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Today in History: February 22

303 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued by Emperor Diocletian at Nicomedia, ordering all churches to be closed and scriptures burnt

1349 Jews are expelled from Zurich, Switzerland.

1797 The last invasion of Britain takes place when some 1,400 Frenchmen land at Fishguard in Wales.

1819 Spain signs a treaty with the United States ceding eastern Florida.

1825 Russia and Britain establish the Alaska/Canada boundary.

1862 Jefferson Davis is inaugurated president of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va. for the second time.

1879 Frank Winfield Woolworth's 'nothing over five cents' shop opens at Utica, New York. It is the first chain store.

1935 All plane flights over the White House are barred because they are disturbing President Roosevelt's sleep.

1954 U.S. is to install 60 Thor nuclear missiles in Britain.

2017 US President Donald Trump overturns Obama directive on Transgender rights to use toilets

2019 Robert Kraft, owner of NFL team the New England Patriots, charged with soliciting prostitution, as part of human-trafficking sting operation in Jupiter, Florida

2021 US death toll from COVID-19 passes 500,000, higher than US deaths in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War combined. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris hold a candle-lighting ceremony outside the White House and say "we must not grow numb to the sorrow".

Born on February 22

1732 George Washington, Commander-in-chief of Continental forces during the American Revolution and first U.S. President.

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My husband asked why I never blink during sex.

I told him I didn’t have time to.