Feb 22 1980 In a stunning upset, the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Team at the Lake Placid Olympics Feb 22 1966 Dinsdale Piranha, becoming suspicious that Spiny Norman, a giant hedgehog, was sleeping in a hangar at Luton Airport, blows up the airport with a nuclear weapon. 'Even the police began to sit up and take notice.' (From Monty Python's Flying Circus) Feb 22 1962 Steve Irwin, Croc Hunter and wildelife advocate is born in Essendon, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia Feb 22 1924 President Calvin Coolidge delivers the first presidential broadcast from the White House Feb 22 1879 Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first store in Utica, New York, where it was a failure. Moving to Lancaster, PA, improved sales Feb 22 1819 Spain relinquishes all claims to its colonies east of the Mississippi, in particular those in Florida. This due in great part to Andrew Jackson using the Seminole War as an excuse to take Spanish forts and cities in Florida Feb 22 1815 The USS Constitution encounters the British light frigate Cyane and the corvette Levant. By incredible seamanship the Constitution takes both ships

Feb 22 1975 Drew Barrymore, actress Feb 22 1968 Jeri Ryan, actress who plays Seven of Nine in the TV series Star Trek: Voyager, is born in Munich, Germany Feb 22 1932 Edward (Ted) Kennedy, politician Feb 22 1930 Marni Nixon, singer who sang for for Audrey Hepburn in 'My Fair Lady', for Natalie Wood in 'West Side Story', and for Deborah Kerr in 'The King and I' Feb 22 1925 Edward Gorey, slightly morbid cartoonist Feb 22 1907 Robert Young, actor Feb 22 1900 Luis Bunuel, film director, is born in Spain Feb 22 1892 Edna St. Vincent Millay, the American poet, is born in Rockland Maine Feb 22 1838 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, who found hydrogen in the sun Feb 22 1732 George Washington, the 1st president of the United States, is born in Westmoreland Co., VA