A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on February 22 throughout history.
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First official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued by Emperor Diocletian at Nicomedia, ordering all churches to be closed and scriptures burnt
Galileo Galilei's book "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" is published comparing the Copernican and Ptolemaic systems and whether the Earth orbits the sun
Perpetual copyright, also known as indefinite copyright, is copyright that lasts indefinitely.
The French Revolutionary Wars (French: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802.
The Alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and the British Empire over the Canada–United States border regarding Alaska between the 1890s and 1900s.
Republican Party holds its first national meeting in Pittsburgh
25,000 US and South Vietnamese troops launch Operation Junction City against the Viet Cong. Largest US airborne assault since World War II.
"It Happened One Night" directed by Frank Capra and starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert opens at NY's Radio City Music Hall (Academy Awards Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay 1935)
Jay-Z becomes the first rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame alongside Max Martin, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis
“Father of American Golf” John Reid first demonstrates golf on a Yonkers cow pasture to friends
US Defector General Benedict Arnold (26) weds the daughter of the sheriff of New Haven Margaret Mansfield
Future CIA Director William J. Casey (27) weds Sophia Kurz
Iris Apfel (née Barrel) marries Carl Apfel
Halle Maria Berry is an American actress. She began her career as a model and beauty contestant becoming Miss Ohio in 1986, runner-up in Miss USA 1986 and placing sixth in Miss World 1986.
"Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (40) divorces Rick Salomon (39) due to irreconcilable differences only 2 months after getting married
Pope Formosus (816 – 896) was the pope and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 891 until his death on 4 April 896.
Robert I (1035 – 13 October 1093), known as Robert the Frisian, was count of Flanders from 1071 until his death in 1093.
Pope Martin IV (Latin: Martinus IV; born Simon de Brion; c. 1210 – 28 March 1285), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 February 1281 until his death on 22 March...
Pope Nicholas IV (Latin: Nicolaus IV; born Girolamo Masci; 30 September 1227 – 4 April 1292) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 February 1288 to his death, on 4...
Pope Boniface VIII issues papal bull (decree) instating a Jubilee Year, granting forgiveness of sins and debts for those who fulfill various conditions
King Robert II of Scotland (1371-90) becomes the first monarch of the House of Stewart
New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site
Battle of Toulon [Battle of Cape Sicié]: Spanish naval fleet supported by France's Levant fleet breaks through a two-year-old British blockade of Italy, allowing the Spanish to go on the offensive against Savoy
French troops conquer Brussels
1st US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at 10 cents
Empress of China, the first US ship to trade with China, sails from New York
The Adams–Onís Treaty between Spain and the United States is signed, ceding Florida to the US and defining the boundary between the US and New Spain
Russia and Persia sign the Peace of Turkmantsjai
Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New Guinea
Battle of Buena Vista begins between US and Mexican troops
The Michigan Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in Michigan, United States, sometimes referred to as MIGOP. Ronna Romney McDaniel was the chairwoman of the...
Organized baseball played in San Francisco for 1st time between the Eagles and the Red Rovers
On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration
The Battle of Resaca, from May 13 to 15, 1864, formed part of the Atlanta campaign during the American Civil War, when a Union force under William Tecumseh Sherman engaged the Confederate Army of...
Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War. It protected the vital trading routes of the port at Wilmington, North Carolina, from 1861 until its capture by the Union in 1865.
The Prohibition Party (PRO) is a political party in the United States known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages and as an integral part of the temperance...
Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist best known for funding the establishment of Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins...
The Greenback Party (known successively as the Independent Party and the Greenback Labor Party) was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology which was active from 1874 to 1889.
The Serbian kingdom is refounded.
The Union Labor Party was a political party in the United States during the late nineteenth century.
US President Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana & Washington state to the union
Manitoba Rugby Football Union was a Canadian football league, founded on Monday February 22, 1892.
Black postmaster lynched, his wife & 3 daughters shot in Lake City, South Carolina
Battle at Wynne's Hill, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
The Hague Tribunal gives its decision in claims against Venezuela; it sets the sum to be paid by Venezuela and gives preferential treatment to the three powers that initiated the block - Britain, Germany, and Italy
William Joseph Seymour (May 2, 1870 – September 28, 1922) was an American Holiness Pentecostal preacher.
Leonid Andreyev's "Zhizn Cheloveka" premieres in St Petersburg
The Canadian Parliament resolves to maintain union with the British Empire, while controlling domestic fiscal affairs
J Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph
Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war
The House-Grey Memorandum, drafted by US and Britain, states: 'Should the Allies accept [the American idea of a conference to end the war] and should Germany refuse it, the United States would "probably" enter the war against Germany'
German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships
The Baltic Fleet is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea. Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the Baltic Fleet is the oldest Russian...
The Grant Memorial coinage are a gold dollar and silver half dollar struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1922 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ulysses S.
1st successful chinchilla farm in US, in Los Angeles, California
ARC soccer team forms in Alphen on the Rhine
First solo flight from England to Australia lands in Darwin 15½ days after takeoff, piloted by Australian aviator Bert Hinkler
Purple Heart (the Badge of Military Merit) award reinstituted
Hungarian scholar and the founder of Tibetan studies Alexander Csoma de Kőrös declared a Bodhisattva (Buddhist saint) in Japan
Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins
Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, (13 April 1892 – 5 April 1984), commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butcher" or "Butch"...
The German resistance to Nazism (German: Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus) included unarmed and armed opposition and disobedience to the Nazi regime by various movements, groups and...
World War II (1939–1945) involved sustained strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory.
Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate. It is home to more than 10.5 million people.
The Battle for Jerusalem took place during the 1947–1948 civil war phase of the 1947–1949 Palestine war.
Wallace Brockway and Herbert Weinstock's revised and expanded edition of reference book "Men of Music: Their Lives, Times and Achievements" is published
German husband and wife team Ria and Paul Falk win the mixed pairs gold medal at the Oslo Winter Olympics; defeat American siblings, Karol and Peter Kennedy
British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sets sail
1st English soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United
Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win
Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets 6 world records in 2 days
Inaugural Daytona 500: Lee Petty and Johnny Beauchamp cross finish line side by side; Beauchamp declared unofficial winner; ruling overturned after 3 days by NASCAR founder Bill France Sr
German skier Georg Thoma becomes the first non-Nordic athlete to win the Nordic combined event at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics
"Only a Northern Song" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 soundtrack album Yellow Submarine.
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
Rodgers & Hammerstein's television musical "Cinderella", starring Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon, with Pat Carroll and Celeste Holm, premieres on CBS-TV
Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok & Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew
Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at an American parimutuel race at a major US track aboard Cohesian at Charles Town, West Virginia
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border...
Turkish Delight (Dutch: Turks fruit) is a 1973 Dutch erotic romantic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven from a screenplay by Gerard Soeteman, based on the 1969 novel Turks Fruit by Jan Wolkers.
Ethiopian police shoot at demonstrators
2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tenn
NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for NY governor (unsuccessful)
The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, were a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25,...
Bruno Marie-Rose runs indoor world record 200m (20.36 sec)
1st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps
"Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box NYC
Vinod Kambli scores 224 v England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours
Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters
Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA.
Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announce they have cloned an adult mammal, producing Dolly the sheep, born on 5 July 1996 (d. 2003)
Petr Svoboda scores the winner as the Czech Republic claims its first ever Olympic ice hockey gold medal with a 1-0 victory over Russia in Nagano, Japan
Angolan revolutionary politician and military leader of UNITA, Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush in the province of Moxico
Pakistani pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar bowls the fastest ball recorded in cricket history at 100.2 mph (161.3 km/h)
At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery ever, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or 78€ million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent
Taiwan's economy exits from the recession with 9.22% growth in the last quarter of 2009 after increased demand from China and other key markets in the region
An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 181 people
Train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 50 and injures hundreds
The Mali War is an ongoing conflict that began on 16 January 2012 with a Tuareg rebellion in northern Mali.
After winning the men's parallel giant slalom at the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russian snowboarder Vic Wild wins his 2nd gold in the parallel slalom
57th Daytona 500: Joey Logano wins event for 2nd time after taking lead with 10 laps to go; is ahead of Kevin Harvick before caution flag on last lap ends race in his favour
10 million people are without water in Delhi after caste protests in Jat sabotage the Munak water canal
Apple's new campus is named Apple Park in Culpertino, California, nicknamed 'the spaceship', designed with Foster + Partners, the first of 12,000 employees to move in, in April [1]
Chinese short track speed skater Wu Dajing beats men's 500m world record twice en route to winning the gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics; 2nd man in history under 40 seconds (39.584s)
Actor Jussie Smollett suspended from US TV show "Empire" after revealed that actor made false claims about racist and homophobic attack
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo.
On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man, was murdered during a racially motivated hate crime while jogging in Satilla Shores, a neighborhood near Brunswick in Glynn County,...
Astronomers reveal Webb telescope data is upending existing theories of how early galaxies were formed, after finding six massive galaxies 100x larger than expected soon after the Big Bang [1]
Japan’s benchmark stock exchange, the Nikkei average reaches its highest-ever level at 39,098, breaking its 1989 record [1]
George Washington is born
Al Gross is born
Jean-Bédel Bokassa is born
Ted Kennedy, American politician, known for american politician, was born on 1932-02-22.
Steve Irwin, Australian zookeeper, known for australian zookeeper, was born on 1962-02-22.
Drew Barrymore, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1976-02-22. Drew Blythe Barrymore is an American actress, producer, talk show host, and businesswoman.
Niki Lauda, Austrian athlete, known for austrian racing driver, was born on 1949-02-22.
Julius Erving athlete, known for american former basketball player, was born on 1951-02-22. Julius Winfield "Dr. J" Erving II is an American former professional basketball player.
Amy Alcott, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1957-02-22. Amy Alcott is an American professional golfer and golf course designer.
Vijay Singh, Fijian athlete, known for fijian professional golfer, was born on 1964-02-22. Vijay Singh is a Fijian professional golfer.
Pat LaFontaine, American athlete, known for american ice hockey player, was born on 1966-02-22. Patrick Michael LaFontaine is an American former professional ice hockey player.
Michael Chang, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1973-02-22. Michael Te-pei Chang is an American former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked world No.
Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager, known for american baseball player and manager, was born on 1934-02-22.
Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer and navigator, known for italian explorer and navigator, died on 1512-02-22.
Heshen, Chinese politician, known for chinese politician, died on 1799-02-22. Heshen of the Manchu Niohuru clan, was an official of the Qing dynasty.
Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist, known for scottish geologist, died on 1875-02-22.
Francisco I. Madero dies
Andy Warhol, American artist and filmmaker, known for american artist and filmmaker, died on 1987-02-22. Andy Warhol was an American artist and filmmaker.
First official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued by Emperor Diocletian at Nicomedia, ordering all churches to be closed and scriptures burnt
Pope Formosus (816 – 896) was the pope and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 891 until his death on 4 April 896.
Robert I (1035 – 13 October 1093), known as Robert the Frisian, was count of Flanders from 1071 until his death in 1093.
Pope Martin IV (Latin: Martinus IV; born Simon de Brion; c. 1210 – 28 March 1285), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 February 1281 until his death on 22 March...
Pope Nicholas IV (Latin: Nicolaus IV; born Girolamo Masci; 30 September 1227 – 4 April 1292) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 February 1288 to his death, on 4...
Pope Boniface VIII issues papal bull (decree) instating a Jubilee Year, granting forgiveness of sins and debts for those who fulfill various conditions
King Robert II of Scotland (1371-90) becomes the first monarch of the House of Stewart
Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer and navigator, known for italian explorer and navigator, died on 1512-02-22.
Galileo Galilei's book "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" is published comparing the Copernican and Ptolemaic systems and whether the Earth orbits the sun
New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site
George Washington is born
Battle of Toulon [Battle of Cape Sicié]: Spanish naval fleet supported by France's Levant fleet breaks through a two-year-old British blockade of Italy, allowing the Spanish to go on the offensive against Savoy
French troops conquer Brussels
US Defector General Benedict Arnold (26) weds the daughter of the sheriff of New Haven Margaret Mansfield
Perpetual copyright, also known as indefinite copyright, is copyright that lasts indefinitely.
1st US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at 10 cents
Empress of China, the first US ship to trade with China, sails from New York
The French Revolutionary Wars (French: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802.
Heshen, Chinese politician, known for chinese politician, died on 1799-02-22. Heshen of the Manchu Niohuru clan, was an official of the Qing dynasty.
The Adams–Onís Treaty between Spain and the United States is signed, ceding Florida to the US and defining the boundary between the US and New Spain
The Alaska boundary dispute was a territorial dispute between the United States and the British Empire over the Canada–United States border regarding Alaska between the 1890s and 1900s.
Russia and Persia sign the Peace of Turkmantsjai
Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New Guinea
Battle of Buena Vista begins between US and Mexican troops
The Michigan Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national Republican Party in Michigan, United States, sometimes referred to as MIGOP. Ronna Romney McDaniel was the chairwoman of the...
Republican Party holds its first national meeting in Pittsburgh
Organized baseball played in San Francisco for 1st time between the Eagles and the Red Rovers
On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration
The Battle of Resaca, from May 13 to 15, 1864, formed part of the Atlanta campaign during the American Civil War, when a Union force under William Tecumseh Sherman engaged the Confederate Army of...
Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War. It protected the vital trading routes of the port at Wilmington, North Carolina, from 1861 until its capture by the Union in 1865.
The Prohibition Party (PRO) is a political party in the United States known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages and as an integral part of the temperance...
Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist, known for scottish geologist, died on 1875-02-22.
Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist best known for funding the establishment of Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins...
The Greenback Party (known successively as the Independent Party and the Greenback Labor Party) was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology which was active from 1874 to 1889.
The Serbian kingdom is refounded.
The Union Labor Party was a political party in the United States during the late nineteenth century.
“Father of American Golf” John Reid first demonstrates golf on a Yonkers cow pasture to friends
US President Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana & Washington state to the union
Manitoba Rugby Football Union was a Canadian football league, founded on Monday February 22, 1892.
Black postmaster lynched, his wife & 3 daughters shot in Lake City, South Carolina
Battle at Wynne's Hill, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
The Hague Tribunal gives its decision in claims against Venezuela; it sets the sum to be paid by Venezuela and gives preferential treatment to the three powers that initiated the block - Britain, Germany, and Italy
William Joseph Seymour (May 2, 1870 – September 28, 1922) was an American Holiness Pentecostal preacher.
Leonid Andreyev's "Zhizn Cheloveka" premieres in St Petersburg
The Canadian Parliament resolves to maintain union with the British Empire, while controlling domestic fiscal affairs
J Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph
Francisco I. Madero dies
Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war
The House-Grey Memorandum, drafted by US and Britain, states: 'Should the Allies accept [the American idea of a conference to end the war] and should Germany refuse it, the United States would "probably" enter the war against Germany'
German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships
The Baltic Fleet is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea. Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the Baltic Fleet is the oldest Russian...
Al Gross is born
Jean-Bédel Bokassa is born
The Grant Memorial coinage are a gold dollar and silver half dollar struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1922 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ulysses S.
1st successful chinchilla farm in US, in Los Angeles, California
ARC soccer team forms in Alphen on the Rhine
First solo flight from England to Australia lands in Darwin 15½ days after takeoff, piloted by Australian aviator Bert Hinkler
Purple Heart (the Badge of Military Merit) award reinstituted
Ted Kennedy, American politician, known for american politician, was born on 1932-02-22.
Hungarian scholar and the founder of Tibetan studies Alexander Csoma de Kőrös declared a Bodhisattva (Buddhist saint) in Japan
"It Happened One Night" directed by Frank Capra and starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert opens at NY's Radio City Music Hall (Academy Awards Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay 1935)
Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager, known for american baseball player and manager, was born on 1934-02-22.
Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins
Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island
Future CIA Director William J. Casey (27) weds Sophia Kurz
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, (13 April 1892 – 5 April 1984), commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butcher" or "Butch"...
The German resistance to Nazism (German: Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus) included unarmed and armed opposition and disobedience to the Nazi regime by various movements, groups and...
World War II (1939–1945) involved sustained strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory.
Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate. It is home to more than 10.5 million people.
Iris Apfel (née Barrel) marries Carl Apfel
The Battle for Jerusalem took place during the 1947–1948 civil war phase of the 1947–1949 Palestine war.
Niki Lauda, Austrian athlete, known for austrian racing driver, was born on 1949-02-22.
Wallace Brockway and Herbert Weinstock's revised and expanded edition of reference book "Men of Music: Their Lives, Times and Achievements" is published
Julius Erving athlete, known for american former basketball player, was born on 1951-02-22. Julius Winfield "Dr. J" Erving II is an American former professional basketball player.
German husband and wife team Ria and Paul Falk win the mixed pairs gold medal at the Oslo Winter Olympics; defeat American siblings, Karol and Peter Kennedy
British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sets sail
1st English soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United
Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win
Amy Alcott, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1957-02-22. Amy Alcott is an American professional golfer and golf course designer.
Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets 6 world records in 2 days
Inaugural Daytona 500: Lee Petty and Johnny Beauchamp cross finish line side by side; Beauchamp declared unofficial winner; ruling overturned after 3 days by NASCAR founder Bill France Sr
German skier Georg Thoma becomes the first non-Nordic athlete to win the Nordic combined event at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics
Steve Irwin, Australian zookeeper, known for australian zookeeper, was born on 1962-02-22.
"Only a Northern Song" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 soundtrack album Yellow Submarine.
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
Vijay Singh, Fijian athlete, known for fijian professional golfer, was born on 1964-02-22. Vijay Singh is a Fijian professional golfer.
Rodgers & Hammerstein's television musical "Cinderella", starring Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon, with Pat Carroll and Celeste Holm, premieres on CBS-TV
Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok & Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew
Pat LaFontaine, American athlete, known for american ice hockey player, was born on 1966-02-22. Patrick Michael LaFontaine is an American former professional ice hockey player.
25,000 US and South Vietnamese troops launch Operation Junction City against the Viet Cong. Largest US airborne assault since World War II.
Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at an American parimutuel race at a major US track aboard Cohesian at Charles Town, West Virginia
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border...
Turkish Delight (Dutch: Turks fruit) is a 1973 Dutch erotic romantic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven from a screenplay by Gerard Soeteman, based on the 1969 novel Turks Fruit by Jan Wolkers.
Michael Chang, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1973-02-22. Michael Te-pei Chang is an American former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked world No.
Ethiopian police shoot at demonstrators
Drew Barrymore, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1976-02-22. Drew Blythe Barrymore is an American actress, producer, talk show host, and businesswoman.
2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tenn
NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for NY governor (unsuccessful)
The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, were a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25,...
Bruno Marie-Rose runs indoor world record 200m (20.36 sec)
Andy Warhol, American artist and filmmaker, known for american artist and filmmaker, died on 1987-02-22. Andy Warhol was an American artist and filmmaker.
1st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps
"Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box NYC
Vinod Kambli scores 224 v England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours
Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters
Halle Maria Berry is an American actress. She began her career as a model and beauty contestant becoming Miss Ohio in 1986, runner-up in Miss USA 1986 and placing sixth in Miss World 1986.
Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA.
Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announce they have cloned an adult mammal, producing Dolly the sheep, born on 5 July 1996 (d. 2003)
Petr Svoboda scores the winner as the Czech Republic claims its first ever Olympic ice hockey gold medal with a 1-0 victory over Russia in Nagano, Japan
Angolan revolutionary politician and military leader of UNITA, Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush in the province of Moxico
Pakistani pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar bowls the fastest ball recorded in cricket history at 100.2 mph (161.3 km/h)
At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery ever, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or 78€ million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent
"Baywatch" actress Pamela Anderson (40) divorces Rick Salomon (39) due to irreconcilable differences only 2 months after getting married
Taiwan's economy exits from the recession with 9.22% growth in the last quarter of 2009 after increased demand from China and other key markets in the region
An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 181 people
Train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 50 and injures hundreds
The Mali War is an ongoing conflict that began on 16 January 2012 with a Tuareg rebellion in northern Mali.
After winning the men's parallel giant slalom at the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russian snowboarder Vic Wild wins his 2nd gold in the parallel slalom
57th Daytona 500: Joey Logano wins event for 2nd time after taking lead with 10 laps to go; is ahead of Kevin Harvick before caution flag on last lap ends race in his favour
10 million people are without water in Delhi after caste protests in Jat sabotage the Munak water canal
Jay-Z becomes the first rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame alongside Max Martin, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis
Apple's new campus is named Apple Park in Culpertino, California, nicknamed 'the spaceship', designed with Foster + Partners, the first of 12,000 employees to move in, in April [1]
Chinese short track speed skater Wu Dajing beats men's 500m world record twice en route to winning the gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics; 2nd man in history under 40 seconds (39.584s)
Actor Jussie Smollett suspended from US TV show "Empire" after revealed that actor made false claims about racist and homophobic attack
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo.
On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man, was murdered during a racially motivated hate crime while jogging in Satilla Shores, a neighborhood near Brunswick in Glynn County,...
Astronomers reveal Webb telescope data is upending existing theories of how early galaxies were formed, after finding six massive galaxies 100x larger than expected soon after the Big Bang [1]
Japan’s benchmark stock exchange, the Nikkei average reaches its highest-ever level at 39,098, breaking its 1989 record [1]