opened a five-cent store in Utica, N.Y.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1924<\/td>\nCalvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1932<\/td>\nSen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., was born in Boston, the youngest child of Joseph P. and Rose Kennedy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1935<\/td>\nIt became illegal for airplanes to fly over the White House.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1959<\/td>\nThe inaugural Daytona 500 race was held in Daytona Beach, Fla.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nThe U.S. hockey team beat the Soviets 4-3 In a stunning upset at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Audio<\/a><\/td>\nABC announcer Al Michaels calls the final seconds of the game.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2001<\/td>\nA U.N. war crimes tribunal convicted three Bosnian Serbs on charges of rape and torture in the first case of wartime sexual enslavement to go before an international court.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nInsurgents destroyed the golden dome of one of Iraq’s holiest Shiite shrines, the Askariya mosque in Samarra, setting off a spasm of sectarian violence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2011<\/td>\nA magnitude-6.1 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, killed 184 people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nSomali pirates shot to death four Americans taken hostage on their yacht several hundred miles south of Oman.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Drew Barrymore turns 41 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Jonathan Demme<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julius Erving<\/td>\nBasketball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Frist<\/td>\nFormer Senate majority leader<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Axelrod<\/td>\nFormer White House adviser<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vijay Singh<\/td>\nGolfer<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pat Lafontaine<\/td>\nHockey Hall of Famer<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel Dratch<\/td>\nActress, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”)<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeri Ryan<\/td>\nActress (“Boston Public”)<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clinton Kelly<\/td>\nTV host (“The Chew,” “What Not to Wear”)<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Chang<\/td>\nTennis Hall of Famer<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James Blunt<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Kyle MacLachlan turns 57 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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