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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1076]] &ndash; Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate,<ref>{{cite book|last=Blumenthal|first=Uta-Renate|chapter=Gregory VII|title=Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia|editor-last=Jeep|editor-first=John M.|location=New York|publisher=Garland Publishing|date=2001|isbn=9781138062658|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p4uHav3mZLsC|page=310|access-date=2022-02-14|archive-date=2022-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109155448/https://books.google.com/books?id=p4uHav3mZLsC|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pope Gregory VII]] excommunicates [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lott|first1=Elizabeth S.|last2=Pavlac|first2=Brian Alexander|title=The Holy Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2019|isbn=9781440848551|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=arSYDwAAQBAJ|page=235|postscript=none|access-date=2022-02-14|archive-date=2021-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210075318/https://books.google.com/books?id=arSYDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}; {{cite book|last=Robinson|first=James Harvey|title=Readings in European History. Vol. I|location=Boston|publisher=Ginn & Company|date=1904|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SwcUFENZX68C|page=281|isbn=9781434470843|access-date=2022-02-14|archive-date=2022-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143316/https://books.google.com/books?id=SwcUFENZX68C|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1316]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Picotin]], between [[Ferdinand of Majorca]] and the forces of [[Matilda of Hainaut]], ends in victory for Ferdinand.<ref>{{cite book|author1=ed SETTON|author2=Kenneth Meyer Setton|title=A History of the Crusades: The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, edited by H. W. Hazard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J6v9jhUd-r8C&pg=PA112|year=1969|publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press|isbn=978-0-299-06670-3|pages=112|access-date=2019-09-27|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801123451/https://books.google.com/books?id=J6v9jhUd-r8C&pg=PA112|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1371]] &ndash; [[Robert II of Scotland|Robert II]] becomes King of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]], beginning the [[House of Stuart|Stuart]] dynasty.<ref>{{cite book|author=Andrew Lang|title=A Short History of Scotland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-rfCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT46|date=20 November 2019|publisher=Good Press|pages=46|access-date=26 July 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801124748/https://books.google.com/books?id=-rfCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT46|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1495]] &ndash; King [[Charles VIII of France]] enters [[Naples]] to claim the city's throne.<ref>{{cite book|author=Bard Thompson|title=Humanists and Reformers: A History of the Renaissance and Reformation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hrq9d567398C&pg=PA296|year=1996|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=978-0-8028-6348-5|pages=296|access-date=2020-07-26|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801115927/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hrq9d567398C&pg=PA296|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]], the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]]'s ''[[Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gindikin|first=Semen Grigorʹevich|title=Tales of physicists and mathematicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vhx--jfFN8IC&pg=PA62|access-date=22 February 2011|year=1988|publisher=[[Birkhäuser]]|isbn=978-0-8176-3317-2|page=62|archive-date=4 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704035231/http://books.google.com/books?id=Vhx--jfFN8IC&pg=PA62|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[St. Peter's Flood]]: A storm surge floods the [[German Bight|Frisian coast]], drowning 15,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-15 |title=St. Peter's Flood – February 22, 1651 |url=https://www.calendarz.com/on-this-day/february/22/st-peters-flood |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=calendarz.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: The [[Battle of Toulon (1744)|Battle of Toulon]] causes several [[Royal Navy]] captains to be [[court-martial]]ed, and the [[Articles of War]] to be amended.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle= Mathews, Thomas |volume= 37 |last= Laughton |first= John Knox |author-link= John Knox Laughton |pages= 43-46 |year= |short=1}}</ref>
*[[1770]] &ndash; British customs officer Ebenezer Richardson fires blindly into a crowd during a protest in [[North End, Boston]], fatally wounding 11-year-old [[Christopher Seider]]; the first American fatality of the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="USA1stBastardCop">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/christopher-seider-the-first-casualty-in-the-american-revolutionary-cause/|title=Christopher Seider: The First Casualty in the American Revolutionary Cause|date=2015-07-31|publisher=New England Historical Society|language=en-US|access-date=2023-10-01}}</ref>
*[[1797]] &ndash; The [[last Invasion of Britain]] begins near [[Fishguard]], Wales.<ref>{{cite web |title=Llanelli and the Fishguard Invasion |url=https://www.llanellich.org.uk/files/356-llanelli-fishguard-invasion |website=llanellich.org.uk |publisher=Teftadaeth Cymuned Llanelli ~ Llanelli Community Heritage |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122090942/https://www.llanellich.org.uk/files/356-llanelli-fishguard-invasion |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; By the [[Adams–Onís Treaty]], Spain [[History of Florida|sells Florida]] to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crutchfield |first1=James A. |last2=Moutlon |first2=Candy |last3=Bene |first3=Terry Del |title=The Settlement of America: An Encyclopedia of Westward Expansion from Jamestown to the Closing of the Frontier |date=26 March 2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-45461-8 |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lGusBwAAQBAJ |language=en |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143300/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Settlement_of_America/lGusBwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Mexican–American War]]: The [[Battle of Buena Vista]]: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 [[Mexico|Mexican]] troops.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bauer |first1=Karl Jack |title=The Mexican War, 1846-1848 |date=1 January 1992 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-6107-5 |page=210 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_1DqVTdwmVkC |access-date=5 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143300/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Mexican_War_1846_1848/_1DqVTdwmVkC?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; The [[French Revolution of 1848]], which would lead to the establishment of the [[French Second Republic]], begins.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beecher |first1=Jonathan |title=Writers and Revolution: Intellectuals and the French Revolution of 1848 |date=April 2021 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-84253-2 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TvQgEAAAQBAJ |access-date=5 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143300/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Writers_and_Revolution/TvQgEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; The United States [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] opens its first national convention in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ushistory.org/gop/origins.htm|title=The Origins of the Republican Party|access-date=2022-11-16|archive-date=2012-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930194002/http://www.ushistory.org/gop/origins.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dodd |first1=William Edward |title=Jefferson Davis |date=1 January 1997 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-6609-4 |page=13 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r1X3lFbBSW4C |access-date=5 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143301/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/_/r1X3lFbBSW4C?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; The [[Prohibition Party]] holds its first national convention in [[Columbus, Ohio]], nominating [[James Black (prohibitionist)|James Black]] as its presidential nominee.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0025/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg |title=Page Twenty Three of Brief history of prohibition and of the prohibition reform party |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318021022/https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:gdc:dcmsiabooks:br:ie:fh:is:to:ry:of:pr:00:bl:ac:briefhistoryofpr00blac:briefhistoryofpr00blac_0025/full/pct:100/0/default.jpg |archive-date=March 18, 2020 |page=23}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; In [[Utica, New York]], [[Frank Woolworth]] opens the first of many of five-and-dime [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth]] stores.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Winkler |first1=John K. |title=Five and Ten: The Fabulous Life of F. W. Woolworth |date=31 July 2017 |publisher=Pickle Partners Publishing |isbn=978-1-78720-790-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GtwuDwAAQBAJ |access-date=5 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143313/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Five_and_Ten/GtwuDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; ''[[Cleopatra's Needle (New York)|Cleopatra's Needle]]'', a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected in [[Central Park]], New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/obelisk.html|title=Obelisk|website=The Official Website of Central Park NYC|access-date=August 26, 2019|date=January 29, 2019|archive-date=April 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424124927/http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/obelisk.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|President]] [[Grover Cleveland]] [[Enabling Act of 1889|signs a bill]] admitting [[North Dakota]], [[South Dakota]], [[Montana]] and [[Washington (state)|Washington]] as [[U.S. state]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=State History Enabling Act |url=https://leg.wa.gov/History/State/Pages/enabling.aspx |website=leg.wa.gov |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205160707/https://leg.wa.gov/History/State/Pages/enabling.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Philippine Revolutionary Army|Filipino forces]] led by General [[Antonio Luna]] [[Second Battle of Caloocan|launch counterattacks for the first time]] against the American forces during the [[Philippine–American War]]. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Linn |first1=Brian McAllister |title=The Philippine War, 1899-1902 |date=2000 |publisher=University Press of Kansas |location=Lawrence |isbn=0-7006-1225-4 |page=59}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dudeney |first1=John R. |last2=Walton |first2=David W.H. |date=October 2012 |title=From Scotia to 'Operation Tabarin': developing British policy for Antarctica |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0032247411000520/type/journal_article |journal=Polar Record |language=en |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=342–360 |doi=10.1017/S0032247411000520 |bibcode=2012PoRec..48..342D |s2cid=145613031 |issn=0032-2474}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; The sixteen [[battleship]]s of the [[Great White Fleet]], led by {{USS|Connecticut|BB-18|6}}, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Great White Fleet |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq42-1.htm |publisher=Department of the Navy – Naval History and Heritage Command |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120204131704/http%3A//www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq42-1.htm |archive-date=4 February 2012 |date=20 December 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; After Russian forces under Baron [[Roman von Ungern-Sternberg]] drive the Chinese out, the [[Bogd Khan]] is reinstalled as the [[Khagan|emperor]] of [[Mongolia (1911–24)|Mongolia]].{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders General [[Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines|Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines]] as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2009 |title=President Roosevelt to MacArthur: Get out of the Philippines |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-roosevelt-to-macarthur-get-out-of-the-philippines |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=HISTORY |publisher=A&E Television Networks |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: Members of the [[White Rose]] resistance, [[Sophie Scholl]], [[Hans Scholl]], and [[Christoph Probst]] are executed in [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scholl |first1=Inge |title=The White Rose: Munich, 1942–1943 |date=June 1983 |publisher=Wesleyan University Press |isbn=978-0-8195-6086-5 |pages=9, 15, 138, 149 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LgSlZdGXhVUC |access-date=5 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143301/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_White_Rose/LgSlZdGXhVUC?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*1943   &ndash; ''[[Yankee Clipper (flying boat)|Yankee Clipper]]'' crashes while landing on the [[Tagus]] in Lisbon, killing 24.<ref name="CAB">{{cite report |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19430222-0 |title=Report of the Civil Aeronautics Board |date=9 September 1943 |publisher=Civil Aeronautics Board |access-date=10 November 2024}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: American aircraft [[Bombing of Nijmegen|mistakenly bomb]] the Dutch towns of [[Nijmegen]], [[Arnhem]], [[Enschede]] and [[Deventer]], resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/gebeurtenis/42d66138-d771-4448-b125-01fa56486f97 |title=Bombardement 22 februari 1944 Nijmegen |work=Oorlogsdoden Nijmegen |access-date=20 August 2016 |language=nl |archive-date=21 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821040555/http://www.oorlogsdodennijmegen.nl/gebeurtenis/42d66138-d771-4448-b125-01fa56486f97 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: The Soviet [[Red Army]] recaptures [[Krivoi Rog]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Krivoi-Rog |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/krivoi-rog |website=The Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=26 October 2022 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026203533/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/krivoi-rog |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; The "[[X Article|Long Telegram]]", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The World Transformed:1945 to the Present|last=Hunt|first=Michael|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2013|isbn=9780199371020|pages=44}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Ngô Đình Diệm]] of [[South Vietnam]] survives a [[Viet Cong|communist]] shooting assassination attempt in [[Buôn Ma Thuột]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Moyar |first1=Mark |title=Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965 |date=28 August 2006 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-45921-1 |page=66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phJrZ87RwuAC |access-date=5 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143301/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Triumph_Forsaken/phJrZ87RwuAC?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, [[Egypt]] and [[Syria]] join to form the [[United Arab Republic]].<ref name=feb23>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96296879/cairo-wild-as-nasser-takes-post/|title=Cairo Wild as Nasser Takes Post|newspaper=Fort Lauderdale News|date=February 23, 1958|access-date=February 24, 2022|archive-date=January 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104130337/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96296879/cairo-wild-as-nasser-takes-post/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Lee Petty]] wins [[1959 Daytona 500|the first]] [[Daytona 500]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Race Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1959_Daytona_500/W/ |website=Racing-Reference.info |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-date=24 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124005918/https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1959_Daytona_500/W/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; The [[Official Irish Republican Army]] [[1972 Aldershot bombing|detonates]] a car bomb at [[Aldershot]] barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.<ref>{{cite news |title=1972: IRA bomb kills six at Aldershot barracks |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/22/newsid_2519000/2519029.stm |publisher=BBC News – On this day |date=22 February 1972 |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-date=7 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307113337/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/22/newsid_2519000/2519029.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: Following President [[Richard Nixon]]'s [[Nixon visit to China 1972|visit]] to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish [[:wikt:liaison|liaison]] offices.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-18 |title=The Opening of China » |url=https://www.nixonfoundation.org/exhibit/the-opening-of-china/ |access-date=2022-09-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; The [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Second Islamic Summit Conference 1974 |url=http://formun.fccsocieties.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Islamic_Summit_1974_FORMUN_2013.pdf |publisher=Forman Christian College Model United Nations |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626060300/http://formun.fccsocieties.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Islamic_Summit_1974_FORMUN_2013.pdf |archive-date=26 June 2013 |date=2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[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 commits suicide after being wounded by police.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rvv.com/peacemaker/Samuel_Byck.htm|title=The Samuel Byck Association Attempt|date=January 9, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050109073412/http://www.rvv.com/peacemaker/Samuel_Byck.htm|archive-date=2005-01-09}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Saint Lucia]] gains independence from the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saint Lucia – Countries|url=https://history.state.gov/countries/saint-lucia|website=[[Office of the Historian]]|access-date=March 21, 2022|archive-date=March 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322021056/https://history.state.gov/countries/saint-lucia|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Miracle on Ice]]: In [[Lake Placid, New York]], the United States hockey team defeats the [[Soviet Union]] hockey team 4–3.<ref>{{cite news |title=America surprise Soviets, 4-3 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nLssAAAAIBAJ&pg=6346%2C4551880 |access-date=5 February 2022 |work=Star-News |agency=Associated Press |date=23 February 1980 |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205203433/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nLssAAAAIBAJ&pg=6346,4551880 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; The notorious [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] flop ''[[Moose Murders]]'' opens and closes on the same night at the [[Eugene O'Neill Theatre]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Campbell |title=A Broadway Flop Again Raises Its Antlers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/theater/21moos.html |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=21 April 2008 |archive-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223212552/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/theater/21moos.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; Start of the [[People Power Revolution]] in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ackerman |first1=Peter |last2=DuVall |first2=Jack |title=A Force More Powerful: A Century of Non-Violent Conflict |date=5 October 2001 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-0-312-24050-9 |page=527 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-1TMCQAAQBAJ |access-date=7 February 2022 |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143303/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Force_More_Powerful/-1TMCQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Aldrich Ames]] and his wife are charged by the [[United States Department of Justice]] with spying for the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bromwich |first=Michael R. |author-link=Michael R. Bromwich |date=April 1997 |title=A Review of the FBI's Performance in Uncovering the Espionage Activities of Aldrich Hazen Ames |url=https://oig.justice.gov/special/9704.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514003744/https://oig.justice.gov/special/9704.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2017 |access-date=April 26, 2011}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; The [[Corona (satellite)|Corona]] [[reconnaissance satellite]] program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.<ref>[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/WCPD-1995-02-27/pdf/WCPD-1995-02-27-Pg304.pdf Executive Order 12951—Release of Imagery Acquired by Space-Based National Intelligence Reconnaissance Systems]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115202814/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/WCPD-1995-02-27/pdf/WCPD-1995-02-27-Pg304.pdf |date=2021-01-15 }}, retrieved 22 February 2022</ref> 
*[[1997]] &ndash; In [[Roslin, Midlothian]], British scientists announce that an adult sheep named [[Dolly the sheep|Dolly]] has been successfully [[cloning|cloned]].<ref>{{cite news |title=1997: Dolly the sheep is cloned |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/22/newsid_4245000/4245877.stm |publisher=BBC News-On this day |access-date=2022-02-07 |archive-date=2019-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127065734/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/22/newsid_4245000/4245877.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Angola]]n political and rebel leader [[Jonas Savimbi]] is killed in a military ambush.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jonas Savimbi |url=http://www.economist.com/node/1010682 |access-date=7 February 2022 |newspaper=The Economist |date=28 February 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809223508/http://www.economist.com/node/1010682 |archive-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; The 6.4 {{M|w}} [[2005 Zarand earthquake|Zarand earthquake]] shakes the [[Kerman province]] of [[Iran]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hundreds killed in Iranian quake |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4286129.stm |access-date=7 February 2022 |publisher=BBC News |date=22 February 2005 |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143306/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4286129.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[2006]] &ndash; At approximately 6:44&nbsp;a.m.  [[UTC+03:00|local Iraqi time]], [[2006 al-Askari mosque bombing|explosions occurred]] at the [[al-Askari Shrine]] in [[Samarra]], Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in [[Shia Islam]], caused the escalation of [[Sectarian violence in Iraq|sectarian tensions in Iraq]] into a [[Iraqi Civil War (2006-2008)|full-scale civil war]].<ref>{{cite web|title='1,300 dead' in Iraq sectarian violence |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/28/iraq1|access-date=2022-01-01|website=The Guardian|archive-date=2022-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627185217/https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/28/iraq1|url-status=live}}</ref>
*2006 &ndash; The [[Securitas depot robbery]] was the UK's largest heist. Almost £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) was stolen from a Securitas depot in [[Tonbridge]], [[Kent]].<ref name="Vito">{{cite book |last1=Vito |first1=Gennaro F. |last2=Maahs |first2=Jeffrey R. |last3=Holmes |first3=Ronald M. |title=Criminology: Theory, Research, and Policy |date=2006 |publisher=[[Jones & Bartlett Learning]] |location=Burlington, Massachusetts |isbn=978-0-7637-3001-7 |page=289 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2tehE36CziMC |language=en |access-date=20 March 2022 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922104224/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Criminology/2tehE36CziMC |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake, the [[2011 Christchurch earthquake]], kills 185 people.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dozens killed in New Zealand's 'darkest day' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-02-22/dozens-killed-in-new-zealands-darkest-day/1953118 |access-date=7 February 2022 |publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |date=22 February 2011 |language=en-AU |archive-date=7 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207114416/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-02-22/dozens-killed-in-new-zealands-darkest-day/1953118 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2011   &ndash; [[2011 Bahraini uprising|Bahraini uprising]]: Tens of thousands of people [[March of loyalty to martyrs|march in protest]] against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bahrain unrest: Thousands join anti-government protest |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12535681 |access-date=7 February 2022 |publisher=BBC News |date=22 February 2011 |archive-date=7 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207081029/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12535681 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; A [[2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster|train crash]] in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.<ref>{{cite news |title=El tercer accidente ferroviario más grave en la historia del país |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/anteriores-choques-de-trenes-nid1450641/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=La Nacion |date=23 February 2012 |language=es |archive-date=7 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207114416/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/anteriores-choques-de-trenes-nid1450641/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Higgins |first1=Andrew |last2=Kramer |first2=Andrew E. |title=Archrival Is Freed as Ukraine Leader Flees |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/world/europe/ukraine.html |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=22 February 2014 |archive-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523091912/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/world/europe/ukraine.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; A ferry carrying 100 passengers [[Sinking of the ML Mostofa-3|capsizes]] in the [[Padma River]], killing 70 people.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahmed |first1=Farid |title=68 dead in Bangladesh ferry accident |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/22/asia/bangladesh-ferry-accident/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |publisher=CNN|date=22 February 2015 |archive-date=7 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207114416/https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/22/asia/bangladesh-ferry-accident/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; A man [[2018 United States embassy attack in Podgorica|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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Surk |first1=Barbara |title=Bomb Thrown at U.S. Embassy in Montenegro; Attacker Kills Himself |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/world/europe/montenegro-embassy-attacked.html |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=22 February 2018 |archive-date=7 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207114359/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/world/europe/montenegro-embassy-attacked.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Twosday]], the name given to Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22:22, occurs.<ref name="LoC">{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/02/22/twosday-2-22-22-palindrome/6884226001/ | title=It's 'Twosday!' No matter where you are in the world, today's palindrome date is the same | website=[[USA Today]] }}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1040]] &ndash; [[Rashi]], French rabbi and author (d. 1105)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biblical criticism |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/biblical-criticism |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1403]] &ndash; [[Charles VII of France]] (d. 1461)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vale |first1=M. G. A. (Malcolm Graham Allan) |title=Charles VII |date=1974 |publisher=Berkeley : University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-02787-9 |page=21}}</ref>
*[[1440]] &ndash; [[Ladislaus the Posthumous]], Hungarian King (d. 1457)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Ladislas V |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ladislas-V |access-date=29 May 2022 |archive-date=29 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729013610/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ladislas-V |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1500]] &ndash; [[Rodolfo Pio da Carpi]], Italian cardinal (d. 1564)
*[[1514]] &ndash; [[Tahmasp I]], Iranian shah (d. 1576)
*[[1520]] &ndash; [[Moses Isserles]], Polish rabbi (d. 1572)
*[[1550]] &ndash; [[Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg]] (d. 1616)
*[[1592]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Ferrar]], English scholar (d. 1637)

===1601–1900===
*[[1631]] &ndash; [[Peder Syv]], Danish historian (d. 1702)
*[[1649]] &ndash; [[Bon Boullogne]], French painter (d. 1717)
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[Charles-Nicolas Cochin]], French artist (d. 1790)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[George Washington]], American general and politician, 1st [[President of the United States]] (d. 1799)
*[[1749]] &ndash; [[Johann Nikolaus Forkel]], German musicologist and theorist (d. 1818)
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Rembrandt Peale]], American painter and curator (d. 1860)
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Arthur Schopenhauer]], German philosopher and author (d. 1860)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Alexis Bachelot]], French priest and missionary (d. 1837)
*  1796   &ndash; [[Adolphe Quetelet]], Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist (d. 1874)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Sarah Fuller Flower Adams]], English poet and hymnwriter (d. 1848)<ref name="Miles1906">{{cite book|last=Miles|first=Alfred Henry|title=The Poets and the Poetry of the Nineteenth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nvM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA215|edition=Public domain|volume=11|year=1906|publisher=G. Routledge|pages=215–|access-date=2018-09-15|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120551/https://books.google.com/books?id=nvM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA215|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Józef Kremer]], Polish historian and philosopher (d. 1875)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Carl Wilhelm Borchardt]], German mathematician and academic (d. 1880)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[James Russell Lowell]], American poet and critic (d. 1891)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Pierre Janssen]], French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1907)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Salpointe]], French-American archbishop (d. 1898)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya]], Indian scholar and academic (d. 1906)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[August Bebel]], German theorist and politician (d. 1913)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin]], Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1915)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell]], English general, co-founded [[The Scout Association]] (d. 1941)
*  1857   &ndash; [[Heinrich Hertz]], German physicist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1894)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Mary W. Bacheler]], American physician and Baptist medical missionary (d. 1939)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QtZtkf35CF0C&q=%22Mary+Washington+Bacheler%22&pg=PA17|title=Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia|last=Windsor|first=Laura Lynn|date=2002|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781576073926|pages=17|access-date=2020-11-24|archive-date=2022-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143304/https://books.google.com/books?id=QtZtkf35CF0C&q=%22Mary+Washington+Bacheler%22&pg=PA17|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Lewis Akeley]], American academic (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dean Akeley, Retired USD Professor, Is Nearing 100 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/argus-leader-dean-akeley-retired-usd-pr/149394701/ |access-date=June 16, 2024 |work=[[Argus Leader|Argus-Leader]] |date=February 12, 1961 |location=Vermillion |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Charles McLean Andrews]], American historian, author, and academic (d. 1943)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Jules Renard]], French author and playwright (d. 1910)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Bill Klem]], American baseball player and umpire (d. 1951)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Zitkala-Sa]], American author and activist (d. 1938)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted]], Danish chemist and academic (d. 1947)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Eric Lemming]], Swedish athlete (d. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|title=Eric Lemming|url=https://www.olympic.org/eric-lemming|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=2 March 2020|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731044923/https://www.olympic.org/eric-lemming|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Joseph B. Ely]], American lawyer and politician, 52nd [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1956)
*  1881   &ndash; [[Albin Prepeluh]], Slovenian journalist and politician (d. 1937)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Eric Gill]], English sculptor and illustrator (d. 1940)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Marguerite Clark]], American actress (d. 1940)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Hugo Ball]], German author and poet (d. 1927)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shipe |first1=Timothy |title=Ball, Hugo (1886–1927) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM985-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Savielly Tartakower]], Polish journalist, author, and chess player (d. 1956)
*  1887   &ndash; [[Pat Sullivan (film producer)|Pat Sullivan]], Australian-American animator and producer (d. 1933)<ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=John |last=Young |title=Sullivan, Patrick Peter (Pat) (1885–1933) |id2=sullivan-patrick-peter-pat-13209 |access-date=24 September 2013}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Owen Brewster]], American captain and politician, 54th [[Governor of Maine]] (d. 1961)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Olave Baden-Powell]], English scout leader, first [[Chief Guide|World Chief Guide]] (d. 1977)
*  1889   &ndash; [[R. G. Collingwood]], English historian and philosopher (d. 1943)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Vlas Chubar]], Russian economist and politician (d. 1939)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Edna St. Vincent Millay]], American poet and playwright (d. 1950)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre]], Peruvian politician (d. 1979)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Karol Świerczewski]], Polish general (d. 1947)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[George O'Hara (actor)|George O'Hara]], American actor and screenwriter (d. 1966)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Luis Buñuel]], Spanish-Mexican director and producer (d. 1983)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Morley Callaghan]], Canadian author and playwright (d. 1990)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/morley-callaghan|title=Morley Callaghan|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=February 14, 2022|archive-date=February 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191118/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/morley-callaghan|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1903   &ndash; [[Frank Ramsey (mathematician)|Frank P. Ramsey]], English economist, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1930)<ref>{{cite book | last = Sahlin | first = FirstName | title = The philosophy of F.P. Ramsey | publisher = Cambridge University Press | location = Cambridge England New York | year = 1990 | isbn = 9780521385435 | page=221}}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Constance Stokes]], Australian painter (d. 1991)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Sheldon Leonard]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 1997)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 22: Vijay Singh, Rachel Dratch |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/22/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-22-Vijay-Singh-Rachel-Dratch/6981676751696/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=21 February 2024 |date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320101842/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/22/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-22-Vijay-Singh-Rachel-Dratch/6981676751696/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1907   &ndash; [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]], American actor (d. 1998)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Rómulo Betancourt]], Venezuelan politician, 56th [[President of Venezuela]] (d. 1981)
*  1908   &ndash; [[John Mills]], English actor (d. 2005)<ref>Brian McFarlane, "Mills, Sir John Lewis Ernest Watts (1908–2005)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Jan 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/96589 available online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143310/https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-96589;jsessionid=C92530A722470E8387A8056E226AC167 |date=2022-02-23 }}. Retrieved 28 August 2012.</ref>
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[George Hunt (footballer, born 1910)|George Hunt]], English footballer (d. 1996)<ref>{{Hugman|9696|George Hunt|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Renato Dulbecco]], Italian-American virologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2012)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Gus Lesnevich]], American boxer (d. 1964)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Sid Abel]], Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2000)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Don Pardo]], American radio and television announcer (d. 2014)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1918   &ndash; [[Robert Wadlow]], American man, the tallest person in recorded history (d. 1940)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]], Central African general and politician, 2nd [[President of the Central African Republic]] (d. 1996)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Giulietta Masina]], Italian actress (d. 1994)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Marshall Teague (racing driver)|Marshall Teague]], American race car driver (d. 1959)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Zenaida Manfugás]], Cuban pianist (d. 2012)<ref name="Integración">[http://www.cir-integracion-racial-cuba.org/zenaida-manfugas/ Posracialidad: Comité Ciudadanos por la Integración Racial]</ref>
*  1922   &ndash; [[Joe Wilder]], American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 2014)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[François Cavanna]], French author and editor (d. 2014)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Bleddyn Williams]], Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Edward Gorey]], American illustrator and poet (d. 2000)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Gerald Stern]], American poet and academic (d. 2022)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Williams]], English actor and screenwriter (d. 1988)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Florencio Campomanes]], Filipino political scientist and chess player (d. 2010)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Guy Mitchell]], American singer (d. 1999)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Clarence 13X]], American religious leader, founded the [[Nation of Gods and Earths]] (d. 1969)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Texas Johnny Brown]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Paul Dooley]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Bruce Forsyth]], English singer and television host (d. 2017) 
*  1928   &ndash; [[Thomas E. Kurtz]], American computer scientist and educator (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosen |first=Kenneth R. |date=November 16, 2024 |title=Thomas E. Kurtz, a Creator of BASIC Computer Language, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/technology/thomas-kurtz-dead.html |access-date=November 20, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> 
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[James Hong]], American actor and director
*  1929   &ndash; [[Rebecca Schull]], American stage, film, and television actress
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Marni Nixon]], American soprano and actress (d. 2016) 
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Ted Kennedy]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2009)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Sheila Hancock]], English actress and author
*  1933   &ndash; [[Katharine, Duchess of Kent]]
*  1933   &ndash; [[Ernie K-Doe]], American R&B singer (d. 2001)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1933)|Bobby Smith]], English footballer (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/obituary-bobby-smith/|title=Obituary: Bobby Smith|website=tottenhamhotspur.com|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-date=17 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217124359/https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/obituary-bobby-smith/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Sparky Anderson]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[J. Michael Bishop]], American microbiologist and immunologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Tommy Aaron]], American golfer
*  1937   &ndash; [[Joanna Russ]], American author and activist (d. 2011)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Steve Barber]], American baseball player (d. 2007)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Tony Macedo]], Gibraltarian born English footballer<ref>{{Hugman|12422|Tony Macedo|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>
*  1938   &ndash; [[Ishmael Reed]], American poet, novelist, essayist 
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Judy Cornwell]], English actress
*  1940   &ndash; [[Chet Walker]], American basketball player (d. 2024)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Hipólito Mejía]], Dominican politician, 52nd [[President of the Dominican Republic]]
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Christine Keeler]], English model and dancer (d. 2017)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Terry Eagleton]], English philosopher and critic
*  1943   &ndash; [[Horst Köhler]], Polish-German economist and politician, 9th [[President of Germany]] (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 1, 2025 |title=Former German President Horst Köhler dies at 81 |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/02/01/g-s1-45951/former-german-president-horst-kohler-dies-at-81 |access-date=February 2, 2025 |work=[[NPR]] |language=en}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Dick Van Arsdale]], American basketball player (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Araton |first=Harvey |date=December 16, 2024 |title=Dick Van Arsdale, 81, One of First Identical Twins in the N.B.A., Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/sports/basketball/dick-van-arsdale-dead.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241217005116/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/sports/basketball/dick-van-arsdale-dead.html |archive-date=December 17, 2024 |access-date=December 18, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Tom Van Arsdale]], American basketball player
*  1943   &ndash; [[Otoya Yamaguchi]], Japanese assassin of [[Inejiro Asanuma]] (d. 1960)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Demme]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Mick Green]], English guitarist (d. 2010)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Robert Kardashian]], American lawyer and businessman (d. 2003)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Christopher Meyer]], English diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States|British Ambassador to the United States]] (d. 2022)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Tom Okker]], Dutch tennis player and painter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tom-okker/o032/overview |title=Tom Okker |website=atptour.com |publisher=[[Association of Tennis Professionals]]}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Oliver (singer)|Oliver]], American pop singer (d. 2000)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Kresten Bjerre]], Danish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Pirjo Honkasalo]], Finnish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
*  1947   &ndash; [[Harvey Mason]], American drummer 
*  1947   &ndash; [[John Radford (footballer)|John Radford]], English footballer and manager
*  1947   &ndash; [[Frank Van Dun]], Belgian philosopher and theorist
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[John Ashton (actor)|John Ashton]], American actor (d. 2024)<ref name="AP"/>
*  1948   &ndash; [[Dennis Awtrey]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Awtrey |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76078/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=21 February 2024 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221064737/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76078/career |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[John Duncan (footballer)|John Duncan]], Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2022)<ref>{{Hugman|5545|John Duncan|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Niki Lauda]], Austrian racing driver (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.quite-simply-irreplaceable-f1-pays-tribute-to-niki-lauda.3WloAKN82RwgnVQ7y9rzpd.html|title='Quite simply irreplaceable' – F1 pays tribute to Niki Lauda|publisher=[[Formula One|Formula One web site]]|access-date=May 23, 2018|archive-date=May 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531202429/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.quite-simply-irreplaceable-f1-pays-tribute-to-niki-lauda.3WloAKN82RwgnVQ7y9rzpd.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Olga Morozova]], Russian tennis player and coach  
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Julius Erving]], American basketball player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6yuwT54mA0C&q=%22julius+erving%22+born+%22east+meadow%22&pg=PA273 |title=The Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939 |first1=Robert L. Jr. |last1=Harris |first2=Rosalyn |last2=Terborg-Penn |author-link2=Rosalyn Terborg-Penn |date=September 5, 2008 |publisher=Columbia University Press |access-date=March 22, 2011 |isbn=9780231138116 |archive-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191120/https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6yuwT54mA0C&q=%22julius+erving%22+born+%22east+meadow%22&pg=PA273 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1950   &ndash; [[Lenny Kuhr]], Dutch singer-songwriter
*  1950   &ndash; [[Miou-Miou]], French actress
*  1950   &ndash; [[Genesis P-Orridge]], English singer-songwriter (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leland |first1=John |title=Genesis P-Orridge Has Always Been a Provocateur of the Body. Now She's at Its Mercy. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/09/arts/music/genesis-p-orridge-throbbing-gristle.html |access-date=15 March 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=9 November 2018 |archive-date=15 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315053734/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/09/arts/music/genesis-p-orridge-throbbing-gristle.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1950   &ndash; [[Julie Walters]], English actress and author<ref>{{cite web |title=Julie Walters Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Julie-Walters |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=7 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021111755/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Julie-Walters |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Ellen Greene]], American singer and actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Bill Frist]], American physician and politician<ref>{{cite book|author=John T. Grupenhoff|title=National Health Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ohNrAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA8|year=1996|publisher=Science and Health Publications|isbn=978-0-8342-0800-1|pages=8|access-date=2021-02-22|archive-date=2022-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143304/https://books.google.com/books?id=ohNrAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA8|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1952   &ndash; [[Joaquim Pina Moura]], Portuguese [[Ministry of Economy (Portugal)|Minister of Economy and Treasury]] and [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|MP]] (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Moura|first=Joaquim|url=https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/en/news/died-joaquim-pina-moura-550377|title=Former Minister Joaquim Pina Moura Died|date=20 February 2020|work=Jornal Economico|access-date=5 March 2020|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731042408/https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/en/news/died-joaquim-pina-moura-550377|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1952   &ndash; [[Saufatu Sopoanga]], Tuvaluan politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu]] (d. 2020)<ref name="EastThomas2003">{{cite book|last1=East|first1=Roger|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mz-fXRsedPMC&pg=PA537|title=Profiles of people in power: the world's government leaders|last2=Thomas|first2=Richard|date=5 August 2003|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-126-1|pages=535–537|access-date=3 March 2011}}</ref> 
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Nigel Planer]], English actor and screenwriter
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[David Axelrod (political consultant)|David Axelrod]], American journalist and political adviser
*  1955   &ndash; [[Tim Young (ice hockey)|Tim Young]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Willie Smits]], Dutch microbiologist and engineer
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Dave Spitz]], American bass player and songwriter 
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Jiří Čunek]], Czech politician
*  1959   &ndash; [[Kyle MacLachlan]], American actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 22, 2023 includes celebrities Drew Barrymore, James Blunt |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-22-2023-includes-celebrities-drew-barrymore-james-blunt.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=21 February 2024 |date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221064736/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-22-2023-includes-celebrities-drew-barrymore-james-blunt.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1959   &ndash; [[Bronwyn Oliver]], Australian sculptor (d. 2006)
*  1959   &ndash; [[Harry Leary]], American BMX racer (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/harry-leary-1959-2024-hall-of-fame-bmx-racer/|title=Harry Leary (1959–2024), Hall of Fame BMX racer|work=[[Legacy.com]]|first=Eric|last=San Juan|date=16 September 2024|access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde]], Scottish politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]]
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Akira Takasaki]], Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer 
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Steve Irwin]], Australian zoologist and television host (d. 2006)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis]], English journalist and politician, [[Secretary of State for Transport]]<ref name="Guardianprofile">{{cite news |url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/publicservices/story/0,11032,1602671,00.html |title=The Guardian profile: Andrew Adonis |date=28 October 2005 |access-date=30 March 2007 |author=Will Woodward |work=The Guardian |location=London |archive-date=13 January 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060113082023/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/publicservices/story/0,11032,1602671,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Devon Malcolm]], Jamaican-English cricketer
*  1963   &ndash; [[Vijay Singh]], Fijian-American golfer<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Diane Charlemagne]], English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
*  1964   &ndash; [[Andy Gray (footballer, born 1964)|Andy Gray]], English footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3037|title=Andy Gray|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731134707/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3037|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Chris Dudley]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Dudley |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=21 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1965   &ndash; [[Kieren Fallon]], Irish jockey
*  1965   &ndash; [[Pat LaFontaine]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Pat LaFontaine |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/pat-lafontaine-8448626 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=21 February 2024 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221064736/https://www.nhl.com/player/pat-lafontaine-8448626 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Rachel Dratch]], American actress and comedian<ref>{{cite web |title=Rachel Dratch |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/rachel-dratch-vault-0000068921 |publisher=[[Playbill]] |access-date=9 February 2023 |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209212741/https://www.playbill.com/person/rachel-dratch-vault-0000068921 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Paul Lieberstein]], American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Psicosis II]], Mexican wrestler
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Shawn Graham]], Canadian politician, 31st [[Premier of New Brunswick]]
*  1968   &ndash; [[Jeri Ryan]], American model and actress 
*  1968   &ndash; [[Kazuhiro Sasaki]], Japanese baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kazuhiro Sasaki |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/kazuhiro-sasaki-277408 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=21 February 2024 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221064738/https://www.mlb.com/player/kazuhiro-sasaki-277408 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Jayson Williams]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Thomas Jane]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nepales |first1=Ruben V. |title=Thomas Jane still shoeless after all these years |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/190441/thomas-jane-still-shoeless-after-all-these-years |work=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |access-date=9 February 2023 |date=19 February 2016 |archive-date=9 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209205738/https://entertainment.inquirer.net/190441/thomas-jane-still-shoeless-after-all-these-years |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Brian Laudrup]], Danish footballer and sportscaster<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/1235|title=Landsholdsdatabasen|website=DBU|access-date=2021-02-23|archive-date=2021-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118134404/https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/playerInfo/1235|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Marc Wilmots]], Belgian footballer and manager<ref>{{cite book|title=2002 World Cup Football Super Stars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gsEB6NglljsC&pg=PA8|publisher=Sura Books|isbn=978-81-7478-303-5|pages=8|access-date=2021-02-22|archive-date=2022-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223143306/https://books.google.com/books?id=gsEB6NglljsC&pg=PA8|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Lea Salonga]], Filipino actress and singer<ref>{{cite book | title = Sulong Pilipina! Sulong Pilipinas! : a compilation of Filipino women centennial awardees | publisher = National Centennial Commission, Women Sector | location = Manila, Philippines | year = 1999 | isbn = 9789719127659 | page=197}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Michael Chang]], American tennis player and coach
*  1972   &ndash; [[Claudia Pechstein]], German speed skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Claudia Pechstein |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claudia-Pechstein |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=7 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=19 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019183653/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/861699/Claudia-Pechstein |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Haim Revivo]], Israeli footballer<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=Haim+Revivo+1972&pg=PA53| title = ''Day by Day in Jewish Sports History''| year = 2008| publisher = KTAV Publishing House| isbn = 9780881259698| access-date = 2023-03-19| archive-date = 2023-11-11| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231111152423/https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=Haim+Revivo+1972&pg=PA53| url-status = live}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Ben Sasse]], American politician and college administrator<ref>McNamee, Gregory Lewis. "Ben Sasse". Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Feb. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ben-Sasse {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008125818/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ben-Sasse |date=2022-10-08 }}. Accessed 22 November 2022.</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Philippe Gaumont]], French cyclist (d. 2013)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Juninho Paulista]], Brazilian footballer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Scott Phillips (musician)|Scott Phillips]], American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[James Blunt]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Chris Moyles]], English radio and television host
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Drew Barrymore]], American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Drew Barrymore |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Drew-Barrymore |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=7 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=11 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011195921/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Drew-Barrymore |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Hakan Yakin]], Swiss footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Brett Emerton]], Australian footballer<ref>{{FIFA|178306}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Lee Na-young]], South Korean actress
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Jeanette Biedermann]], German singer-songwriter and actress
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Brian Duensing]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brian Duensing |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/brian-duensing-488846 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=21 February 2024 |archive-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111153852/https://www.mlb.com/player/brian-duensing-488846 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Clint McKay]], Australian cricketer<ref>http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/6903.html ESPNcricinfo</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Shaun Tait]], Australian cricketer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Tommy Bowe]], Irish rugby player<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ulsterrugby.com/rugby/ulster_first_team.php?player=4922&includeref=dynamic |title=Ulster Profile |access-date=18 October 2021 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717152551/http://www.ulsterrugby.com/rugby/ulster_first_team.php?player=4922&includeref=dynamic |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Branislav Ivanović]], Serbian footballer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Hamer Bouazza]], Algerian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=37869|title=Hameur Bouazza|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-date=15 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915170632/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=37869|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Georgios Printezis]], Greek basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Georgios-Printezis/Greece/Olympiacos-SFP-Pireus/32915|title=Georgios Printezis|website=basketball.eurobasket.com|access-date=19 December 2021|archive-date=21 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021064341/https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Georgios-Printezis/Greece/Olympiacos-SFP-Pireus/32915|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Zach Roerig]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Rajon Rondo]], American basketball player<ref>{{basketballstats |nba=200765}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Han Hyo-joo]], South Korean actress and model
*  1987   &ndash; [[Sergio Romero]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sergio Romero Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/125298/sergio-romero |publisher=ESPN |access-date=7 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009094725/https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/125298/sergio-romero |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Borlée]], Belgian sprinter<ref>{{cite web |title=European Athletics – Athlete: Jonathan Borlée |url=https://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=b/athlete=139115-borlee-jonathan/index.html |website=european-athletics |access-date=7 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009070047/https://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=b/athlete=139115-borlee-jonathan/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Franco Vázquez]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Franco Vázquez Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/118787/franco-vazquez |publisher=ESPN |access-date=7 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130235555/https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/118787/franco-vazquez |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Khalil Mack]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Khalil Mack |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16710/khalil-mack |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=9 February 2023 |archive-date=16 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216145711/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16710/khalil-mack |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Dixon Machado]], Venezuelan baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dixon Machado |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/dixon-machado-553988 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=21 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Nam Joo-hyuk]], South Korean model and actor<ref>{{cite web|title=남주혁|url=https://search.naver.com/search.naver?query=남주혁|website=Naver|access-date=February 22, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=February 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222212910/https://search.naver.com/search.naver?query=%EB%82%A8%EC%A3%BC%ED%98%81|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Elfrid Payton (basketball)|Elfrid Payton]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Elfrid Payton |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203901/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=21 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Devonte' Graham]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Devonte' Graham |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628984/devonte-graham |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=21 February 2024 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221064736/https://www.nba.com/player/1628984/devonte-graham |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Kia Nurse]], Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kia Nurse |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/1628915 |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=21 February 2024 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221064736/https://www.wnba.com/player/1628915 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jerome Robinson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jerome Robinson |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629010/jerome-robinson |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=21 February 2024 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221064737/https://www.nba.com/player/1629010/jerome-robinson |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Ilya Samsonov]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ilya Samsonov |url=https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/player/ilya-samsonov-8478492 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=21 February 2024 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221064736/https://www.nhl.com/mapleleafs/player/ilya-samsonov-8478492 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Harry Brook]], English cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harry Brook profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/harry-brook-911707|access-date=2022-02-10|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[556]] &ndash; [[Maximianus of Ravenna|Maximianus]], Bishop of Ravenna (b. 499)
* [[606]] &ndash; [[Pope Sabinian|Sabinian]], Pope of the Catholic Church
* [[793]] &ndash; [[Sicga]], Anglo-Saxon nobleman and regicide
* [[845]] &ndash; [[Empress Dowager Wang (Jingzong)|Wang]], Chinese Empress dowager
* [[954]] &ndash; [[Guo Wei]], Chinese Emperor (b. 904)
* [[965]] &ndash; [[Otto, Duke of Burgundy|Otto]], Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)
* [[970]] &ndash; [[García Sánchez I of Pamplona|García I]], King of [[Kingdom of Pamplona|Pamplona]]
* [[978]] &ndash; [[Lambert of Chalon|Lambert]], Count of Chalon (b. 930)
*[[1071]] &ndash; [[Arnulf III, Count of Flanders|Arnulf III]], Count of Flanders
*[[1072]] &ndash; [[Peter Damian]], Italian cardinal
*[[1079]] &ndash; [[John of Fécamp]], Italian Benedictine abbot
*[[1111]] &ndash; [[Roger Borsa]], King of Sicily (b. 1078)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Curtis |first1=Edmund |editor1-last=Davis |editor1-first=Henry W. C. |title=Roger of Sicily and the Normans in Lower Italy, 1016-1154 |date=1912 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |pages=108–109}}</ref>
*[[1297]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Cortona]], Italian penitent (b. 1247)
*[[1371]] &ndash; [[David II of Scotland|David II]], King of Scotland (b. 1324)
*[[1452]] &ndash; [[William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas]] (b. 1425)
*[[1500]] &ndash; [[Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg|Gerhard VI]], German nobleman (b. 1430)
*[[1511]] &ndash; [[Henry, Duke of Cornwall|Henry]], Duke of Cornwall (b. 1511)
*[[1512]] &ndash; [[Amerigo Vespucci]], Italian cartographer and explorer (b. 1454)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wonning |first1=Paul R. |title=Colonial American History Stories – 1215 – 1664: Forgotten and Famous Historical Events |publisher=Mossy Feet Books |isbn=978-1-370-19406-3 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mNooDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT43 |language=en}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1627]] &ndash; [[Olivier van Noort]], Dutch explorer (b. 1558)
*[[1674]] &ndash; [[Jean Chapelain]], French poet and critic (b. 1595)
*[[1680]] &ndash; [[La Voisin]], French occultist (b. 1640)
*[[1690]] &ndash; [[Charles Le Brun]], French painter and theorist (b. 1619)
*[[1731]] &ndash; [[Frederik Ruysch]], Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1638)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[Francis Atterbury]], English bishop (b. 1663)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Christopher Seider]], first American killed in the [[American Revolution]] (b. 1758)<ref name="USA1stBastardCop" />
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Heshen]], Chinese politician (b. 1750)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Adam Ferguson]], Scottish historian and philosopher (b. 1723)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot]], French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
*  1875   &ndash; [[Charles Lyell]], Scottish geologist (b. 1797)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875) |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/lyell-charles |website=National Records of Scotland |access-date=28 October 2021 |language=English |date=31 May 2013 |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028214544/https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/lyell-charles |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Anna Kingsford]], English physician and activist (b. 1846)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[John Jacob Astor III]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
*  1890   &ndash; [[Carl Bloch]], Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Charles Blondin]], French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Heungseon Daewongun]], Korean king (b. 1820)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Hugo Wolf]], Austrian composer (b. 1860)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Leslie Stephen]], English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand de Saussure]], Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Francisco I. Madero]], Mexican president and author (b. 1873)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Théophile Delcassé]], French politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)|French Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1852)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Antonio Machado]], Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Stefan Zweig]], Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Christoph Probst]], German activist (b. 1919)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Hans Scholl]], German activist (b. 1918)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Sophie Scholl]], German activist (b. 1921)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Kasturba Gandhi]], Indian activist (b. 1869)
* 1944    &ndash; [[Fritz Schmenkel]], anti-Nazi German who joined Soviet partisans (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ufarkin|first1=N.V.|title=Schmenkel, Paul Fritz|url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=1815|website=Geroi strany|accessdate=27 September 2016|archive-date=30 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330002910/http://warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=1815|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Wild|first1=Manfred|title=Fritz Schmenkel ist unvergessen|url=http://www.rotfuchs.net/rotfuchs-lesen/fritz-schmenkel-ist-unvergessen.html|website=RotFuchs|accessdate=27 September 2016|archive-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630080713/http://www.rotfuchs.net/rotfuchs-lesen/fritz-schmenkel-ist-unvergessen.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Osip Brik]], Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Abul Kalam Azad]], Indian scholar and politician, [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Indian Minister of Education]] (b. 1888)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Paul-Émile Borduas]], Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Nick LaRocca]], American trumpet player and composer (b. 1889)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Felix Frankfurter]], Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (b. 1882)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Mariotti]], French actor (b. 1883) 
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques Bertrand]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st [[List of Quebec premiers|Premier of Quebec]] (b. 1916)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Bowen]], Anglo-Irish author (b. 1899)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Katina Paxinou]], Greek actress (b. 1900)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], American colonel and politician, 37th [[Governor of Arkansas]] (b. 1912)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Angela Baddeley]], English actress (b. 1904)
*  1976   &ndash; [[Florence Ballard]], American singer (b. 1943)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Oskar Kokoschka]], Austrian painter, poet and playwright (b. 1886)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Josh Malihabadi]], Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1898)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Adrian Boult]], English conductor (b. 1889)
*  1983   &ndash; [[Romain Maes]], Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Salvador Espriu]], Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
*  1985   &ndash; [[Efrem Zimbalist]], Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[John Donnelly (rugby league)|John Donnelly]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[David Susskind]], American talk show host and producer (b. 1920)
*  1987   &ndash; [[Andy Warhol]], American painter and photographer (b. 1928)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Markos Vafiadis]], Greek general and politician (b. 1906)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Papa John Creach]], American violinist (b. 1917)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Ed Flanders]], American actor (b. 1934)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Joseph Aiuppa]], American gangster (b. 1907)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Abraham A. Ribicoff]], American lawyer and politician, 4th [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services]] (b. 1910)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[William Bronk]], American poet and academic (b. 1918)
*  1999   &ndash; [[Menno Oosting]], Dutch tennis player (b. 1964)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Chuck Jones]], American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Jonas Savimbi]], Angolan general, founded [[UNITA]] (b. 1934)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Andy Seminick]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Lee Eun-ju]], South Korean actress and singer (b. 1980)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Simone Simon]], French actress (b. 1910)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[S. Rajaratnam]], Singaporean politician, 1st [[Senior Minister of Singapore]] (b. 1915)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.roots.sg/learn/stories/sinnathamby-rajaratnam/story|title=Sinnathamby Rajaratnam – Roots.sg|website=Roots.sg|access-date=27 July 2020|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726101737/https://www.roots.sg/learn/stories/sinnathamby-rajaratnam/story|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe]], English politician, [[Leader of the House of Lords]] (b. 1918)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Dennis Johnson]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1954)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Sukhbir (writer)|Sukhbir]], Indian author and poet (b. 1925)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Frank Carson]], Irish-English comedian and actor (b. 1926)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Marie Colvin]], American journalist (b. 1956)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Rémi Ochlik]], French photographer and journalist (b. 1983)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Atje Keulen-Deelstra]], Dutch speed skater (b. 1938)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jean-Louis Michon]], French-Swiss scholar and translator (b. 1924)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Wolfgang Sawallisch]], German pianist and conductor (b. 1923)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Charlotte Dawson]], New Zealand–Australian television host (b. 1966)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Trebor Jay Tichenor]], American pianist and composer (b. 1940)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Leo Vroman]], Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (b. 1915)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Chris Rainbow]], Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1946)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Brody Stevens]], American comedian and actor (b. 1970)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brody-stevens-dead-comedian-was-48-1189224|title=Comedian Brody Stevens Dies at 48|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=22 February 2019|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=27 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227142918/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brody-stevens-dead-comedian-was-48-1189224|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Morgan Woodward]], American actor (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/article226683744.html|title=Native Arlington actor known for 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'Star Trek' roles dies|website=star-telegram|access-date=2019-03-09|archive-date=2019-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090544/https://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/article226683744.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], American poet, painter (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2021-idUSRTR4Z4Y0|title=Notable deaths in 2021|agency=Reuters|date=2021-02-24|access-date=2021-03-17|archive-date=2021-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326074147/https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2021-idUSRTR4Z4Y0|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[John Lowe (musician)|John Lowe]], English musician, pianist for [[The Quarrymen]] (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bestclassicbands.com/john-duff-lowe-obituary-quarrymen-mccartney-lennon-harrison-2-22-24/|title=John 'Duff' Lowe, Bandmate of McCartney, Lennon and Harrison in The Quarrymen, Dies|website=Bestclassicbands|access-date=2024-02-23|archive-date=2024-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223065046/https://bestclassicbands.com/john-duff-lowe-obituary-quarrymen-mccartney-lennon-harrison-2-22-24/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder [[Robert Baden-Powell]] and [[Olave Baden-Powell]], and its related observance:
** [[Scouts' Day|Founder's Day or "B.-P. day"]] ([[World Organization of the Scout Movement]])
** [[World Thinking Day]] ([[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]])
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Baradates]]
** [[Eric Liddell]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]])
** [[Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter]] (Roman [[Catholic Church]])
** [[Margaret of Cortona]]
** [[February 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Public holidays in Poland|Crime Victims Day]] ([[Europe]])
* [[Independence Day (Saint Lucia)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Saint Lucia]] from the United Kingdom in 1979.
* Founding Day ([[Saudi Arabia]])<ref>{{cite web|last=El Yaakoubi|first=Aziz|title=Saudi Arabia for first time marks its founding, downplaying conservative roots|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-first-time-marks-its-founding-downplaying-conservative-roots-2022-02-22/|access-date=2022-05-27|agency=Reuters|date=2022-02-22|archive-date=2022-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527163433/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-first-time-marks-its-founding-downplaying-conservative-roots-2022-02-22/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Washington's Birthday]], federal holiday in the United States. A holiday on February 22 as well as the third Monday in February.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-visit/calendar/events/washington-s-birthday-celebration/ | title=George Washington's birthday | accessdate=4 August 2021 | archive-date=4 August 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804085924/https://www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-visit/calendar/events/washington-s-birthday-celebration/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[National Cat Day]] ([[Japan]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/22 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=22}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/22 Historical Events on February 22]

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