Youtube star Virginia Voth

Events in 2000 and 22-2

Events in US in the birth year of Virginia Voth

• Wary investors bring stock plunge; beginning of the end of the Internet stock boom (Feb. 25).
• Cuban boy Elián González, 6, at center of international dispute, reunited with his father after federal raid of Miami relatives' home (April 22).
• U.S. presidential election closest in decades; Bush's slim lead in Florida leads to automatic recount in that state (Nov. 7-8). Republicans file federal suit to block manual recount of Florida presidential election ballots sought by Democrats (Nov. 11). Florida Supreme Court rules election hand count may continue (Nov. 21). U.S. Supreme Court orders halt to manual recount of Florida votes (Dec. 9). Supreme Court seals Bush victory by 5-4; rules there can be no further recounting (Dec. 12). See 2000 election chronology.
• See also: 2000 Year in Review and 2000 Month-by-Month

Birthday Virginia Voth (22-2) in history

• Day 22-2 year 1371: King Robert II succeeded to the throne of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
• Day 22-2 year 1819: Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
• Day 22-2 year 1879: Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first "Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York.
• Day 22-2 year 1924: Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.
• Day 22-2 year 1935: Airplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.
• Day 22-2 year 1980: In a major upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets 4–3 at Lake Placid, N.Y.