Today in History

Today in History Today is Monday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2021. There are 312 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 22, 1980, the “Miracle on Ice” took place in Lake Placid, New York, as the United States Olympic hockey team upset the Soviets, 4-3. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.) On this date: In 1732 (New Style date), the first president of the United States, George Washington, was born in Westmoreland County in the Virginia Colony. In 1889, President Grover Cleveland signed an enabling act paving the way for the Dakotas, Montana and Washington to become states. In 1959, the inaugural Daytona 500 race was held; although Johnny Beauchamp was initially declared the winner, the victory was later awarded to Lee Petty. In 1967, more than 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, aimed at smashing a Vietcong stronghold near the Cambodian border. (Although the communists were driven out, they later...

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