COLD WAR: US - CHINA
FEBRUARY 22, 1973 : Henry Kissinger announces to newsmen at the White House that the U.S. and China will establish 'liaison offices'...
read more.....THE US ACQUIRES SPANISH FLORIDA
FEBRUARY 22, 1819 : Spanish minister Do Luis de Onis and U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams sign the Florida Purchase Treaty, in which...
read more.....MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR - BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA
FEBRUARY 22, 1797 : U.S. Gen Zachary Taylor's troops defeat Mexican armed forces led by Gen. Santa Anna at the Angostura Pass in Mexico.
read more.....MIRACLE ON ICE
FEBRUARY 22, 1980 : The 'Miracle on Ice' takes place in Lake Placid, New York, as the United States Olympic hockey team upset the...
read more.....FIRST REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
FEBRUARY 22, 1856 : The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention at Lafayette Hall in Pittsburgh.
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