On this day in history - Today, February, 22

Today in History

• 1879 The first Woolworth store opens in Utica, New york

  Frank Woolworth's five-and-dime retail stores became one of the world's most successful trading comp

• 1948 Czechoslovakia becomes a communist state following a coup d'etat

  The country became a parliamentary republic following the non-violent “Velvet Revolution” in 1989 an

• 1983 The play “Moose Murders” flops spectacularly on Broadway

  According to critic Frank Rich, “a visit to Moose Murders is what will separate the connoisseurs of

• 1986 The People Power Revolution begins in the Philippines

  The nonviolent campaign resulted in the fall of President Ferdinand Marcos and the restoration of th

• 2011 185 people are killed during an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand

  The quake, while having a magnitude of only 6.3, had one of the highest intensities ever recorded in