On February 22nd in History
Part VII
Part VII
On February 22nd in 1998 - In Iraq UN Sec.-Gen’l. Kofi Annan managed to secure an agreement from Saddam Hussein to allow the inspection process to proceed.
On February 22nd in 2000 - Sen. John McCain beat Gov. George W. Bush in the Michigan primary 50-43% and in the Arizona primary 60-30%.
On February 22nd in 2000 - Over 200 truckers gathered in Washington DC to protest high diesel prices.
On February 22nd in 2001 - President Bush held his first full-fledged presidential news conference, in which he defended his tax-cutting and budget-tightening plans and gave FBI director Louis Freeh a vote of confidence following the arrest of veteran agent Robert Hanssen on spying charges.
On February 22nd in 2002 - The California state Supreme Court struck down the “Son of Sam” law that required felons to turn over profits from books and movies to their victims.
On February 22nd in 2002 - An Alabama jury found Monsanto and its corporate successors (Solutia Inc.) guilty of releasing tons of PCBs in Anniston between 1935-1979. In 2004 some 18,447 plaintiffs were scheduled to an average of $7,725, while 27 lawyers were scheduled to receive over $4 million each.
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