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                 February 22 
                        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. 


                             
                              "In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend...if I may flatter myself that they may...warn against the impostures of pretended patriotism—this hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude for your welfare by which they have been dictated." 

                              George Washington, Farewell Address, September 17, 1796  


                             

                       
                 
                 

                        Cloning of Dolly 


                               
                        1997: 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. 
                       

                       
                       
                       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 L?pez de Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista. 
                       
                       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. 
                 
           
     

 

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