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February 22nd - Moment in World History

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World Thinking Day, also known as "B.-P. day" or "Founder's Day", the shared birthday of the Scouts' founder Sir Robert Baden-Powell and his wife Lady Olave Baden-Powell, the World Chief Guide. (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)

Significant events

1819 - By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars

1997 - In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned

 

Births

1857 - Robert Baden-Powell, English founder of the Scout movement (d. 1941)

1928 - Bruce Forsyth, British entertainer

1949 - Niki Lauda, Austrian race car driver and entrepreneur

1962 - Steve Irwin, Australian herpetologist (d. 2006)

1974 - Chris Moyles, English DJ

1975 - Drew Barrymore, American actress

 

Information courtesy of wikipedia.com

 

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