February 22, 2017

February 22nd in History Part VIII


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On February 22nd in 1979 St Lucia gains independence from Britain

On February 22nd in 1980 Afghanistan declares martial law

On February 22nd in 1982 NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for NY governor (unsuccessful)

On February 22nd in 1983 Harold Washington wins Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary

On February 22nd in 1983 Hindus kill 3000 Muslims in Assam, India

On February 22nd in 1989 NY Lotto pays $26.9 million to one winner (#s are 1-5-12-19-44-50)

On February 22nd in 1989 UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"

On February 22nd in 1989 US authors demonstrate against Iranian death threats against Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses"

On February 22nd in 1989 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award)

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