February 22

On This Day In History
	1997: Cloning of Dolly On this day in 1997, a team of British scientists working under the direction of Ian Wilmut at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh announced the birth of Dolly the sheep, the first clone of an adult mammal.
Ian Wilmut with Dolly, the world's first cloned mammal
Biography Of The Day
	George Washington Called the "Father of His Country," George Washington, general and commander in chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution (1775–83) and first president of the United States (1789–97), was born this day in 1732
George Washington, oil painting by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1796; in the White House
More Events On This Day In History
	1980 During the 1980 Winter Olympics, against the backdrop of the Cold War, the U.S. ice hockey team defeated the favoured Soviet team in one of the greatest upsets in the history of the Olympic Games.
	1932 The Purple Heart, a U.S. military decoration originally instituted by George Washington in 1782 to honour bravery in battle, was revived as an award for those wounded or killed in action against an enemy.
	1847 U.S. General Zachary Taylor led troops against a Mexican force commanded by General Antonio López de Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista.
1680	1680 Catherine Deshayes, Madame Monvoisin—known as "La Voisin"—was executed in Paris for her involvement in the Affair of the Poisons.
	896 Arnulf was crowned Holy Roman emperor by Pope Formosus, who declared the previous emperor, Lambert, deposed.