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| February 22nd, 2006 | Event | At least six men stage Britain s biggest robbery ever, stealing ?53m (about $92.5 million or 78? million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent. |
| February 22nd, 2002 | Event | Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush. |
| February 22nd, 1997 | Event | In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned. |
| February 22nd, 1994 | Event | Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union. |
| February 22nd, 1986 | Event | Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines. |
| February 22nd, 1980 | Event | 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. |
| February 22nd, 1979 | Event | Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom. |
| February 22nd, 1974 | Event | Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit conference starts in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries are attending. Twenty-two heads of state and government participate. |
| February 22nd, 1974 | Event | Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon. |
| February 22nd, 1973 | Event | Cold War: Following United States President Richard Nixon s visit to the People s Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices. |
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