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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. In 1959, the Daytona 500 was run for the first time. Lee Petty won the race . In 1973, Israeli