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The22t o Februaris the 53t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 312 days ti come (313 in lowp years).
Events
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- 1371-Robert II o Scotlandbecomes Keeng, stairtin the line o theHoose o Stuarton the Scots throne.
- 1651-Fluidson the Northren Dutch an German coasts kill 15,000 fowk.
- 1784-William Herscheldiscovers the spiralgalaxyNGC 3521.
- 1797- French troops land at Fishguard,Pembrokeshire,Sooth-WastWales.They surrender twa days later.
- 1904- TheUnitit Kinrickrecognises theSooth Orkney Islandsas pairt oArgentinae,but claims them again in1908.
- 1940-Tenzin Gyatsobecomes the 14tDalai Lama.
- 1943-Nazi Germany:Members o the White Rose reseestance muivement are executit.
- 1944-Warld War II:Nijmegenwis malafoustered bi mishanter bombin o the Americans; 800 fowk wis kilt.
- 1958-EgypanSirieform theUnitit Arab Republic.
- 1960- A minin accident inZwickau,East Germany,kills 123 fowk.
- 1979-Saunt Luciagains unthirldom frae theUnitit Kinrick.
- 1980- 1980Winter Olympic Gemmesin Lake Placid,New York:TheUnitit Statesdefeats theSoviet Unionin the Miracle on Iceice hockeymatch.
- 1997- At theRoslin Institute,scientists propale that an adultsheepcawedDollyhae been cloned wi success.
- 2005- Ayirdquaukin Sarand,Iran,kills 420 fowk.
- 2011- A strongyirdquaukstrikes the ceety oChristchurch,New Zealand,killin 185 fowk.
- 2012- 51 fowk are kilt in a train crash inBuenos Aires,Argentinae.
- 2014-Matteo Renzibecomes Prime meenister oItaly.
- 2014-Viktor Yanukovychresigns asPresesoUkraineamid poleetical protests.
- 2017- Scientists propale the discovery o seven approximatelyYird-sizedplanetsaround the star TRAPPIST-1.
Births
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- 1403-Charles VII o Fraunce(d.1461)
- 1732-George Washington,1stPreses o the Unitit States(d.1799)
- 1788-Arthur Schopenhauer,German philosopher (d.1860)
- 1857-Heinrich Hertz,German scientist (d.1894)
- 1857–Robert Baden-Powell,1st Baron Baden-Powell (d.1941)
- 1864-Jakob Jakobsen,Faroese linguist (d.1918)
- 1900-Luis Buñuel,Spainyie filmmaker (d.1983)
- 1918-Don Pardo,American radio an telly announcer (d.2014)
- 1921-Jean-Bédel Bokassa,leader o theCentral African Republic(d.1996)
- 1928- SirBruce Forsyth,Inglis enterteener (d.2017)
- 1932-Ted Kennedy,American politeecian (d.2009)
- 1933-Sheila Hancock,Inglis actress
- 1943-Horst Köhler,umwhilePresesoGermany
- 1944-Jonathan Demme,American filmmaker, producer an screenwriter (d.2017)
- 1949-Niki Lauda,Austrick racin driver (d.2019)
- 1950-Julie Walters,Inglis actress
- 1962-Steve Irwin,Australian naituralist an telly presenter (d.2006)
- 1974-James Blunt,Inglis sangster-sangwriter
- 1975-Drew Barrymore,American actress
- 1984-Branislav Ivanovic,Serbie fitbawer
- 1987-Sergio Romero,Argentine fitbawer
- 1995-Ryan Christie,Scots fitbawer
Daiths
- 1371-David II o Scotland(b.1324)
- 1512-Amerigo Vespucci,Italian splorer an mapmaker (b.1454)
- 1875-Charles Lyell,Scots geologist (b.1797)
- 1913-Francisco I. Madero,PresesoMexico(b.1873)
- 1942-Stefan Zweig,Austrick writer (b.1881)
- 1943-Sophie Scholl,German activist (b.1921)
- 1944-Kasturba Gandhi,Indian activist (b.1869)
- 1987-Andy Warhol,American airtist (b.1928)
- 2018-Richard E. Taylor,Canadian pheesicist (b.1929)
Halidays
- Independence Day (Saunt Lucia)
- George Washington's Birthday (Unitit States)
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