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Birthday February 22, 1403 Charles VII, king of France (1422-61) - drove out English |
Birthday February 22, 1732 George Washington is born |
Birthday February 22, 1732 George Washington, Father figure & President (1789-1796) |
Birthday February 22, 1749 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist & 1st biographer of Bach |
Birthday February 22, 1778 Rembrandt Peale, U.S. portrait & historical painter |
Birthday February 22, 1788 Arthur Schopenhauer, (the Great Pessimist) German philosopher |
Birthday February 22, 1810 Frederic Chopin, composer |
Birthday February 22, 1819 James Russell Lowell, poet & critic & diplomat & abolitionist |
Birthday February 22, 1857 Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts & Girl Guides |
Birthday February 22, 1857 Heinrich Hertz, physicist & 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves |
Birthday February 22, 1864 Jules Renard, French writer |
Birthday February 22, 1876 Pauline Musters, became shortest adult known (58.9 cm 1' 11.2") |
Birthday February 22, 1892 David Dubinsky, labor leader |
Birthday February 22, 1892 Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet & dramatist |
Birthday February 22, 1892 Edna St. Vincent Millay is born |
Birthday February 22, 1900 Giorgios Seferis, Greek poet (Nobel 1963) |
Birthday February 22, 1900 Luis Bu¤uel, Spanish film director (Exterminating Angel & Viridiana) |
Birthday February 22, 1907 Robert Young, Actor (Father Knows Best & Marcus Welby) |
Birthday February 22, 1907 Sheldon Leonard, Actor & producer |
Birthday February 22, 1908 R¢mulo Betancourt, president of Venezuela (1945-48 & 1958-64) |
Birthday February 22, 1908 John Mills, English Actor |
Birthday February 22, 1918 Charles O. Finley, baseball team owner (Oakland A's) |
Birthday February 22, 1918 Robert Wadlow, became tallest known human (2.72 m 8' 11.1") |
Birthday February 22, 1932 Edward M. Kennedy ,(D) senator from Mass |
Birthday February 22, 1934 Sparky Anderson, Cincinnati Reds manager |
Birthday February 22, 1950 Julius (Dr. J) Erving, NBA player |
Birthday February 22, 1975 Actress Drew Barrymore born |
History February 22, 1777 Archibald Bulloch dies under mysterious circumstances |
History February 22, 1819 The U.S. acquires Spanish Florida |
History February 22, 1847 Battle of Buena Vista begins |
History February 22, 1864 Battle of West Point, Mississippi |
History February 22, 1917 Mussolini wounded by mortar bomb |
History February 22, 1918 Montana passes law against sedition |
History February 22, 1942 President Roosevelt to MacArthur: Get out of the Philippines |
History February 22, 1946 George Kennan sends long telegram to State Department |
History February 22, 1959 Lee Petty wins first Daytona 500 |
History February 22, 1965 Westmoreland asks for Marines |
History February 22, 1967 Operation Junction City begins |
History February 22, 1967 Suharto takes full power in Indonesia |
History February 22, 1968 Tet Offensive ends |
History February 22, 1980 U.S. hockey pulls off Miracle on Ice |
History February 22, 1990 Milli Vanilli win the Best New Artist Grammy |
History February 22, 1998 Deadly tornadoes rip through central Florida |
History February 22, 2006 Gang commits largest robbery in British history |
History February 22, 2014 World's most-wanted drug kingpin is captured in Mexico |