On This Day: February 22

9 verified moments happened on February 22. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1934🚌 Capra's runaway-heiress romance opens and becomes the first film to sweep all five top Academy Awards.Movies · Source: Wikipedia: It Happened One Night; Britannica
2. 1959Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500 in a photo finishSports · Source: History.com (Feb 22, 1959); NASCAR.com
3. 1959Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500 in a photo finishStock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, “1959 Daytona 500”; Daytona500winners.com
4. 1970Pete Hamilton runs down David Pearson late in a winged Plymouth Superbird for a shock Daytona 500 winStock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, “1970 Daytona 500” — Feb 22, 1970; Pete Hamilton in the No. 40 Superbird
5. 1978🛰️ The first GPS satellite launches, beginning the system that pinpoints location anywhere on Earth.Technology · Source: HISTORY, 'Navstar 1 launches' (Feb 22 1978)
6. 1980“Miracle on Ice”: the USA upsets the USSR in Olympic hockeySports · Source: Wikipedia, “Miracle on Ice”; Britannica
7. 2004Matt Kenseth beats rookie Kasey Kahne by 0.010 seconds in the last Cup race ever run at Rockingham.Stock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia (2004 Subway 400) + Jayski
8. 2018The U.S. women's hockey team beats Canada in a shootout for Olympic gold in Pyeongchang.Sports · Source: Olympics.com, 'USA win shootout to claim women's ice hockey gold' (Feb 22 2018)
9. 2020Tyson Fury overwhelms Deontay Wilder for a seventh-round stoppage to claim the WBC heavyweight crown.Sports · Source: Al Jazeera, 'Tyson Fury destroys Deontay Wilder in rematch' (Feb 22 2020)