Sunday, February 22, 2009

This Day in History for February 22

1819 Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
1865 Tennessee adopted a new constitution abolishing slavery.
1879 Frank Winfield Woolworth opened a five-cent store in Utica, N.Y.
1924 Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.
1932 Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., was born in Boston, the youngest child of Joseph P. and Rose Kennedy.
1935 It became illegal for airplanes to fly over the White House.
1959 The inaugural Daytona 500 race was held in Daytona Beach, Fla.
1980 In a stunning upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets 4-3 at Lake Placid, N.Y.

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