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February 22 in history — On This Day
1997
Scottish researchers announce Dolly the sheep
News of Dolly broke in February 1997, months after her birth. The Scottish experiment showed that the nucleus of an adult cell could support development of a cloned sheep.
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Space Shuttle Enterprise makes its first captive flight
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Thomas Edison receives a phonograph patent
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Chicago After the Fire: From Burned Blocks to a New Skyline
A photograph taken after the 1871 fire can make Chicago look as though its future had been decided by a wall of flame. A view from around 1905 tells a different story: tall offices, busy transport routes and commercial streets crowded again.
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