๐Ÿ“… February 22 ยท Robert II of Scotland, 1959 Daytona 500, Samuel Byck, Securitas depot robbery,โ€ฆ

Sunday, February 22, 2026 All day

February 22 in history: โ€ข 1371 โ€“ Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stewart. โ†’ go there โ€ข 1959 โ€“ Lee Petty won the first edition of the Daytona 500, a NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway (pictured) in Florida. โ†’ go there โ€ข 1974 โ€“ 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. โ†’ go there โ€ข 2006 โ€“ Seven men staged the largest cash robbery in Britain at a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom. โ†’ go there โ€ข 2019 โ€“ A group broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid, Spain, and stole several mobile telephones and digital storage devices. โ†’ go there Born 1631: Peder Syv Wiki link Born 1819: James Russell Lowell Wiki link Born 1928: Clarence 13X Wiki link Born 1959: Bronwyn Oliver Wiki link Pictured: Daytona International Speedway.

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๐Ÿ“… February 22 ยท Robert II of Scotland, 1959 Daytona 500, Samuel Byck, Securitas depot robbery,โ€ฆ