On February 22nd in History
Part V
Part V
On February 22nd in 1987 - The Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of six major industrial countries (the G6 - Canada, France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States) met in Paris and agreed in the Louvre Accord to bring down the value of the dollar.
On February 22nd in 1990 - Former President Reagan's videotaped testimony for the trial of former national security adviser John Poindexter was released in Washington; in his deposition, Reagan said he never had "any inkling" his aides were secretly arming the Nicaraguan Contras.
On February 22nd in 1991 - President Bush and America’s Gulf War allies gave Iraq 24 hours to begin withdrawing from Kuwait, or face a final all-out attack. Iraq denounced the "shameful" US ultimatum, aligning itself with a Soviet peace plan the US had rejected.
On February 22nd in 1991 - The US invaded Kuwait in the Gulf War Desert Storm and quickly chased out the Iraqi forces. US soldiers may have been exposed to minute amounts of the nerve gas agent called Substance 33. Russia had developed the Novichok family of nerve gases that were designed to be undetectable by American instruments and they may have been in Iraqi hands at this time.
On February 22nd in 1991 - US soldiers were issued the drug pyridostigmine bromide (PB) to counter the effects of the nerve agents tabun and soman. The drug was prescribed at 3 pills per day, but produced a physical "rush" and was abused by many service people. It was later suspected as a cause of the symptoms of Gulf War syndrome. The drug was not fully approved by the FDA and military personnel were not informed of its effects. In 1999 a 2-year Rand analysis concluded that the drug pyridostigmine bromide could not be excluded as a contributor to Gulf War syndrome. The drug was given to as many as 300,000 US troops during the Persian gulf war.
On February 22nd in 1992 - President Bush renewed his attack on a Democratic tax plan, saying in a radio address that congressional Democrats were choosing "politics over duty."
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