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Today in History
Sunday, 22 February 2026
2006
At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery ever, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or 78€ million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
2002
Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
1997
In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned.
1995
The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
1994
Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
1986
Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
1985
Mohd saleem akhtar khan was born.
1983
The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
1980
Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3, in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
1979
Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom.
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