February 22

February 22 in recent years

2024 (Thursday)

2023 (Wednesday)

2022 (Tuesday)

2021 (Monday)

2020 (Saturday)

2019 (Friday)

2018 (Thursday)

2017 (Wednesday)

2016 (Monday)

2015 (Sunday)

February 22is the 53rd day of the year in theGregorian calendar;312 days remain until the end of the year (313 inleap years).

Events

Pre-1600

• 1076– Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate,Pope Gregory VIIexcommunicatesHenry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1316– TheBattle of Picotin,betweenFerdinand of Majorcaand the forces ofMatilda of Hainaut,ends in victory for Ferdinand.
• 1371–Robert IIbecomes King ofScotland,beginning theStuartdynasty.
• 1495– KingCharles VIII of FranceentersNaplesto claim the city's throne.

1601–1900

• 1632–Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany,the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy ofGalileo'sDialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.
• 1651–St. Peter's Flood:A storm surge floods theFrisian coast,drowning 15,000 people.
• 1744–War of the Austrian Succession:TheBattle of Touloncauses severalRoyal Navycaptains to becourt-martialed,and theArticles of Warto be amended.
• 1770– British customs officer Ebenezer Richardson fires blindly into a crowd during a protest inNorth End,Boston,fatally wounding 11-year-oldChristopher Seider;the first American fatality of theAmerican Revolution.
• 1797– Thelast Invasion of Britainbegins nearFishguard,Wales.
• 1819– By theAdams–Onís Treaty,Spainsells Floridato the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
• 1847–Mexican–American War:TheBattle of Buena Vista:Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000Mexicantroops.
• 1848– TheFrench Revolution of 1848,which would lead to the establishment of theFrench Second Republic,begins.
• 1856– The United StatesRepublican Partyopens its first national convention inPittsburgh.
• 1862–American Civil War:Jefferson Davisis officially inaugurated for a six-year term as thePresident of the Confederate States of AmericainRichmond, Virginia.He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
• 1872– TheProhibition Partyholds its first national convention inColumbus, Ohio,nominatingJames Blackas its presidential nominee.
• 1879– InUtica, New York,Frank Woolworthopens the first of many of five-and-dimeWoolworthstores.
• 1881–Cleopatra's Needle,a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected inCentral Park,New York.
• 1889–PresidentGrover Clevelandsigns a billadmittingNorth Dakota,South Dakota,MontanaandWashingtonasU.S. states.
• 1899–Filipino forcesled by GeneralAntonio Lunalaunch counterattacks for the first timeagainst the American forces during thePhilippine–American War.The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.

1901–present

• 1904– The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on theSouth Orkney IslandstoArgentina;the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• 1909– The sixteenbattleshipsof theGreat White Fleet,led byUSSConnecticut,return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
• 1921– After Russian forces under BaronRoman von Ungern-Sternbergdrive the Chinese out, theBogd Khanis reinstalled as theemperorofMongolia.
• 1942–World War II:PresidentFranklin D. Rooseveltorders GeneralDouglas MacArthur out of the Philippinesas the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
• 1943– World War II: Members of theWhite Roseresistance,Sophie Scholl,Hans Scholl,andChristoph Probstare executed inNazi Germany.
• 1944– World War II: American aircraftmistakenly bombthe Dutch towns ofNijmegen,Arnhem,EnschedeandDeventer,resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
• 1944 – World War II: The SovietRed ArmyrecapturesKrivoi Rog.
• 1946– The "Long Telegram",proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
• 1957–Ngô Đình DiệmofSouth Vietnamsurvives acommunistshooting assassination attempt inBuôn Ma Thuột.
• 1958– Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day,EgyptandSyriajoin to form theUnited Arab Republic.
• 1959–Lee Pettywinsthe firstDaytona 500.
• 1972– TheOfficial Irish Republican Armydetonatesa car bomb atAldershotbarracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.
• 1973–Cold War:Following PresidentRichard Nixon'svisitto thePeople's Republic of China,the two countries agree to establishliaisonoffices.
• 1974– TheOrganisation of the Islamic Conferencesummit begins inLahore,Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizesBangladesh.
• 1974 –Samuel Byckattempts to hijack an aircraft atBaltimore/Washington International Airportwith the intention of crashing it into theWhite Houseto assassinateRichard Nixon,but commits suicide after being wounded by police.
• 1979–Saint Luciagains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1980–Miracle on Ice:InLake Placid, New York,the United States hockey team defeats theSoviet Unionhockey team 4–3.
• 1983– The notoriousBroadwayflopMoose Murdersopens and closes on the same night at theEugene O'Neill Theatre.
• 1986– Start of thePeople Power Revolutionin thePhilippines.
• 1994–Aldrich Amesand his wife are charged by theUnited States Department of Justicewith spying for the Soviet Union.
• 1995– TheCoronareconnaissance satelliteprogram, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
• 1997– InRoslin, Midlothian,British scientists announce that an adult sheep namedDollyhas been successfullycloned.
• 2002–Angolanpolitical and rebel leaderJonas Savimbiis killed in a military ambush.
• 2005– The 6.4 M_w Zarand earthquakeshakes theKerman ProvinceofIranwith a maximumMercalli intensityof VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.
• 2006– At approximately 6:44 a.m.local Iraqi time,explosions occurredat theal-Askari ShrineinSamarra,Iraq.The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites inShia Islam,caused the escalation ofsectarian tensions in Iraqinto afull-scale civil war.
• 2006 – TheSecuritas depot robberywas the UK's largest heist. Almost £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) was stolen from a Securitas depot inTonbridge,Kent.
• 2011–New Zealand's second deadliestearthquakestrikesChristchurch,killing 185 people.
• 2011 –Bahraini uprising:Tens of thousands of peoplemarch in protestagainst the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
• 2012– Atrain crashinBuenos Aires,Argentina,kills 51 people and injures 700 others.
• 2014– PresidentViktor YanukovychofUkraineis impeached by theVerkhovna Radaof Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of theEuromaidanrebellion.
• 2015– A ferry carrying 100 passengerscapsizesin thePadma River,killing 70 people.
• 2018– A manthrows a grenadeat the U.S. embassy inPodgorica,Montenegro.He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt.
• 2022–Twosday,the name given to Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22:22, occurs.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1040–Rashi,French rabbi and author (d. 1105)
• 1403–Charles VII of France(d. 1461)
• 1440–Ladislaus the Posthumous,Hungarian king (d. 1457)
• 1500–Rodolfo Pio da Carpi,Italian cardinal (d. 1564)
• 1514–Tahmasp I,Iranian shah (d. 1576)
• 1520–Moses Isserles,Polish rabbi (d. 1572)
• 1550–Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg(d. 1616)
• 1592–Nicholas Ferrar,English scholar (d. 1637)

1601–1900

• 1631–Peder Syv,Danish historian (d. 1702)
• 1649–Bon Boullogne,French painter (d. 1717)
• 1715–Charles-Nicolas Cochin,French artist (d. 1790)
• 1732–George Washington,American general and politician, 1stPresident of the United States(d. 1799)
• 1749–Johann Nikolaus Forkel,German musicologist and theorist (d. 1818)
• 1778–Rembrandt Peale,American painter and curator (d. 1860)
• 1788–Arthur Schopenhauer,German philosopher and author (d. 1860)
• 1796–Alexis Bachelot,French priest and missionary (d. 1837)
• 1796 –Adolphe Quetelet,Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist (d. 1874)
• 1805–Sarah Fuller Flower Adams,English poet and hymnwriter (d. 1848)
• 1806–Józef Kremer,Polish historian and philosopher (d. 1875)
• 1817–Carl Wilhelm Borchardt,German mathematician and academic (d. 1880)
• 1819–James Russell Lowell,American poet and critic (d. 1891)
• 1824–Pierre Janssen,French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1907)
• 1825–Jean-Baptiste Salpointe,French-American archbishop (d. 1898)
• 1836–Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya,Indian scholar and academic (d. 1906)
• 1840–August Bebel,German theorist and politician (d. 1913)
• 1849–Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin,Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1915)
• 1857–Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell,English general, co-foundedThe Scout Association(d. 1941)
• 1857 –Heinrich Hertz,German physicist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1894)
• 1860–Mary W. Bacheler,American physician and Baptist medical missionary (d. 1939)
• 1861–Lewis Akeley,American academic (d. 1961)
• 1863–Charles McLean Andrews,American historian, author, and academic (d. 1943)
• 1864–Jules Renard,French author and playwright (d. 1910)
• 1874–Bill Klem,American baseball player and umpire (d. 1951)
• 1876–Zitkala-Sa,American author and activist (d. 1938)
• 1879–Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted,Danish chemist and academic (d. 1947)
• 1880–Eric Lemming,Swedish athlete (d. 1930)
• 1881–Joseph B. Ely,American lawyer and politician, 52ndGovernor of Massachusetts(d. 1956)
• 1881 –Albin Prepeluh,Slovenian journalist and politician (d. 1937)
• 1882–Eric Gill,English sculptor and illustrator (d. 1940)
• 1883–Marguerite Clark,American actress (d. 1940)
• 1886–Hugo Ball,German author and poet (d. 1927)
• 1887–Savielly Tartakower,Polish journalist, author, and chess player (d. 1956)
• 1887 –Pat Sullivan,Australian-American animator and producer (d. 1933)
• 1888–Owen Brewster,American captain and politician, 54thGovernor of Maine(d. 1961)
• 1889–Olave Baden-Powell,English scout leader, firstWorld Chief Guide(d. 1977)
• 1889 –R. G. Collingwood,English historian and philosopher (d. 1943)
• 1891–Vlas Chubar,Russian economist and politician (d. 1939)
• 1892–Edna St. Vincent Millay,American poet and playwright (d. 1950)
• 1895–Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre,Peruvian politician (d. 1979)
• 1897–Karol Świerczewski,Polish general (d. 1947)
• 1899–George O'Hara,American actor and screenwriter (d. 1966)
• 1900–Luis Buñuel,Spanish-Mexican director and producer (d. 1983)

1901–present

• 1903–Morley Callaghan,Canadian author and playwright (d. 1990)
• 1903 –Frank P. Ramsey,English economist, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1930)
• 1906–Constance Stokes,Australian painter (d. 1991)
• 1907–Sheldon Leonard,American actor, director, and producer (d. 1997)
• 1907 –Robert Young,American actor (d. 1998)
• 1908–Rómulo Betancourt,Venezuelan politician, 56thPresident of Venezuela(d. 1981)
• 1908 –John Mills,English actor (d. 2005)
• 1910–George Hunt,English footballer (d. 1996)
• 1914–Renato Dulbecco,Italian-American virologist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 2012)
• 1915–Gus Lesnevich,American boxer (d. 1964)
• 1918–Sid Abel,Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2000)
• 1918 –Don Pardo,American radio and television announcer (d. 2014)
• 1918 –Robert Wadlow,American man, the tallest person in recorded history (d. 1940)
• 1921–Jean-Bédel Bokassa,Central African general and politician, 2ndPresident of the Central African Republic(d. 1996)
• 1921 –Giulietta Masina,Italian actress (d. 1994)
• 1921 –Marshall Teague,American race car driver (d. 1959)
• 1922–Zenaida Manfugás,Cuban pianist (d. 2012)
• 1922 –Joe Wilder,American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 2014)
• 1923–François Cavanna,French author and editor (d. 2014)
• 1923 –Bleddyn Williams,Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
• 1925–Edward Gorey,American illustrator and poet (d. 2000)
• 1925 –Gerald Stern,American poet and academic (d. 2022)
• 1926–Kenneth Williams,English actor and screenwriter (d. 1988)
• 1927–Florencio Campomanes,Filipino political scientist and chess player (d. 2010)
• 1927 –Guy Mitchell,American singer (d. 1999)
• 1928–Clarence 13X,American religious leader, founded theNation of Gods and Earths(d. 1969)
• 1928 –Texas Johnny Brown,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1928 –Paul Dooley,American actor
• 1928 –Bruce Forsyth,English singer and television host (d. 2017)
• 1929–James Hong,American actor and director
• 1929 –Rebecca Schull,American stage, film, and television actress
• 1930–Marni Nixon,American soprano and actress (d. 2016)
• 1932–Ted Kennedy,American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2009)
• 1932 –Zenaida Manfugás,Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist (d. 2012)
• 1933–Sheila Hancock,English actress and author
• 1933 –Katharine, Duchess of Kent
• 1933 –Ernie K-Doe,American R&B singer (d. 2001)
• 1933 –Bobby Smith,English footballer (d. 2010)
• 1934–Sparky Anderson,American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)
• 1936–J. Michael Bishop,American microbiologist and immunologist,Nobel Prizelaureate
• 1937–Tommy Aaron,American golfer
• 1937 –Joanna Russ,American author and activist (d. 2011)
• 1938–Steve Barber,American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1938 –Tony Macedo,Gibraltarian born English footballer
• 1938 –Ishmael Reed,American poet, novelist, essayist
• 1940–Judy Cornwell,English actress
• 1940 –Chet Walker,American basketball player (d. 2024)
• 1941–Hipólito Mejía,Dominican politician, 52ndPresident of the Dominican Republic
• 1942–Christine Keeler,English model and dancer (d. 2017)
• 1943–Terry Eagleton,English philosopher and critic
• 1943 –Horst Köhler,Polish-German economist and politician, 9thPresident of Germany
• 1943 –Dick Van Arsdale,American basketball player
• 1943 –Tom Van Arsdale,American basketball player
• 1943 –Otoya Yamaguchi,Japanese assassin ofInejiro Asanuma(d. 1960)
• 1944–Jonathan Demme,American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
• 1944 –Mick Green,English guitarist (d. 2010)
• 1944 –Robert Kardashian,American lawyer and businessman (d. 2003)
• 1944 –Christopher Meyer,English diplomat,British Ambassador to the United States(d. 2022)
• 1944 –Tom Okker,Dutch tennis player and painter
• 1945–Oliver,American pop singer (d. 2000)
• 1946–Kresten Bjerre,Danish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
• 1947–Pirjo Honkasalo,Finnish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1947 –Harvey Mason,American drummer
• 1947 –John Radford,English footballer and manager
• 1947 –Frank Van Dun,Belgian philosopher and theorist
• 1948–John Ashton,American actor
• 1948 –Dennis Awtrey,American basketball player
• 1949–John Duncan,Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2022)
• 1949 –Niki Lauda,Austrian racing driver (d. 2019)
• 1949 –Olga Morozova,Russian tennis player and coach
• 1950–Julius Erving,American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1950 –Lenny Kuhr,Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1950 –Miou-Miou,French actress
• 1950 –Genesis P-Orridge,English singer-songwriter (d. 2020)
• 1950 –Julie Walters,English actress and author
• 1951–Ellen Greene,American singer and actress
• 1952–Bill Frist,American physician and politician
• 1952 –Joaquim Pina Moura,PortugueseMinister of Economy and TreasuryandMP(d. 2020)
• 1952 –Saufatu Sopoanga,Tuvaluan politician, 8thPrime Minister of Tuvalu(d. 2020)
• 1953–Nigel Planer,English actor and screenwriter
• 1955–David Axelrod,American journalist and political adviser
• 1955 –Tim Young,Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957–Willie Smits,Dutch microbiologist and engineer
• 1958–Dave Spitz,American bass player and songwriter
• 1959–Jiří Čunek,Czech politician
• 1959 –Kyle MacLachlan,American actor
• 1959 –Bronwyn Oliver,Australian sculptor (d. 2006)
• 1960–Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde,Scottish politician,Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1961–Akira Takasaki,Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1962–Steve Irwin,Australian zoologist and television host (d. 2006)
• 1963–Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis,English journalist and politician,Secretary of State for Transport
• 1963 –Devon Malcolm,Jamaican-English cricketer
• 1963 –Vijay Singh,Fi gian -American golfer
• 1964–Diane Charlemagne,English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1964 –Andy Gray,English footballer and manager
• 1965–Chris Dudley,American basketball player
• 1965 –Kieren Fallon,Irish jockey
• 1965 –Pat LaFontaine,American ice hockey player
• 1966–Rachel Dratch,American actress and comedian
• 1967–Paul Lieberstein,American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
• 1967 –Psicosis II,Mexican wrestler
• 1968–Shawn Graham,Canadian politician, 31stPremier of New Brunswick
• 1968 –Jeri Ryan,American model and actress
• 1968 –Kazuhiro Sasaki,Japanese baseball player
• 1968 –Jayson Williams,American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1969–Thomas Jane,American actor
• 1969 –Brian Laudrup,Danish footballer and sportscaster
• 1969 –Marc Wilmots,Belgian footballer and manager
• 1971–Lea Salonga,Filipino actress and singer
• 1972–Michael Chang,American tennis player and coach
• 1972 –Claudia Pechstein,German speed skater
• 1972 –Haim Revivo,Israeli footballer
• 1972 –Ben Sasse,American politician and college administrator
• 1973–Philippe Gaumont,French cyclist (d. 2013)
• 1973 –Juninho Paulista,Brazilian footballer
• 1973 –Scott Phillips,American musician and songwriter
• 1974–James Blunt,English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 –Chris Moyles,English radio and television host
• 1975–Drew Barrymore,American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977–Hakan Yakin,Swiss footballer
• 1979–Brett Emerton,Australian footballer
• 1979 –Lee Na-young,South Korean actress
• 1980–Jeanette Biedermann,German singer-songwriter and actress
• 1983–Brian Duensing,American baseball player
• 1983 –Shaun Tait,Australian cricketer
• 1984–Tommy Bowe,Irish rugby player
• 1984 –Branislav Ivanović,Serbian footballer
• 1985–Hamer Bouazza,Algerian footballer
• 1985 –Georgios Printezis,Greek basketball player
• 1985 –Zach Roerig,American actor
• 1986–Rajon Rondo,American basketball player
• 1987–Han Hyo-joo,South Korean actress and model
• 1987 –Sergio Romero,Argentine footballer
• 1988–Jonathan Borlée,Belgian sprinter
• 1989–Franco Vázquez,Argentine footballer
• 1991–Khalil Mack,American football player
• 1992–Dixon Machado,Venezuelan baseball player
• 1994–Nam Joo-hyuk,South Korean model and actor
• 1994 –Elfrid Payton,American basketball player
• 1995–Devonte' Graham,American basketball player
• 1996–Kia Nurse,Canadian basketball player
• 1997–Jerome Robinson,American basketball player
• 1997 –Ilya Samsonov,Russian ice hockey player

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 556–Maximianus,bishop of Ravenna (b. 499)
• 606–Sabinian,pope of the Catholic Church
• 793–Sicga,Anglo-Saxon nobleman and regicide
• 845–Wang,Chinese empress dowager
• 954–Guo Wei,Chinese emperor (b. 904)
• 965–Otto,duke of Burgundy (b. 944)
• 970–García I,king ofPamplona
• 978–Lambert,count of Chalon (b. 930)
• 1071–Arnulf III,count of Flanders
• 1072–Peter Damian,Italian cardinal
• 1079–John of Fécamp,Italian Benedictine abbot
• 1111–Roger Borsa,king of Sicily (b. 1078)
• 1297–Margaret of Cortona,Italian penitent (b. 1247)
• 1371–David II,king of Scotland (b. 1324)
• 1452–William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas(b. 1425)
• 1500–Gerhard VI,German nobleman (b. 1430)
• 1511–Henry,duke of Cornwall (b. 1511)
• 1512–Amerigo Vespucci,Italian cartographer and explorer (b. 1454)

1601–1900

• 1627–Olivier van Noort,Dutch explorer (b. 1558)
• 1674–Jean Chapelain,French poet and critic (b. 1595)
• 1680–La Voisin,French occultist (b. 1640)
• 1690–Charles Le Brun,French painter and theorist (b. 1619)
• 1731–Frederik Ruysch,Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1638)
• 1732–Francis Atterbury,English bishop (b. 1663)
• 1770–Christopher Seider,first American killed in theAmerican Revolution(b. 1758)
• 1799–Heshen,Chinese politician (b. 1750)
• 1816–Adam Ferguson,Scottish historian and philosopher (b. 1723)
• 1875–Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot,French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1875 –Charles Lyell,Scottish geologist (b. 1797)
• 1888–Anna Kingsford,English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890–John Jacob Astor III,American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1890 –Carl Bloch,Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1897–Charles Blondin,French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898–Heungseon Daewongun,Korean king (b. 1820)

1901–present

• 1903–Hugo Wolf,Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904–Leslie Stephen,English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913–Ferdinand de Saussure,Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
• 1913 –Francisco I. Madero,Mexican president and author (b. 1873)
• 1923–Théophile Delcassé,French politician,French Minister of Foreign Affairs(b. 1852)
• 1939–Antonio Machado,Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1942–Stefan Zweig,Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1943–Christoph Probst,German activist (b. 1919)
• 1943 –Hans Scholl,German activist (b. 1918)
• 1943 –Sophie Scholl,German activist (b. 1921)
• 1944–Kasturba Gandhi,Indian activist (b. 1869)
• 1944 –Fritz Schmenkel,anti-Nazi German who joined Soviet partisans (b. 1916)
• 1945–Osip Brik,Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)
• 1958–Abul Kalam Azad,Indian scholar and politician,Indian Minister of Education(b. 1888)
• 1960–Paul-Émile Borduas,Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)
• 1961–Nick LaRocca,American trumpet player and composer (b. 1889)
• 1965–Felix Frankfurter,Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (b. 1882)
• 1971–Frédéric Mariotti,French actor (b. 1883)
• 1973–Jean-Jacques Bertrand,Canadian lawyer and politician, 21stPremier of Quebec(b. 1916)
• 1973 –Elizabeth Bowen,Anglo-Irish author (b. 1899)
• 1973 –Katina Paxinou,Greek actress (b. 1900)
• 1973 –Winthrop Rockefeller,American colonel and politician, 37thGovernor of Arkansas(b. 1912)
• 1976–Angela Baddeley,English actress (b. 1904)
• 1976 –Florence Ballard,American singer (b. 1943)
• 1980–Oskar Kokoschka,Austrian painter, poet and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1982–Josh Malihabadi,Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1898)
• 1983–Adrian Boult,English conductor (b. 1889)
• 1983 –Romain Maes,Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
• 1985–Salvador Espriu,Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
• 1985 –Efrem Zimbalist,Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1986–John Donnelly,Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
• 1987–David Susskind,American talk show host and producer (b. 1920)
• 1987 –Andy Warhol,American painter and photographer (b. 1928)
• 1992–Markos Vafiadis,Greek general and politician (b. 1906)
• 1994–Papa John Creach,American violinist (b. 1917)
• 1995–Ed Flanders,American actor (b. 1934)
• 1997–Joseph Aiuppa,American gangster (b. 1907)
• 1998–Abraham A. Ribicoff,American lawyer and politician, 4thUnited States Secretary of Health and Human Services(b. 1910)
• 1999–William Bronk,American poet and academic (b. 1918)
• 1999 –Menno Oosting,Dutch tennis player (b. 1964)
• 2002–Chuck Jones,American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 2002 –Jonas Savimbi,Angolan general, foundedUNITA(b. 1934)
• 2004–Andy Seminick,American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920)
• 2005–Lee Eun-ju,South Korean actress and singer (b. 1980)
• 2005 –Simone Simon,French actress (b. 1910)
• 2006–S. Rajaratnam,Singaporean politician, 1stSenior Minister of Singapore(b. 1915)
• 2007–George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe,English politician,Leader of the House of Lords(b. 1918)
• 2007 –Dennis Johnson,American basketball player and coach (b. 1954)
• 2012–Sukhbir,Indian author and poet (b. 1925)
• 2012 –Frank Carson,Irish-English comedian and actor (b. 1926)
• 2012 –Marie Colvin,American journalist (b. 1956)
• 2012 –Rémi Ochlik,French photographer and journalist (b. 1983)
• 2013–Atje Keulen-Deelstra,Dutch speed skater (b. 1938)
• 2013 –Jean-Louis Michon,French-Swiss scholar and translator (b. 1924)
• 2013 –Wolfgang Sawallisch,German pianist and conductor (b. 1923)
• 2014–Charlotte Dawson,New Zealand–Australian television host (b. 1966)
• 2014 –Trebor Jay Tichenor,American pianist and composer (b. 1940)
• 2014 –Leo Vroman,Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (b. 1915)
• 2015–Chris Rainbow,Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1946)
• 2016–Yolande Fox,American model and singer,Miss America 1951(b. 1928)
• 2016 –Sonny James,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
• 2018–Forges,Spanish cartoonist (b. 1942)
• 2019–Brody Stevens,American comedian and actor (b. 1970)
• 2019 –Morgan Woodward,American actor (b. 1925)
• 2021–Lawrence Ferlinghetti,American poet, painter (b. 1919)
• 2024–John Lowe,English musician, pianist forThe Quarrymen(b. 1942)

Holidays and observances

• Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founderRobert Baden-PowellandOlave Baden-Powell,and its related observance:
  • Founder's Day or "B.-P. day"(World Organization of the Scout Movement)
  • World Thinking Day(World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)
• Christianfeast day:
  • Baradates
  • Eric Liddell(Episcopal Church (USA))
  • Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter(Roman Catholic Church)
  • Margaret of Cortona
  • February 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Crime Victims Day(Europe)
• Independence Day,celebrates the independence ofSaint Luciafrom the United Kingdom in 1979.
• Founding Day (Saudi Arabia)
• Washington's Birthday,federal holiday in the United States. A holiday on February 22 as well as the third Monday in February.
• National Cat Day(Japan)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times:On This Day
• Historical Events on February 22