February 22

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Lead Story
U.S. hockey team makes miracle on ice, 1980
American Revolution
Archibald Bulloch dies under mysterious circumstances, 1777
Automotive
Lee Petty wins first Daytona 500, 1959
Civil War
Rebels rout Yankees at the Battle of West Point, 1864
Cold War
George Kennan sends "long telegram" to State Department, 1946
Crime
Gang commits largest robbery in British history, 2006
Disaster
Deadly tornadoes rip through central Florida, 1998
General Interest
The U.S. acquires Spanish Florida, 1819
Battle of Buena Vista begins, 1847
Suharto takes full power in Indonesia, 1967
Tet Offensive ends, 1968
Hollywood
Actress Drew Barrymore born, 1975
Literary
Edna St. Vincent Millay is born, 1892
Music
Milli Vanilli win the Best New Artist Grammy, 1990
Old West
Montana passes law against sedition, 1918
Presidential
George Washington is born, 1732
Sports
U.S. hockey pulls off Miracle on Ice, 1980
Vietnam War
Westmoreland asks for Marines, 1965
Operation Junction City begins, 1967
World War I
Mussolini wounded by mortar bomb, 1917
World War II
President Roosevelt to MacArthur: Get out of the Philippines, 1942

General Interest

Feb 22, 1968:

Tet Offensive ends

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The American war effort in Vietnam was hit hard by the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive, which ended on this day in 1968. Claims by President Lyndon Johnson that the offensive was a complete failure were misleading. Though the North Vietnamese death toll was 20 times that of its enemies, strongholds previously thought impenetrable had been shaken. The prospect of increasing American forces added substantial strength to the anti-war movement and led to Johnson's announcement that he would not seek re-election.

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This Week in History, Feb 22 - Feb 28

Feb 22, 1819
The U.S. acquires Spanish Florida
Feb 22, 1847
Battle of Buena Vista begins
Feb 22, 1967
Suharto takes full power in Indonesia
Feb 22, 1968
Tet Offensive ends
Feb 23, 1954
Children receive first polio vaccine
Feb 23, 1981
Spanish rebels storm Parliament
Feb 24, 1868
President Andrew Johnson impeached
Feb 24, 1917
Zimmermann Note presented to U.S. ambassador
Feb 24, 1946
Peron elected in Argentina
Feb 24, 1968
Tet offensive halted
Feb 24, 1988
Supreme Court defends right to satirize public figures
Feb 24, 1991
Gulf War ground offensive begins
Feb 25, 1870
African American congressman sworn in
Feb 25, 1986
Marcos flees the Philippines
Feb 26, 1935
Hitler organizes Luftwaffe
Feb 26, 1949
Lucky Lady II begins nonstop global flight
Feb 26, 1984
Last U.S. Marines leave Beirut
Feb 26, 1993
World Trade Center bombed
Feb 27, 1897
Britain recognizes U.S. authority over Western Hemisphere
Feb 27, 1922
Supreme Court defends women's voting rights
Feb 27, 1964
Leaning Tower needs help
Feb 27, 1973
AIM occupation of Wounded Knee begins
Feb 28, 1982
Getty Museum endowed
Feb 28, 1993
ATF raids Branch Davidian compound
Feb 28, 1994
First NATO Military Action

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