February 22
Appearance
February 22is the 53rd day of the year in theGregorian calendar.There are 312 days remaining until the end of the year (313 inleap years).
Events[change|change source]
Up to 1900[change|change source]
- 1281–Martin IVbecomesPope.
- 1288–Nicholas IVbecomesPope.
- 1371-Robert II of ScotlandbecomesKing,starting theStuart Dynasty.
- 1494– KingCharles VIII of FranceentersNaplesto claim the city's throne.
- 1632–Galileo'sDialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systemsis published.
- 1651- St. Peter'sFlood:Astormsurge floods theFrisiancoastin present-dayGermanyand theNetherlands,killing about 15,000 people.
- 1744– TheBattle of Toulonbegins.
- 1784-William Herscheldiscovers the spiralgalaxyNGC 3521.
- 1797- The last invasion of theGreat Britainbegins when a force of 4,000 French troops lands inFishguard,Pembrokeshire,Wales.They surrender two days later.
- 1819– By theAdams–Onís Treaty,SpainsoldFloridato theUnited Statesfor five millionU.S. dollars.
- 1847–Mexican-American War:TheBattle of Buena Vista– 5,000Americantroops drive off 15,000Mexican.
- 1848- The FrenchRevolutionof1848begins, later leading to the creation of theFrench Second Republic.
- 1855– ThePennsylvania State Universityis founded.
- 1856– TheRepublican Partyopens its first national meeting inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 1857- TheBavarianWeisswurstsausageis allegedly invented inMunich.
- 1862-Jefferson Davisis inaugurated asPresidentof theConfederate States of AmericainRichmond, Virginia.
- 1865–Tennesseeadopts a newconstitutionthat abolishesslavery.
- 1872- TheProhibition Partyholds its first national convention inColumbus, Ohio,withJames Blackas its nominee forPresident of the United States.
- 1876–Johns Hopkins Universityis founded inBaltimore, Maryland.
- 1879– InUtica, New York,Frank Woolworthopens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores.
- 1889–PresidentGrover Clevelandsigns a bill admittingNorth Dakota,South Dakota,MontanaandWashingtonasU.S. states.
- 1890- The Walmut GroveDambreaks inArizona,causing afloodthat kills between 50 and 150 people.
- 1899-Filipinoforces led byGeneralAntonio Lunalaunch counter-attacks for the first time, against American forces in thePhilippine-American War,though fail to retakeManila.
1901 – 2000[change|change source]
- 1901- A Pacificmailsteamersinks in Golden Gate Harbor, killing 128 people.
- 1904–UKrecognises theSouth Orkney Islandsas part ofArgentina,in1908claims them again.
- 1915–Germanyinstitutesunrestricted submarine warfare.
- 1920– InEmeryville, California,the firstdog racetrackto employ an imitationrabbitopens.
- 1923– TheUnited Statesbegins the first transcontinentalair mailroute.
- 1923–Barcelona(Catalonia):Albert Einsteinvisits the city, invited by the scientistEsteban Terradas i Illa,as part of the monografics course of High Studies and Exchange organized by theMancomunitat de Catalunyaand conducted byRafael de Campalans.
- 1924–Calvin Coolidgebecomes the firstPresident of the United Statesto deliver aradiobroadcast from theWhite House.
- 1940- Then-four-year-oldTenzin Gyatsois enthroned as the 14thDalai Lama.
- 1942–World War II:PresidentFranklin D. Rooseveltorders GeneralDouglas MacArthurout of thePhilippinesas American defense collapses.
- 1943– Members ofWhite Roseare executed inNaziGermany.
- 1944-World War II:Americanaircraftmistakenly bomb the Dutch cities ofNijmegen,Arnhem,EnschedeandDeventer,killing 800 in Nijmegen alone.
- 1948- TheCommunistRevolutionbegins inCzechoslovakia.
- 1949–Grady the Cow,a 1,200-pound cow gets stuck inside a silo on a farm inYukon, Oklahomaand garners national media attention.
- 1956–Elvis Presleyenters the music charts for the first time, with "Heartbreak Hotel".
- 1957-South VietnameseleaderNgo Dinh Diemsurvives a Communist shooting assassination attempt inBan Me Thuot.
- 1958–EgyptandSyriajoin to form theUnited Arab Republic.
- 1959–Lee Pettywins the firstDaytona 500.
- 1960- A mining accident inZwickau,East Germanykills 123 people.
- 1969–Barbara Jo Rubinwins aUnited Statesthoroughbredhorse racemaking history as the first woman to do so.
- 1972- The OfficialIRAdetonates a car bomb inAldershotBarracks, killing 7 people.
- 1973–Cold War:FollowingPresidentRichard Nixon's visit toChina,theUnited Statesand thePeople's Republic of Chinaagree to establish liaison offices.
- 1974- The Organisation of theIslamicConferencesummit begins inLahore,PakistanandBangladeshis recognized byIslamabadOfficials.
- 1979– Independence ofSaint Luciafrom theUnited Kingdom.
- 1980– TheUnited Statesmen'sice hockeyteam defeats theSoviet Unionteam at the1980 Winter Olympic Gamesin an upset dubbed the "Miracle on Ice".
- 1986- The People PowerRevolutionin thePhilippinesbegins.
- 1987- The firstAirbus A320lifts off.
- 1994–Aldrich Amesand his wife are charged by theUnited States Department of Justicewith spying for theSoviet Union.
- 1997– InRoslin,Scotland,scientists announce that an adultsheepnamedDollyhad been successfullycloned.
From 2001[change|change source]
- 2002– AMH-47E Chinookhelicoptercrashes into the ocean near thePhilippines,killing all 10 aboard.
- 2004–Ralph Naderannounces his intention to run as an independent candidate forPresident of the United States.
- 2005- Anearthquakein Sarand,Iran,kills 420 people.
- 2006- The Al-AskariShrineinSamarra,Iraq,aShi'iteHoly Site, is badly damaged in abombattack.
- 2009-Slumdog Millionaireis the most successful movie at the81st Academy Awards.
- 2011–2011 Canterbury earthquake:A magnitude 6.3earthquakehitsChristchurch, New Zealand,causing major damage and more than 180 deaths. Among the collapsed buildings is the spire of Christchurchcathedral.
- 2012- Atraincrash inBuenos Aires,Argentina,kills 51 people.
- 2014-Matteo Renziis sworn in asPrime Minister of Italy,making him the youngest holder of this office, at age 39.
- 2014- InUkraine,parliamentvotes to removePresidentViktor Yanukovychfrom power and to install a caretaker government. Yanukovych is reported to have fled to Eastern Ukraine, while formerPrime MinisterYulia Tymoshenkois released fromprison.
- 2015- A ferry capsizes inBangladesh,killing at least 70 people.
- 2015- The 87thAcademy Awardsare held. Among the winners areJulianne Moore(Best Actress) andEddie Redmayne(Best Actor), for playingStephen HawkinginThe Theory of Everything.
- 2017- Scientists announce the discovery of sevenplanetsof similar size toEarthorbiting around the dwarf star "TRAPPIST-1".
Births[change|change source]
Up to 1850[change|change source]
- 1300 BC-Ramesses II,Egyptianpharaoh(d.1213 BC)
- 1403– KingCharles VII of France(d.1461)
- 1440-Ladislaus the Posthumous,KingofHungaryandBohemia(d.1470)
- 1500-Rodolfo Pio da Carpi,Italiancardinal(d.1564)
- 1514-Tahmasp I,Persianshah(d.1576)
- 1631-Peder Syv,Danishphilologist,folklorist and priest (d.1702)
- 1645–Johann Ambrosius Bach,German composer (d.1695)
- 1645-Johann Christoph Bach,German musician (d.1693)
- 1705-Peter Arbedi,Swedishnaturalist(d.1735)
- 1732–George Washington,firstPresident of the United States(d.1799)
- 1756-Georg Friedrich von Martens,Germandiplomat(d.1821)
- 1761-Erik Tulindberg,Finnish composer (d.1814)
- 1778-Rembrandt Peale,American painter (d.1860)
- 1785-Jean Peltier,Frenchphysicist(d.1845)
- 1788–Arthur Schopenhauer,Germanphilosopher(d.1860)
- 1796-Alexis Bachelot,French missionary (d.1837)
- 1796-Adolphe Quetelet,Belgianmathematician(d.1874)
- 1806-Jozef Kremer,Polishphilosopher(d.1875)
- 1817-Carl Wilhelm Borchardt,Germanmathematician(d.1880)
- 1819-James Russell Lowell,Americanpoet(d.1891)
- 1823-Robert B. Ogilvie,GovernorofIllinois(d.1888)
- 1824-Pierre Janssen,Frenchastronomer(d.1907)
- 1836-Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya,IndianSanskritscholar and social reformer (d.1906)
- 1840-August Bebel,German political activist (d.1913)
- 1847-Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Bavaria(d.1897)
- 1849-Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin,Russianmathematician(d.1915)
1851 – 1900[change|change source]
- 1857–Heinrich Rudolf Hertz,Germanphysicist(d.1894)
- 1857–Robert Baden-Powell,British founder of theScoutmovement (d.1941)
- 1864-Jakob Jakobsen,Faroeselinguist(d.1918)
- 1878-Walter Ritz,Swissphysicist(d.1909)
- 1879-Johannes Nicolaus Bronsted,Danish physical chemist (d.1947)
- 1880-Eric Lemming,Swedish athlete (d.1930)
- 1881-Joseph B. Ely,52ndGovernor of Massachusetts(d.1956)
- 1882–Eric Gill,Britishsculptor(d.1940)
- 1883-Marguerite Clark,American actress (d.1940)
- 1887-Savielly Tartakower,Polishchessplayer (d.1956)
- 1888-Owen Brewster,GovernorofMaine(d.1961)
- 1889–Olave Baden-Powell,British co-founder of the Girl Guides (d.1977)
- 1890-Beatriz Michelena,Latin Americanmovie actor (d.1942)
- 1891-Vlas Chubar,Soviet politician (d.1937)
- 1892–Edna St. Vincent Millay,Americanpoet(d.1950)
- 1895-Victor Raul Haya del Torre,Peruvianpolitician (d.1979)
- 1897-Karol Swierczewski,Polish general (d.1947)
- 1898-Thillaiaadi Valliammai,South Africanactivist(d.1914)
- 1899-George O'Hara,American actor (d.1966)
- 1900–Luis Buñuel,Spanish movie producer (d.1983)
- 1900-James Sisnett,Barbadiansupercentenarian(d.2013)
1901 – 1950[change|change source]
- 1903–Frank Plumpton Ramsey,British mathematician (d.1930)
- 1906-Donald S. Russell,107thGovernorofSouth Carolina(d.1998)
- 1907-Georg Braun,Austrianfootballer(d.1963)
- 1907-Sheldon Leonard,American actor (d.1997)
- 1907-Robert Young,American actor (d.1998)
- 1908-Romulo Betancourt,PresidentofVenezuela(d.1981)
- 1913-Buddy Tate,American jazz musician (d.2001)
- 1914–Renato Dulbecco,Italianvirologist(d.2012)
- 1917-Jane Bowles,Americanwriterandplaywright(d.1973)
- 1918-Sid Abel,Canadianice hockeyplayer (d.2000)
- 1918–Robert Wadlow,tallest person in history (d.1940)
- 1918-Don Pardo,American television and radio announcer (d.2014)
- 1921-Giulietta Masina,Italian actress (d.1994)
- 1921-Sune Andersson,Swedishfootballer(d.2002)
- 1921-Wayne C. Booth,American literary critic (d.2005)
- 1921-Jean-Bédel Bokassa,leader of theCentral African Republic(d.1996)
- 1921-David Greene,British director (d.2003)
- 1922-Joe Wilder,Americanjazztrumpeter(d.2014)
- 1923-Bleddyn Williams,Welshrugbyplayer (d.2009)
- 1925-Kenneth Williams,Englishactor(d.1988)
- 1925-Cyril Leonoff,Canadian civil engineer and historian (d.2016)
- 1925-Gerald Stern,Americanpoet
- 1927–Florencio Campomanes,Filipinochessplayer and official (d.2010)
- 1927-Gus Douglass,American politician (d.2015)
- 1928–Bruce Forsyth,British entertainer (d.2017)
- 1928-Paul Dooley,American actor
- 1929-James Hong,American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
- 1930-Giuliano Montaldo,Italianmovie director
- 1930-Bill Mitchell,Canadianice hockeyplayer (d.2014)
- 1930-Marni Nixon,American singer (d.2016)
- 1932–Ted Kennedy,United StatesSenatorfromMassachusetts(d.2009)
- 1933–Sheila Hancock,British actress
- 1933-Katharine, Duchess of Kent
- 1934-Sparky Anderson,Americanbaseballplayer and manager (d.2010)
- 1936-J. Michael Bishop,Americanbiologist
- 1940-Judy Cornwell,English actress
- 1940-Billy Name,Americanphotographerand filmmaker (d.2016)
- 1940-Chet Walker,Americanbasketballplayer
- 1941-Hipolito Mejia,formerPresidentof theDominican Republic
- 1942-Christine Keeler,English model and showgirl (d.2017)
- 1943–Horst Koehler,formerPresident of Germany
- 1944-Robert Kardashian,Americanlawyer(d.2003)
- 1944-Jonathan Demme,Americanmovie producerandscreenwriter(d.2017)
- 1944-Tom Okker,Dutchtennisplayer
- 1945-Leslie Charleson,English actress
- 1946-Kresten Bjerre,Danishfootballer(d.2014)
- 1947-Maurizio De Angelis,Italian singer
- 1949-Olga Morozova,Russiantennisplayer
- 1949–Niki Lauda,Austrian racing driver
- 1950–Julie Walters,British actress
- 1950-Julius Erving,Americanbasketballplayer
- 1950-Miou-Miou,Frenchactress
1951 – 1975[change|change source]
- 1951-Ellen Greene,American singer and actress
- 1952-Bill Frist,United StatesSenator
- 1952-Bernard Silverman,English minister, statistician and academic
- 1953-Nigel Planer,English actor
- 1955-David Axelrod,American political advisor
- 1956-Philip Kerr,British author (d.2018)
- 1958-Dave Spitz,American musician
- 1959–Kyle MacLachlan,American actor
- 1961-Akira Takahashi,Japaneseguitarist
- 1962–Steve Irwin,Australian wildlife expert and TV personality (d.2006)
- 1963–Vijay Singh,Fi giangolfer
- 1963-Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis,British politician
- 1963-Devon Malcolm,Englishcricketer
- 1964-Gigi Fernandez,Puerto Ricantennisplayer
- 1965-Chris Dudley,Americanbasketballplayer
- 1965-Pat Lafontaine,Americanice hockeyplayer
- 1965-Kieren Fallon,Irishjockey
- 1968-Shawn Graham,Canadian politician, 31stPremierofNew Brunswick
- 1968-Jayson Williams,Americanbasketballplayer
- 1969–Brian Laudrup,Danish footballer
- 1969–Marc Wilmots,Belgian footballer
- 1969-Clinton Kelly,Americantelevisionpersonality
- 1972–Claudia Pechstein,German speed skater
- 1973-Philippe Gaumont,French cyclist (d.2013)
- 1973-Claus Lundekvam,Norwegianfootballer
- 1973–Juninho Paulista,Brazilian footballer
- 1973–Archil Arveladze,Georgianfootballer
- 1973-Shota Arveladze,Georgianfootballer
- 1974–Chris Moyles,British radio presenter
- 1974–Markus Schopp,Austrian footballer
- 1974–James Blunt,British singer
- 1975–Drew Barrymore,American actress
From 1976[change|change source]
- 1977–Hakan Yakin,Swiss footballer
- 1978–Jenny Frost,British singer (Atomic Kitten), TV presenter (Snog Marry Avoid?) and model
- 1979–Brett Emerton,Australian footballer
- 1979-Lee Na-young,South Korean actress
- 1980-Jeanette Biedermann,Germansingerandactress
- 1983-Shaun Tait,Australiancricketer
- 1983-Ragna Ingolfsdottir,Icelandicbadmintonplayer
- 1984-Tommy Bowe,Irishrugbyplayer
- 1984-Branislav Ivanovic,Serbianfootballer
- 1985–Hameur Bouazza,Algerian footballer
- 1985-Ross Hutchins,Britishtennisplayer
- 1985-Larissa Riquelme,Paraguayanmodel
- 1986-Rajon Rondo,Americanbasketballplayer
- 1987-Han Hyo-joo,South Korean actress and model
- 1987-Sergio Romero,Argentine footballer
- 1987-Enzo Pérez,Argentine footballer
- 1988-Efrain Juarez,Mexican footballer
- 1988-Ximena Navarrete,Mexican model and actress
- 1989-Anna Sundstrand,Swedish singer
- 1991-Robin Stjernberg,Swedish singer
Deaths[change|change source]
Up to 1900[change|change source]
- 556-Maximilianus of Ravenna,Italianbishop(b.499)
- 606-Pope Sabinian
- 965-Otto, Duke of Burgundy(b.944)
- 1071-Arnulf III, Count of Flanders(b.1055)
- 1111-Roger Borsa,KingofSicily
- 1371– KingDavid II of Scotland(b.1324)
- 1512–Amerigo Vespucci,Italian explorer (b.1451)
- 1627-Olivier van Noort,Dutch navigator (b.1558)
- 1674-Jean Chapelain,French writer (b.1595)
- 1690-Charles Le Brun,French painter (b.1619)
- 1727-Francesco Gasparini,Italian composer (b.1661)
- 1731-Frederik Ruysch,Dutchphysicianandanatomist(b.1638)
- 1732-Francis Atterbury,English bishop and man of letters (b.1663)
- 1750-Pietro Filippo Scarlatti,Italian composer (b.1679)
- 1797-Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Munchhausen,German officer and adventurer (b.1720)
- 1799-Heshen,Chinese official (b.1750)
- 1816–Adam Ferguson,Scottish philosopher (b.1723)
- 1819-Thomas Johnson,GovernorofMaryland(b.1752)
- 1875–Charles Lyell,British geologist (b.1797)
- 1875–Jean-Baptiste Corot,French painter (b.1796)
- 1890–John Jacob Astor III,American businessman (b.1822)
- 1897-Charles Blondin,Frenchtightropewalker (b.1824)
- 1898-Haungseon Daewongun,Korean king (b.1820)
1901 – 2000[change|change source]
- 1903-Hugo Wolf,Austrian composer (b.1860)
- 1913–Francisco I. Madero,PresidentofMexico(b.1873)
- 1914-Thillaiaadi Valliammai,South Africanactivist(b.1898)
- 1919–Perito Moreno,Argentine geographer and explorer (b.1852)
- 1921-Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah,EmirofKuwait(b.1864)
- 1923-Théophile Delcasse,Frenchstatesman(b.1852)
- 1927-Judson Harmon,GovernorofOhio(b.1846)
- 1930-William Jeremiah Tuttle,American freestyle swimmer andwater polo(b.1882)
- 1934-Willem Kes,Dutchconductor(b.1856)
- 1939–Antonio Machado,Spanish writer (b.1875)
- 1942–Stefan Zweig,Austrian writer (b.1881)
- 1943-White RoseResistance Activists executed:
- Christoph Probst,German resistance activist (b.1919)
- Hans Scholl,German resistance activist (b.1918)
- Sophie Scholl,German resistance activist (b.1921)
- 1944–Kasturba Gandhi,wife ofMahatma Gandhi(b.1869)
- 1945-Osip Brik,Russian author and critic (b.1888)
- 1958-Abul Kalam Azad,Indian independence movement leader (b.1888)
- 1961-Nick LaRocca,Americanjazzmusician (b.1889)
- 1970-Edward Selzer,Americanmovie producer(b.1893)
- 1973-Jean-Jacques Bertrand,PremierofQuebec(b.1916)
- 1973-Winthrop Rockefeller,American politician, 37thGovernorofArkansas(b.1912)
- 1974-Samuel Byck,American attempted assassin ofRichard Nixon(b.1930)
- 1976-Florence Ballard,American singer (b.1943)
- 1980–Oskar Kokoschka,Austrian painter (b.1886)
- 1985–Efrem Zimbalist,American violinist and composer (b.1889)
- 1987–Andy Warhol,American artist, director, and writer (b.1928)
- 1989-Moises da Costa Amaral,East Timoresepolitician (b.1938)
- 1994–Papa John Creach,American musician (b.1917)
- 1995–Ed Flanders,American actor (b.1934)
- 1998-Donald S. Russell,107thGovernorofSouth Carolina(b.1906)
- 1998-Abraham A. Ribicoff,80thGovernorofConnecticut(b.1910)
From 2001[change|change source]
- 2002-Roden Cutler,32ndGovernorofNew South Wales(b.1916)
- 2002–Chuck Jones,American cartoonist (b.1912)
- 2002–Jonas Savimbi,Angolan politician and rebel leader (b.1934)
- 2002-Daniel Pearl,Americanjournalist(b.1963)
- 2004-Roqué Maspoli,Uruguayanfootballer (b.1917)
- 2005–Simone Simon,French actress (b.1910)
- 2012–Marie Colvin,American journalist (b.1956)
- 2012–Rémi Ochlik,French photojournalist (b.1983)
- 2013-Hasse Jeppson,Swedishfootballer(b.1925)
- 2013-Wolfgang Sawallisch,Germanpianistandconductor(b.1923)
- 2014-Charlotte Dawson,New Zealand-born Australiantelevisionpersonality (b.1966)
- 2014-Leo Vroman,Dutch-American hematologist,poetand illustrator (b.1915)
- 2015-Kim Kyung-roul,South Koreanbilliardsplayer (b.1980)
- 2016-Wesley A. Clark,Americancomputerengineer (b.1927)
- 2016-Sonny James,American countrysinger-songwriter(b.1929)
- 2016-Hans Reffert,German musician (b.1946)
- 2016-Douglas Slocombe,Englishcinematographer(b.1913)
- 2016-Yochanan Sofer,Hungarian-Israelirabbi(b.1922)
- 2016-Cara McCollum,Americanjournalistand beauty queen (b.1992)
- 2016-Cristiana Corsi,Italiantaekwondomartial artist (b.1976)
- 2016-Yolande Fox,American beauty queen, singer and activist (b.1928)
- 2017-Frank Delaney,Irish author (b.1942)
- 2017-Ricardo Dominguez,Mexican boxer (b.1985)
- 2017-Eni Faleomavaega,American Samoanpolitician (b.1943)
- 2017-Aleksei Petrenko,Russian actor (b.1938)
- 2017-Ed Garvey,American lawyer and politician (b.1940)
- 2017-John McCormack,Canadianice hockeyplayer (b.1925)
- 2018-Nanette Fabray,American actress and dancer (b.1920)
- 2018-Forges,Spanish cartoonist (b.1942)
- 2018-Richard E. Taylor,Canadianphysicist(b.1929)
Observances[change|change source]
- Independence Day (Saint Lucia)
- World Thinking Day (Girl Scouts)
- Founder's Day (ScoutMovement)