Today is Monday, Feb. 22, the 53rd day of 2016. There are 313 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Paul Dooley is 88. Actor James Hong is 87. Basketball hall of famer Julius Erving is 66. Actor Kyle MacLachlan is 57. World Golf Hall of Famer Vijay Singh is 53. Actress Jeri Ryan is 48. International Tennis Hall of Famer Michael Chang is 44. Singer James Blunt is 42. Actress Drew Barrymore is 41.

In 1732, the first president of the United States, George Washington, was born in Westmoreland County in the Virginia Colony.

In 1862, Jefferson Davis, already the provisional president of the Confederacy, was inaugurated for a six-year term following his election in November 1861.

In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first radio broadcast from the White House as he addressed the country over 42 stations.

In 1940, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was enthroned at age 4 in Lhasa, Tibet.

In 1959, the inaugural Daytona 500 race was held.

In 1980, the ‘‘Miracle on Ice’’ took place in Lake Placid, N.Y., as the US Olympic hockey team upset the Soviets, 4-3.

In 2006, insurgents destroyed the golden dome of one of Iraq’s holiest Shi’ite shrines, the Askariya mosque in Samarra, setting off an unprecedented spasm of sectarian violence.

In 2011, a defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed to fight to his ‘‘last drop of blood’’ and roared at supporters to strike back against Libyan protesters to defend his embattled regime.