1879年2月22日
On this day in 1879, Frank Winfield Woolworth kicked off a retail revolution by opening the Great 5 Cents Store in Utica, New York. Pledging to sell "nothing" that cost more than a nickel, Woolworth packed his store with a smorgasbord of goods, ranging from items for the kitchen to beauty products. Though the Utica store ultimately failed, Woolworth hit pay dirt that same year when he opened another discount variety store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The shop, which was expanded to include items that cost up to a dime, proved to be a fast success with Pennsylvanians and emboldened Woolworth to establish an empire of discount stores. The dawn of 1890s saw Woolworth's "five and ten" stores dot America's East Coast; by 1904 he had opened some 120 stores in twenty-one states, including chunks of the West and the District of Columbia. In 1911, he cemented his dominance of the burgeoning variety store field by merging with four rival companies. The move armed Woolworth with a fleet of 596 stores and, in 1912, he christened the shops with the now familiar name, F.W. Woolworth. Though Woolworth抯 stores continued to flourish during the first half of the century, the years following World War II were not so kind to the company. The sprawl of suburbs, and the attendant spread of malls, coupled with the recent rise of super-sized discount rivals like Target and Wal-Mart, ultimately spelled the end for Woolworth's. In 1997, the granddaddy of five-and-tens threw in the towel and closed its last 400 shops.
1973年2月22日
The New York Stock Exchange kicks off its first-ever nationwide TV advertising campaign to encourage Americans to buy stocks. Naturally, this turns out to be the worst imaginable moment to egg on the investing public, as U.S. stocks go on to lose 14.7% of their value in 1973 and another 26.5% in 1974.
1994年2月22日 深交所暂停新股上市
2月22日深交所发布公告：自即日起暂停新股上市，何时恢复新股上市将视市场发展情况而定。
2005年2月22日 华泰保险完成保险资金直接入市第一单
经保监会批准华泰财产保险公司投资资金进入工商银行托管专户并开始运作。工商银行在2月7日收到华泰保险开户授权书，华泰财险保险资产在2月17日正式下单买入股票，这是保监会发布保险资产入市规则以来国内直接投资股市的保险资金第一单。
