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Historical Events for 22nd February 2024


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1415 - English King Henry V lays the foundation stone for Syon Abbey for nuns of the Bridgettine Order. Became one of the wealthiest abbeys in England.
1633 - St. Peter's Baldachin, the cathedral's sculptural centerpiece, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is inaugurated by Pope Urban VIII in Rome
1922 - London issues a unilateral declaration of Egyptian independence
1935 - Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House
1941 - German assault on El Agheila Libya
1945 - British troops take Ramree Island, Burma
1956 - 1st English soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United
1989 - UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls the proposed missile defense system known as Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"
1998 - Petr Svoboda scores the winner as the Czech Republic claims its first ever Olympic ice hockey gold medal with a 1-0 victory over Russia in Nagano, Japan
2014 - Snowboard Olympic parallel special slalom event debuts and is run for the only time at the Sochi Winter Games; Russian Vic Wild and Julia Dujmovits of Canada win unique gold medals

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44 years since "The Miracle On Ice".....still get goosebumps with this one......many don't know this was only a semi-final game.....the US hockey team went on to win the final against Finland two days later......the video never gets old.....

 

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