On Feb. 22, 2011, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake severely damaged Christchurch, New Zealand's second largest city, killing 185 people and injuring up to 2,000.
Feb. 22 (UPI) -- On this date in history:
In 1819, a treaty with Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
In 1855, Pennsylvania State University was founded in State College, Pa. It was originally called the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania.
In 1862, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as president of the Confederate States of America.
In 1879, Woolworth, the first chain store, opened in Utica, N.Y.
On Dec. 29, 1975, a terrorist bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 75.
On Jan. 26, 2001, a magnitude-7.9 earthquake struck western India, killing more than 20,000 people, injuring tens of thousands…
On Jan. 17, 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing about 5,500 people.
On Dec. 20, 2015, a landslide at an industrial park in Shenzhen, China, toppled dozens of buildings and killed 73 people.
On April 26, 1986, a fire and explosion at the Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclear reactor north of Kiev, Ukraine, resulted in the…
On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., in a mass…
