February 22 Daytona International Speedway1371 RobertII became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stewart.1959 Lee Petty won the first edition of the Daytona500, a NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway (pictured) in Florida.1974 Samuel Byck attempted to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate U.S. president Richard Nixon, but he was stopped by police.2019 A group broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid, Spain, and stole several mobile telephones and digital storage devices.Peder Syv (b.1631)James Russell Lowell (b.1819)Clarence 13X (b.1928)Bronwyn Oliver (b.1959)More anniversaries: February 21February 22February 23ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout