TODAY IN HISTORY

FEB 22ND

1371-Robert II succeeded to the throne of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.

1819-Spain ceded Florida to the United States.

1879-Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first "Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York.

1924-Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.

1935-Airplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.

1980-In a major upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets 4–3 at Lake Placid, N.Y.