Tuesday, February 22, 2011

February 22

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1632 Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published. Built to Spill Center of the Universe Keep it Like a Secret
2 1856 The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Strokes Meet Me in the Bathroom Room on Fire
3 1879 In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and dime Woolworth stores. Current Two and a Dime Discography
4 1889 President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states. Stereophonics Dakota Language. Sex. Violence. Other?
5 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. The Good, the Bad, and the Queen Kingdom of Doom The Good, the Bad, and the Queen
6 1980 Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3, in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history. Spoon The Underdog Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
7 1997 In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned. Louis Armstrong Hello, Dolly! Hello, Dolly!

(Historical facts about February 22 are from Wikipedia.)

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