What happend on 22nd February

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2002

A MH-47E Chinook helicopter crashes into the ocean near the Philippines, killing all 10 aboard.

2001

Martin IV becomes Pope.

1997

In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned.

1994

Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.

1980

The United States ice hockey team defeats the Soviet Union team at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in an upset dubbed the "Miracle on Ice".

1979

Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom.

1973

Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to China, the United States and the People's Republic of China agree to establish liaison offices.

1969

Barbara Jo Rubin wins a United States thoroughbred horse race making history as the first woman to do so.

1959

Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.

1958

Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.