February, 22nd in History

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Events

Friday 22, 2002:
A MH-47E Chinook helicopter crashes into the ocean near the Philippines, killing all 10 aboard.

Saturday 22, 1997:
In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned.

Tuesday 22, 1994:
Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.

Friday 22, 1980:
The United States ice hockey team defeats the Soviet Union team at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in an upset dubbed the "Miracle on Ice".

Thursday 22, 1979:
Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom.

Thursday 22, 1973:
Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to China, the United States and the People's Republic of China agree to establish liaison offices.

Saturday 22, 1969:
Barbara Jo Rubin wins a United States thoroughbred horse race making history as the first woman to do so.

Sunday 22, 1959:
Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.

Saturday 22, 1958:
Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.

Wednesday 22, 1956:
Elvis Presley enters the music charts for the first time, with "Heartbreak Hotel".

Tuesday 22, 1949:
Grady the Cow, a 1,200-pound cow gets stuck inside a silo on a farm in Yukon, Oklahoma and garners national media attention.

Sunday 22, 1948:
Start of the Czechoslovak Revolution.

Monday 22, 1943:
Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany.

Sunday 22, 1942:
World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defense collapses.

Friday 22, 1924:
Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.

Thursday 22, 1923:
Barcelona (Catalonia): Albert Einstein visits the city, invited by the scientist Esteban Terradas i Illa, as part of the monografics course of High Studies and Exchange organized by the Mancomunitat de Catalunya and conducted by Rafael de Campalans.

Sunday 22, 1920:
In Emeryville, California, the first dog race track to employ an imitation rabbit opens.

Monday 22, 1915:
Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.

Monday 22, 1904:
UK recognises the South Orkney Islands as part of Argentina, in 1908 claims them again.

Friday 22, 1889:
President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.

Saturday 22, 1879:
In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores.

Tuesday 22, 1876:
Johns Hopkins University is founded in Baltimore, Maryland.

Wednesday 22, 1865:
Tennessee adopts a new constitution that abolishes slavery.

Friday 22, 1856:
The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Thursday 22, 1855:
The Pennsylvania State University is founded.

Monday 22, 1847:
5,000 American troops drive off 15,000 Mexican.

Monday 22, 1819:
By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.

Saturday 22, 1744:
The Battle of Toulon begins.

Sunday 22, 1632:
Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.

Friday 22, 1495:
King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.

Sunday 22, 1288:
Nicholas IV becomes Pope.

Saturday 22, 1281:
Martin IV becomes Pope.

Tuesday 22, 2005:
2005- Milford, Connecticut's Mayor James Richetelli Jr. named February 22nd, 2005 as Christy Carlson Romano Day. She also received the "Connecticut's Finest Citizen Award" the same day.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/22-february/on-this-day.html


People born on February 22

1982:
Jenna Haze, American actress (b: February 22, 1982) (Biography of Jenna Haze)

1975:
Drew Barrymore, American actress (b: February 22, 1975) (Biography of Drew Barrymore)

1971:
Lea Salonga, Filipina actress and singer (b: February 22, 1971) (Biography of Lea Salonga)

1969:
Byron Stroud, American bassist (Fear Factory) (b: February 22, 1969) (Biography of Byron Stroud)

1968:
Jeri Ryan, American actress (b: February 22, 1968) (Biography of Jeri Ryan)

1967:
Alf Poier, Austrian comedian (b: February 22, 1967) (Biography of Alf Poier)

1966:
Brian Greig, Australian politician (b: February 22, 1966) (Biography of Brian Greig)
Rachel Dratch, American actress, comedienne (b: February 22, 1966) (Biography of Rachel Dratch)

1963:
Vijay Singh, Fijian golfer (b: February 22, 1963) (Biography of Vijay Singh)

1962:
Steve Irwin, Australian herpetologist and televison personality (b: February 22, 1962) (Biography of Steve Irwin)

1959:
Kyle MacLachlan, American actor (b: February 22, 1959) (Biography of Kyle MacLachlan)

1952:
Bill Frist, American politician (b: February 22, 1952) (Biography of Bill Frist)

1950:
Julius Erving, American basketball player (b: February 22, 1950) (Biography of Julius Erving)
Miou-Miou, French actress (b: February 22, 1950) (Biography of Miou-Miou)
Julie Walters, English actress (b: February 22, 1950) (Biography of Julie Walters)

1949:
Niki Lauda, Austrian race car driver (b: February 22, 1949) (Biography of Niki Lauda)
Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player (b: February 22, 1949) (Biography of Olga Morozova)

1945:
Leslie Charleson, American actress (b: February 22, 1945) (Biography of Leslie Charleson)

1944:
Jonathan Demme, American director (b: February 22, 1944) (Biography of Jonathan Demme)
Robert Kardashian, American lawyer (b: February 22, 1944) (Biography of Robert Kardashian)
Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player (b: February 22, 1944) (Biography of Tom Okker)

1941:
Hipólito Mejía, President of the Dominican Republic (2000-2004) (b: February 22, 1941) (Biography of Hipólito Mejía)

1938:
Ishmael Reed, American writer (b: February 22, 1938) (Biography of Ishmael Reed)

1934:
Sparky Anderson, baseball manager (b: February 22, 1934) (Biography of Sparky Anderson)

1932:
Ted Kennedy, American politician and brother of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy (b: February 22, 1932) (Biography of Ted Kennedy)

1930:
Marni Nixon, American singer (b: February 22, 1930) (Biography of Marni Nixon)

1929:
Rebecca Schull, American actress (b: February 22, 1929) (Biography of Rebecca Schull)

1928:
Bruce Forsyth, British entertainer (b: February 22, 1928) (Biography of Bruce Forsyth)
Paul Dooley, American actor (b: February 22, 1928) (Biography of Paul Dooley)

1926:
Kenneth Williams, English actor (b: February 22, 1926 ; d: April 15, 1988) (Biography of Kenneth Williams)
Bud Yorkin, American film director (b: February 22, 1926) (Biography of Bud Yorkin)

1921:
Jean-Bédel Bokassa, ruler of the Central African Republic (b: February 22, 1921 ; d: November 3, 1996) (Biography of Jean-Bédel Bokassa)

1918:
Sid Abel, Canadian hockey player (b: February 22, 1918 ; d: February 8, 2000) (Biography of Sid Abel)
Robert Wadlow, the tallest person in recorded history. (b: February 22, 1918) (Biography of Robert Wadlow)
Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (b: February 22, 1918) (Biography of Don Pardo)
Charlie Finley, American sports entrepreneur (b: February 22, 1918) (Biography of Charlie Finley)

1908:
Sir John Mills, English actor (b: February 22, 1908 ; d: April 23, 2005) (Biography of John Mills)

1907:
Sheldon Leonard, American actor, writer, director, and producer (b: February 22, 1907 ; d: January 10, 1997) (Biography of Sheldon Leonard)
Robert Young, American actor (b: February 22, 1907 ; d: July 21, 1998) (Biography of Robert Young (actor))

1903:
Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (b: February 22, 1903 ; d: August 25, 1990) (Biography of Morley Callaghan)
Frank Plumpton Ramsey, English mathematician (b: February 22, 1903) (Biography of Frank Plumpton Ramsey)

1902:
Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (b: February 22, 1902 ; d: April 22, 1980) (Biography of Fritz Strassmann)

1900:
Luis Buñuel, Spanish-born film director (b: February 22, 1900 ; d: July 29, 1983) (Biography of Luis Buñuel)

1899:
Dwight Frye, American actor (b: February 22, 1899 ; d: November 7, 1943) (Biography of Dwight Frye)
George O'Hara, American actor (b: February 22, 1899 ; d: October 16, 1966) (Biography of George O'Hara)
Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b: February 22, 1899 ; d: April 26, 1986) (Biography of Dechko Uzunov)

1892:
Edna St. Vincent Millay, American writer (b: February 22, 1892 ; d: October 19, 1950) (Biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay)

1889:
Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English Chief Girl Guide (b: February 22, 1889 ; d: June 19, 1977) (Biography of Olave Baden-Powell)

1886:
Hugo Ball, German author and poet (b: February 22, 1886) (Biography of Hugo Ball)

1883:
Marguerite Clark, American silent film actress (b: February 22, 1883) (Biography of Marguerite Clark)

1880:
Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician (b: February 22, 1880) (Biography of Frigyes Riesz)

1878:
Walter Ritz, Swiss physicist (b: February 22, 1878) (Biography of Walter Ritz)

1857:
Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (b: February 22, 1857 ; d: January 1, 1894) (Biography of Heinrich Hertz)
Lord Robert Baden-Powell, English founder of the Boy Scouts (b: February 22, 1857 ; d: January 8, 1941) (Biography of Robert Baden-Powell)

1849:
Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician (d 1915) (b: February 22, 1849) (Biography of Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin)

1840:
August Bebel, German politician (b: February 22, 1840) (Biography of August Bebel)

1839:
Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (b: February 22, 1839 ; d: April 11, 1906) (Biography of Francis Pharcellus Church)

1819:
James Russell Lowell, American poet and essayist (b: February 22, 1819 ; d: August 12, 1891) (Biography of James Russell Lowell)

1817:
Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician (b: February 22, 1817) (Biography of Carl Wilhelm Borchardt)

1796:
Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (b: February 22, 1796) (Biography of Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet)
Alexis Bachelot, French Catholic prelate and missionary to Hawaii (b: February 22, 1796) (Biography of Alexis Bachelot)

1788:
Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (b: February 22, 1788) (Biography of Arthur Schopenhauer)

1778:
Rembrandt Peale, American artist (b: February 22, 1778) (Biography of Rembrandt Peale)

1732:
George Washington, first President of the United States (b: February 22, 1732 ; d: December 14, 1799) (Biography of George Washington)

1705:
Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (b: February 22, 1705 ; d: September 27, 1735) (Biography of Peter Artedi)

1612:
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (b: February 22, 1612 ; d: May 20, 1677) (Biography of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol)

1500:
Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b: February 22, 1500 ; d: May 2, 1564) (Biography of Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi)

1440:
King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b: February 22, 1440 ; d: November 23, 1457) (Biography of Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary)

1403:
King Charles VII of France (b: February 22, 1403 ; d: July 22, 1461) (Biography of Charles VII of France)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/22-february/births.html

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People who died on February 22

2005:
Simone Simon, French actress (b: April 23, 1910 ; d: February 22, 2005) (Biography of Simone Simon)
Zdzislaw Beksinski (d: February 22, 2005) (Biography of Zdzislaw Beksinski)

2004:
Andy Seminick (d: February 22, 2004) (Biography of Andy Seminick)
Roque Máspoli (d: February 22, 2004) (Biography of Roque Máspoli)

2002:
Chuck Jones, American animator (b: September 21, 1912 ; d: February 22, 2002) (Biography of Chuck Jones)
Jonas Savimbi (d: February 22, 2002) (Biography of Jonas Savimbi)

2000:
Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (b: May 29, 1946 ; d: February 22, 2000) (Biography of Fernando Buesa)

1997:
Joseph Aiuppa (d: February 22, 1997) (Biography of Joseph Aiuppa)
Abraham Ribicoff, American politician (b: April 9, 1910 ; d: February 22, 1997) (Biography of Abraham Ribicoff)

1995:
Ed Flanders (d: February 22, 1995) (Biography of Ed Flanders)

1994:
Papa John Creech, American musician (b: May 28, 1917 ; d: February 22, 1994) (Biography of Papa John Creech)

1987:
Andy Warhol, American artist (b: August 6, 1928 ; d: February 22, 1987) (Biography of Andy Warhol)

1985:
Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist (b: April 9, 1889 ; d: February 22, 1985) (Biography of Efrem Zimbalist)
Alexander Scourby, American actor (b: November 13, 1913 ; d: February 22, 1985) (Biography of Alexander Scourby)

1984:
Jessamyn West, American writer (b: July 18, 1902 ; d: February 22, 1984) (Biography of Jessamyn West)

1983:
Sir Adrian Boult, English conductor (b: April 8, 1889 ; d: February 22, 1983) (Biography of Adrian Boult)

1980:
Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, graphic artist, and poet (b: March 1, 1886 ; d: February 22, 1980) (Biography of Oskar Kokoschka)

1976:
Angela Baddeley, English actress (b: July 4, 1904 ; d: February 22, 1976) (Biography of Angela Baddeley)
Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (b: June 30, 1943 ; d: February 22, 1976) (Biography of Florence Ballard)

1968:
Peter Arno (d: February 22, 1968) (Biography of Peter Arno)

1965:
Felix Frankfurter, United States Supreme Court Justice (b: November 15, 1882 ; d: February 22, 1965) (Biography of Felix Frankfurter)

1961:
Nick LaRocca, American musician (b: April 11, 1889 ; d: February 22, 1961) (Biography of Nick LaRocca)

1943:
Hans Scholl (d: February 22, 1943) (Biography of Hans Scholl)
Sophie Scholl, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (b: May 9, 1921 ; d: February 22, 1943) (Biography of Sophie Scholl)

1939:
Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (b: July 26, 1875 ; d: February 22, 1939) (Biography of Antonio Machado)

1903:
Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b: March 13, 1860 ; d: February 22, 1903) (Biography of Hugo Wolf)

1901:
George Francis FitzGerald (d: February 22, 1901) (Biography of George Francis FitzGerald)

1892:
Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (b: January 10, 1828 ; d: February 22, 1892) (Biography of Herman Koeckemann)

1890:
John Jacob Astor III (d: February 22, 1890) (Biography of John Jacob Astor III)
Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (b: May 23, 1834 ; d: February 22, 1890) (Biography of Carl Heinrich Bloch)

1875:
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French painter (b: July 16, 1796 ; d: February 22, 1875) (Biography of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot)
Charles Lyell, British geologist (b: November 14, 1797 ; d: February 22, 1875) (Biography of Charles Lyell)

1742:
Charles Rivington (d: February 22, 1742) (Biography of Charles Rivington)

1732:
Francis Atterbury, English man of letters (b: March 6, 1663 ; d: February 22, 1732) (Biography of Francis Atterbury)

1731:
Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (b: March 23, 1638 ; d: February 22, 1731) (Biography of Frederik Ruysch)

1727:
Francesco Gasparini (d: February 22, 1727) (Biography of Francesco Gasparini)

1690:
Charles Le Brun, French artist (b: February 24, 1619 ; d: February 22, 1690) (Biography of Charles Le Brun)

1680:
Catherine Monvoisin (d: February 22, 1680) (Biography of Catherine Monvoisin)

1674:
Jean Chapelain, French writer (b: December 4, 1595 ; d: February 22, 1674) (Biography of Jean Chapelain)

1627:
Olivier van Noort (d: February 22, 1627) (Biography of Olivier van Noort)

1512:
Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer and cartographer (b: March 9, 1454 ; d: February 22, 1512) (Biography of Amerigo Vespucci (explorer))

965:
Odo, Duke of Burgundy (d: February 22, 965) (Biography of Odo, Duke of Burgundy)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/22-february/deaths.html