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What happened on February 22
- February 22, 1071 Battle of Cassel-Robert I the Frisian defeats Arnulf III/I
- February 22, 1281 Martin IV becomes Pope.
- February 22, 1281 Simon de Brion elected Pope Martinus IV
- February 22, 1288 Girolamo Masci elected Pope Nicolas IV
- February 22, 1288 Nicholas IV becomes Pope.
- February 22, 1295 "BC - The coronation of Ramses II, on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in Abu Simbel temple."
- February 22, 1300 Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree
- February 22, 1495 French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim the crown
- February 22, 1495 King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.
- February 22, 1561 William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais
- February 22, 1630 "Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving"
- February 22, 1632 Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
- February 22, 1656 New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site
- February 22, 1732 George Washington's birthday
- February 22, 1744 Battle at Toulon English-French & Spanish fleet
- February 22, 1746 French troops conquer Brussels
- February 22, 1746 Jakobijnse troops vacate Aberdeen
- February 22, 1774 English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright
- February 22, 1775 First US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at œ10
- February 22, 1775 Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw Poland
- February 22, 1784 "First US ship to trade with China, ""Empress of China,"" sails from New York"
- February 22, 1797 "UK hist French invade Fishguard, Wales; last time UK invaded; all captured 2 days later"
- February 22, 1813 "Ft. Presentation, NY is captured by the British"
- February 22, 1813 Lt. Col. 'Red George' Macdonnell c1779-1871 leads 400 Prescott regular militia and Glengarry Light Infantry in a pre-dawn raid on US Fort Ogdensburg across the frozen St. Lawrence
- February 22, 1819 "By the Adams-Ons Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars."
- February 22, 1821 Spain sells (east) Florida to United States for $5 million
- February 22, 1825 Britain and Russia set inland boundaries of Alaska/BC at first mountain range and 141st meridian
- February 22, 1825 Russia & Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary
- February 22, 1828 Russia & Persia sign Peace of Turkmantsjai
- February 22, 1836 Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New Guinea
- February 22, 1847 Battle of Buena Vista US troops beat Mexican army
- February 22, 1851 "The Kirkwood runs aground in New Jersey, mistaking the Smith Hotel for a vessel that refused to return its signal."
- February 22, 1853 The Washington University is founded in St. Louis as Eliot Seminary.
- February 22, 1854 "First meeting of the Republican Party, Michigan"
- February 22, 1855 The Pennsylvania State University is founded.
- February 22, 1856 First national meeting of the Republican Party (Pittsburgh)
- February 22, 1856 "The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."
- February 22, 1858 "Dion Boucicault's ""Jessie Brown,"" premieres in New York NY"
- February 22, 1860 Organized baseball played in San Francisco for the first time
- February 22, 1860 "Shoe-making workers of Lynn MS, strike successfully for higher wages"
- February 22, 1861 On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration
- February 22, 1862 "Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861."
- February 22, 1864 2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona MS
- February 22, 1864 "Battle at Dalton, Georgia"
- February 22, 1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee
- February 22, 1865 Battle of Wilmington NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals
- February 22, 1865 The U.S. state of Tennessee makes slavery illegal.
- February 22, 1872 First national convention of the Prohibition Party (Columbus OH)
- February 22, 1872 Labor Reform Party formed at Columbus OH
- February 22, 1876 "Johns Hopkins University is founded in Baltimore, Maryland."
- February 22, 1878 Greenback Labor Party formed (Toledo OH)
- February 22, 1879 "Frank W. Woolworth opens his first store in Utica, New York."
- February 22, 1879 "In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores."
- February 22, 1882 Serbian kingdom refounded.
- February 22, 1887 Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati
- February 22, 1888 John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers NY)
- February 22, 1889 "Dakotas, Montana & Washington admitted to the union"
- February 22, 1889 "President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states."
- February 22, 1889 "U.S. President Grover Cleveland signs a bill to admit North and South Dakota, Montana and Washington (state) to the Union."
- February 22, 1892 """Lady Windermere's Fan"" by Oscar Wilde premieres at St James Theater (London)"
- February 22, 1892 Manitoba Rugby Football Union forms
- February 22, 1898 "Black postmaster lynched, his wife & 3 daughters shot in Lake City SC"
- February 22, 1900 "Battle at Wynne's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)"
- February 22, 1900 Hawaii became a US territory
- February 22, 1903 Due to drought the US side of Niagara Falls runs short of water
- February 22, 1904 "UK recognises the South Orkney Islands as part of Argentina, in 1908 claims them again."
- February 22, 1906 Black evangelist William J Seymour arrives in Los Angeles CA
- February 22, 1907 Cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London
- February 22, 1909 "Great White Fleet, first US fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia"
- February 22, 1912 J Vedrines makes first airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph
- February 22, 1913 "Lowell High School, San Francisco opens (on it's first campus)"
- February 22, 1915 "Germany begins ""unrestricted"" submarine war"
- February 22, 1917 German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships
- February 22, 1918 "Germany claims Baltic states, Finland & Ukraine from Russia"
- February 22, 1920 "In Emeryville, New York, the first dog race track to employ an imitation rabbit opens."
- February 22, 1920 The first artificial rabbit used at a dog race track (Emeryville CA)
- February 22, 1922 Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin
- February 22, 1923 First successful chinchilla farm in US (Los Angeles CA)
- February 22, 1923 The United States begins the first transcontinental air mail route.
- February 22, 1923 Transcontinental airmail service begins
- February 22, 1932 Purple Heart award re-instituted
- February 22, 1933 "G”ring forms SA/SS-police, shoots 40-50"
- February 22, 1934 "It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City."
- February 22, 1935 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House
- February 22, 1936 Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins
- February 22, 1940 Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island
- February 22, 1940 "German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578"
- February 22, 1941 "Arthur T ""Bomber"" Harris becomes British Air Marshal"
- February 22, 1941 German assault on El Agheila Libya
- February 22, 1941 I G Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- February 22, 1941 Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam
- February 22, 1941 "Paul Creston's first Symphony, premieres"
- February 22, 1941 "Roy Harris' ""Ballad of a Railroad Man,"" premieres"
- February 22, 1943 HMCS Weyburn strikes a mine near Gibralter and sinks
- February 22, 1943 Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany.
- February 22, 1943 Royal Canadian Navy corvette HMCS Weyburn strikes mine and sinks near Gibraltar.
- February 22, 1943 "The Bulgarian government signs an agreement with the Germans to allow deportations from Macedonia and Thrace. 11,000 Jews are deported."
- February 22, 1944 "American aircraft bombard the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer by mistake, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone."
- February 22, 1944 "US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem & Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die"
- February 22, 1945 Arab League forms (Cairo)
- February 22, 1945 "British troops take Ramree Island, Burma"
- February 22, 1945 Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland
- February 22, 1948 "Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die"
- February 22, 1948 Communist coup in Czechoslovakia
- February 22, 1955 British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail
- February 22, 1956 "Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 ""Heartbreak Hotel"""
- February 22, 1958 Egypt & Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR)
- February 22, 1958 Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
- February 22, 1958 "Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes"
- February 22, 1959 Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
- February 22, 1962 Number one hit on UK music charts - Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love With You
- February 22, 1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs)
- February 22, 1964 Beatles arrive back in England after their first US visit
- February 22, 1965 "Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies."
- February 22, 1965 "The Beatles begin filming scenes on location in the Bahamas for their second movie, Help!"
- February 22, 1965 USSR launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test)
- February 22, 1966 "Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok & Ugolek, first 2-dog crew"
- February 22, 1967 "25,000 US & S Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border"
- February 22, 1968 "Rock group Genesis release their first record ""The Silent Sun"""
- February 22, 1969 The last time all four Beatles were together for a recording session.
- February 22, 1971 Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria
- February 22, 1972 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir & Prime Minister of Qatar
- February 22, 1972 "President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing"
- February 22, 1973 "Cold War: Following United States President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices."
- February 22, 1973 Israeli fighter planes shoot down a Libyan commercial airliner (106 die)
- February 22, 1973 US & China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing & Washington DC
- February 22, 1974 Ethiopian police shoot at demonstrators
- February 22, 1974 "Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit conference starts in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries are attending. Twenty-two heads of state and government participate."
- February 22, 1974 Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon.
- February 22, 1975 Number one hit on UK music charts - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
- February 22, 1978 2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly TN
- February 22, 1979 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Primate & Cat Building is dedicated
- February 22, 1979 Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom.
- February 22, 1979 St Lucia gains independence from Britain
- February 22, 1980 Afghanistan declares martial law
- February 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""."
- February 22, 1980 USA beats USSR in Olympics hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal
- February 22, 1982 NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for New York governor (unsuccessful)
- February 22, 1983 Harold Washington wins Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary
- February 22, 1983 "Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India"
- February 22, 1984 Brothers Anton & Peter Stastny score 8 points each for NHL Qu‚bec
- February 22, 1986 Start of the 1986 EDSA Revolution in the Philippines.
- February 22, 1987 Pop artist Andy Warhol dies in New York City at age 58.
- February 22, 1989 "31st Grammy Awards Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman"
- February 22, 1989 Fins ministry of Public health installs sex vacation to thwart stress
- February 22, 1989 New York Lotto pays $26.9 million to one winner (#s are 1-5-12-19-44-50)
- February 22, 1989 The first Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award)
- February 22, 1989 "UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a ""deliberate fraud"""
- February 22, 1989 "US authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of ""Satanic Rituals"""
- February 22, 1990 "First day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland New Zealand 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps"
- February 22, 1990 "Grain carrier collides with Polish fishing vessel in Vancouver Harbour; spilling 40,000 litres of diesel fuel"
- February 22, 1991 Actor Bill Bixby (57) weds Laura Michael (32)
- February 22, 1991 Bush & US Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal
- February 22, 1991 "Kelli McCarty, 21, (Kansas), crowned 40th Miss USA"
- February 22, 1992 Barry Diller resigns as CEO of Fox
- February 22, 1992 "Ed McMahon, 69, weds Pamela Hurn, 37"
- February 22, 1992 "Rockers Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) & Courtney Love (Hole), wed"
- February 22, 1993 "Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours"
- February 22, 1994 Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
- February 22, 1994 Health Canada project finds traces of cigarette smoke compounds in fetal hair; first biochemical proof that even offspring of non-smoking mothers are affected by passive smoke Ladies there is a reason to quit smoking
- February 22, 1994 Paul Martin tables his first Budget as Finance Minister; wants to cut deficit from $45 to 39 billion; cuts tobacco taxes to curb smuggling; announces four military bases to close.
- February 22, 1995 Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters
- February 22, 1995 Bloc Quebecois leader Lucien Bouchard returns to the House of Commons where MPs give him a standing ovation; he had lost part of his leg to the so-called flesh-eating disease in late 1993
- February 22, 1996 Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice
- February 22, 1996 "STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit"
- February 22, 1997 "In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned."
- February 22, 1998 """King & I,"" closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 781 performances"
- February 22, 2002 "A MH-47E Chinook helicopter crashes into the ocean near the Philippines, killing all 10 aboard."
- February 22, 2002 Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
- February 22, 2002 UK hist Millennium Bridge over the Thames in London finally opens
- February 22, 2006 "At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery ever, stealing 53m Pounds (about $92.5 million or 78 million Euros) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent."
- February 22, 2011 "A magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred very close to Christchurch, New Zealand causing extensive damage. 65 people confirmed dead."
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