February 22 - Beat

Beat

When you're a toddler, everything is a potential percussion instrument.

This Day In History

1371

Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.

1632

Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.

1855

The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania)

1879

In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and dime Woolworth stores.

1980

In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3.

1983

The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.

1997

In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.

Famous Birthdays

1440

Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (d. 1457)

1732

George Washington, First President of the United States (d. 1799)

1778

Rembrandt Peale, American artist (d. 1860)

1857

Robert Baden-Powell, British soldier, author, and founder of the Scout movement (d. 1941)

1889

Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guides (d. 1977)

1892

Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet (d. 1950)

1925

Edward Gorey, American author and illustrator (d. 2000)

1950

Julius "Dr. J" Erving, American basketball player

1971

Lea Salonga, Filipina actress and singer

1975

Drew Barrymore, American actress