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What Happened on February 22nd This Day in History

Year	Name
2018	A man throws a grenade at the U.S embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt.
2015	A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.
2014	President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.
2012	A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.
2011	New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake strikes Christchurch, killing 185 people.
2011	Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
2006	At approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time, explosions occurred at the al-Askari Shrine in Samara, Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, caused the escalation of sectarian tensions in Iraq into a full-scale civil war.
2006	At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
2005	The 6.4 Mw  Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman Province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.
2002	Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
1997	In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
1995	The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
1994	Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
1986	Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
1983	The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
1980	Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.
1979	Saint Lucia gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1974	The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
1974	Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but is killed by police.
1973	Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
1972	The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.
1959	Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
1958	Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
1957	Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
1946	The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
1944	World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
1944	World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog.
1943	World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.
1942	World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
1921	After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
1909	The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
1904	The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
1901	San Francisco: Pacific mail steamer sinks in Golden Gate harbor; 128 passengers killed.
1899	Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
1889	President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
1881	Cleopatra's Needle, a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected in Central Park, New York.
1879	In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
1872	The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
1862	American Civil War: 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.
1856	The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh.
1848	The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
1847	Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
1819	By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
1797	The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
1744	War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.
1651	St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people.
1632	Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems .
1495	King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.
1371	Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
1316	The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand.
1076	Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate,[1] Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

Famous People Born on February 22

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Year	Name
1930	Marni Nixon, American soprano and actress (d. 2016)
1907	Robert Young, American actor (d. 1998)
1958	Dave Spitz, American bass player and songwriter
1941	Hipólito Mejía, Dominican politician, 52nd President of the Dominican Republic
1860	Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (d. 1939)
1955	Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player
1863	Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1943)
1979	Lee Na-young, South Korean actress
1984	Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer
1938	Steve Barber, American baseball player (d. 2007)

Famous People Deaths On February 22

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on February 22. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1897	Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
1939	Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)
1890	John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
1997	Joseph Aiuppa, American gangster (b. 1907)
2005	Lee Eun-ju, South Korean actress and singer (b. 1980)
1985	Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
2015	Chris Rainbow, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1946)
1971	Frédéric Mariotti, French actor (b. 1883)
1500	Gerhard VI, German nobleman (b. 1430)
1942	Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)