It happened on… February 22

The wife of drug cartel leader “El Chapo,” Emma Coronel Aispuro, was arrested in the United States on charges of drug trafficking and conspiracy to free her husband from prison.

The United States won the Olympic gold medal in women’s ice hockey for the first time in 20 years with a 4-3 shootout victory over Canada in Pyeongchang.

At the Lake Placid Winter Olympics, the U.S. hockey team defeats the Soviet Union 4-3. The event would come to be known as the “Miracle on Ice.”

The rock band Genesis releases its first song, “Silent Sun.”

Elvis Presley scores his first No. 1 hit on the Billboard charts with the song “Heartbreak Hotel.”

The play “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” Oscar Wilde’s first hit, premieres at St. James’s Theatre in London.