On this day | February 22nd

On this day: February 22nd

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1076 Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

1316 The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand.

1371 Robert II of Scotland becomes King of Kingdom of Scotland, beginning the House of Stuart dynasty.

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

1632 Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo Galilei's ''Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems''.

1651 St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the German Bight, drowning 15,000 people.

1744 War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon (1744) causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.

1770 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.

1797 The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.

1819 By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain History of Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.

1847 Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexico troops.

1848 The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.

1856 The United States Republican Party (United States) opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh.

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.

1872 The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black (prohibitionist) as its presidential nominee.

1879 In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime F. W. Woolworth Company stores.

1881 ''Cleopatra's Needle (New York)'', a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected in Central Park, New York.

1889 President of the United States Grover Cleveland Enabling Act of 1889 admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington (state) as U.S. states.

1899 Philippine Revolutionary Army led by General Antonio Luna Second Battle of Caloocan against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.

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.

1909 The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by , return to the United States after a voyage around the world.

1921 After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the Khagan of Mongolia (1911–24).

1942 World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.

1943 World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.

1944 World War II: American aircraft Bombing of Nijmegen 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.

1946 The "X Article", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.

1957 Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a Viet Cong shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.

1958 Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.

1959 Lee Petty wins 1959 Daytona 500 Daytona 500.

1972 The Official Irish Republican Army 1972 Aldershot bombing a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.

1973 Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's Nixon visit to China 1972 to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish :wikt:liaison offices.

1974 The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation 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 commits suicide after being wounded by police.

1979 Saint Lucia gains independence from the United Kingdom.

1980 Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.

1983 The notorious Broadway theatre flop ''Moose Murders'' opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.

1986 Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.

1986 Airbus A320 made its first flight.

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

1995 The Corona (satellite) reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.

1997 In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly the sheep has been successfully cloning.

2002 Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.

2005 The 6.4 2005 Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale of VIII (''Severe''), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.

2006 At approximately 6:44 a.m. UTC+03:00, 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing 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 into a Iraqi Civil War (2006-2008).

2006 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.

2011 New Zealand's second deadliest 2011 Christchurch earthquake strikes Christchurch, killing 185 people.

2011 2011 Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people March of loyalty to martyrs against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.

2012 A 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.

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.

2015 A ferry carrying 100 passengers Sinking of the ML Mostofa-3 in the Padma River, killing 70 people.

2018 A man 2018 United States embassy attack in Podgorica at the U.S. embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt.

2022 Twosday, the name given to Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22:22, occurs.

1040 Rashi, French rabbi and author (d. 1105)

1403 Charles VII of France (d. 1461)

1440 Ladislaus the Posthumous, Hungarian King (d. 1457)

1500 Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian cardinal (d. 1564)

1514 Tahmasp I, Iranian shah (d. 1576)

1520 Moses Isserles, Polish rabbi (d. 1572)

1550 Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg (d. 1616)

1592 Nicholas Ferrar, English scholar (d. 1637)

1631 Peder Syv, Danish historian (d. 1702)

1649 Bon Boullogne, French painter (d. 1717)

1715 Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French artist (d. 1790)

1732 George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (d. 1799)

1749 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist and theorist (d. 1818)

1778 Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (d. 1860)

1788 Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (d. 1860)

1796 Alexis Bachelot, French priest and missionary (d. 1837)

1796 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist (d. 1874)

1805 Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, English poet and hymnwriter (d. 1848)

1806 Józef Kremer, Polish historian and philosopher (d. 1875)

1817 Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician and academic (d. 1880)

1819 James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (d. 1891)

1824 Pierre Janssen, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1907)

1825 Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop (d. 1898)

1836 Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar and academic (d. 1906)

1840 August Bebel, German theorist and politician (d. 1913)

1849 Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1915)

1857 Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general, co-founded The Scout Association (d. 1941)

1857 Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1894)

1860 Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (d. 1939)

1861 Lewis Akeley, American academic (d. 1961)

1863 Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1943)

1864 Jules Renard, French author and playwright (d. 1910)

1874 Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1951)

1876 Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist (d. 1938)

1879 Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic (d. 1947)

1880 Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (d. 1930)

1881 Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1956)

1881 Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician (d. 1937)

1882 Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator (d. 1940)

1883 Marguerite Clark, American actress (d. 1940)

1886 Hugo Ball, German author and poet (d. 1927)

1887 Savielly Tartakower, Polish journalist, author, and chess player (d. 1956)

1887 Pat Sullivan (film producer), Australian-American animator and producer (d. 1933)

1888 Owen Brewster, American captain and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (d. 1961)

1889 Olave Baden-Powell, English scout leader, first Chief Guide (d. 1977)

1889 R. G. Collingwood, English historian and philosopher (d. 1943)

1891 Vlas Chubar, Russian economist and politician (d. 1939)

1892 Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (d. 1950)

1895 Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician (d. 1979)

1897 Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (d. 1947)

1899 George O'Hara (actor), American actor and screenwriter (d. 1966)

1900 Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer (d. 1983)

1903 Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (d. 1990)

1903 Frank Ramsey (mathematician), English economist, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1930)

1906 Constance Stokes, Australian painter (d. 1991)

1907 Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1997)

1907 Robert Young (actor), American actor (d. 1998)

1908 Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela (d. 1981)

1908 John Mills, English actor (d. 2005)

1910 George Hunt (footballer, born 1910), English footballer (d. 1996)

1914 Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 2012)

1915 Gus Lesnevich, American boxer (d. 1964)

1918 Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2000)

1918 Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (d. 2014)

1918 Robert Wadlow, American man, the tallest person in recorded history (d. 1940)

1921 Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (d. 1996)

1921 Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (d. 1994)

1921 Marshall Teague (racing driver), American race car driver (d. 1959)

1922 Zenaida Manfugás, Cuban pianist (d. 2012)

1922 Joe Wilder, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 2014)

1923 François Cavanna, French author and editor (d. 2014)

1923 Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (d. 2009)

1925 Edward Gorey, American illustrator and poet (d. 2000)

1925 Gerald Stern, American poet and academic (d. 2022)

1926 Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1988)

1927 Florencio Campomanes, Filipino political scientist and chess player (d. 2010)

1927 Guy Mitchell, American singer (d. 1999)

1928 Clarence 13X, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Gods and Earths (d. 1969)

1928 Texas Johnny Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

1928 Paul Dooley, American actor

1928 Bruce Forsyth, English singer and television host (d. 2017)

1928 Thomas E. Kurtz, American computer scientist and educator (d. 2024)

1929 James Hong, American actor and director

1929 Rebecca Schull, American stage, film, and television actress

1930 Marni Nixon, American soprano and actress (d. 2016)

1932 Ted Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2009)

1933 Sheila Hancock, English actress and author

1933 Katharine, Duchess of Kent

1933 Ernie K-Doe, American R&B singer (d. 2001)

1933 Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1933), English footballer (d. 2010)

1934 Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)

1936 J. Michael Bishop, American microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate

1937 Tommy Aaron, American golfer

1937 Joanna Russ, American author and activist (d. 2011)

1938 Steve Barber, American baseball player (d. 2007)

1938 Tony Macedo, Gibraltarian born English footballer

1938 Ishmael Reed, American poet, novelist, essayist

1940 Judy Cornwell, English actress

1940 Chet Walker, American basketball player (d. 2024)

1941 Hipólito Mejía, Dominican politician, 52nd President of the Dominican Republic

1942 Christine Keeler, English model and dancer (d. 2017)

1943 Terry Eagleton, English philosopher and critic

1943 Horst Köhler, Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany (d. 2025)

1943 Dick Van Arsdale, American basketball player (d. 2024)

1943 Tom Van Arsdale, American basketball player

1943 Otoya Yamaguchi, Japanese assassin of Inejiro Asanuma (d. 1960)

1944 Jonathan Demme, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)

1944 Mick Green, English guitarist (d. 2010)

1944 Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (d. 2003)

1944 Christopher Meyer, English diplomat, List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States (d. 2022)

1944 Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player and painter

1945 Oliver (singer), American pop singer (d. 2000)

1946 Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager (d. 2014)

1947 Pirjo Honkasalo, Finnish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter

1947 Harvey Mason, American drummer

1947 John Radford (footballer), English footballer and manager

1947 Frank Van Dun, Belgian philosopher and theorist

1948 John Ashton (actor), American actor (d. 2024)

1948 Dennis Awtrey, American basketball player

1949 John Duncan (footballer), Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2022)

1949 Niki Lauda, Austrian racing driver (d. 2019)

1949 Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player and coach

1950 Julius Erving, American basketball player and sportscaster

1950 Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer-songwriter

1950 Miou-Miou, French actress

1950 Genesis P-Orridge, English singer-songwriter (d. 2020)

1950 Julie Walters, English actress and author

1951 Ellen Greene, American singer and actress

1952 Bill Frist, American physician and politician

1952 Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Ministry of Economy (Portugal) and Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) (d. 2020)

1952 Saufatu Sopoanga, Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (d. 2020)

1953 Nigel Planer, English actor and screenwriter

1955 David Axelrod (political consultant), American journalist and political adviser

1955 Tim Young (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player

1957 Willie Smits, Dutch microbiologist and engineer

1958 Dave Spitz, American bass player and songwriter

1959 Jiří Čunek, Czech politician

1959 Kyle MacLachlan, American actor

1959 Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (d. 2006)

1959 Harry Leary, American BMX racer (d. 2024)

1960 Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

1961 Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1962 Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (d. 2006)

1963 Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport

1963 Devon Malcolm, Jamaican-English cricketer

1963 Vijay Singh, Fijian-American golfer

1964 Diane Charlemagne, English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

1964 Andy Gray (footballer, born 1964), English footballer and manager

1965 Chris Dudley, American basketball player

1965 Kieren Fallon, Irish jockey

1965 Pat LaFontaine, American ice hockey player

1966 Rachel Dratch, American actress and comedian

1967 Paul Lieberstein, American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer

1967 Psicosis II, Mexican wrestler

1968 Shawn Graham, Canadian politician, 31st Premier of New Brunswick

1968 Jeri Ryan, American model and actress

1968 Kazuhiro Sasaki, Japanese baseball player

1968 Jayson Williams, American basketball player and sportscaster

1969 Thomas Jane, American actor

1969 Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer and sportscaster

1969 Marc Wilmots, Belgian footballer and manager

1971 Lea Salonga, Filipino actress and singer

1972 Michael Chang, American tennis player and coach

1972 Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater

1972 Haim Revivo, Israeli footballer

1972 Ben Sasse, American politician and college administrator

1973 Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (d. 2013)

1973 Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer

1973 Scott Phillips (musician), American musician and songwriter

1974 James Blunt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1974 Chris Moyles, English radio and television host

1975 Drew Barrymore, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

1977 Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer

1979 Brett Emerton, Australian footballer

1979 Lee Na-young, South Korean actress

1980 Jeanette Biedermann, German singer-songwriter and actress

1983 Brian Duensing, American baseball player

1983 Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer

1984 Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby player

1984 Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer

1985 Hamer Bouazza, Algerian footballer

1985 Georgios Printezis, Greek basketball player

1985 Zach Roerig, American actor

1986 Rajon Rondo, American basketball player

1987 Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model

1987 Sergio Romero, Argentine footballer

1988 Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter

1989 Franco Vázquez, Argentine footballer

1991 Khalil Mack, American football player

1992 Dixon Machado, Venezuelan baseball player

1994 Nam Joo-hyuk, South Korean model and actor

1994 Elfrid Payton (basketball), American basketball player

1995 Devonte' Graham, American basketball player

1996 Kia Nurse, Canadian basketball player

1997 Jerome Robinson, American basketball player

1997 Ilya Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player

556 Maximianus of Ravenna, Bishop of Ravenna (b. 499)

606 Pope Sabinian, Pope of the Catholic Church

793 Sicga, Anglo-Saxon nobleman and regicide

845 Empress Dowager Wang (Jingzong), Chinese Empress dowager

954 Guo Wei, Chinese Emperor (b. 904)

965 Otto, Duke of Burgundy, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)

970 García Sánchez I of Pamplona, King of Kingdom of Pamplona

978 Lambert of Chalon, Count of Chalon (b. 930)

1071 Arnulf III, Count of Flanders, Count of Flanders

1072 Peter Damian, Italian cardinal

1079 John of Fécamp, Italian Benedictine abbot

1111 Roger Borsa, King of Sicily (b. 1078)

1297 Margaret of Cortona, Italian penitent (b. 1247)

1371 David II of Scotland, King of Scotland (b. 1324)

1452 William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (b. 1425)

1500 Gerhard VI, Count of Oldenburg, German nobleman (b. 1430)

1511 Henry, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Cornwall (b. 1511)

1512 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer and explorer (b. 1454)

1627 Olivier van Noort, Dutch explorer (b. 1558)

1674 Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (b. 1595)

1680 La Voisin, French occultist (b. 1640)

1690 Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (b. 1619)

1731 Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1638)

1732 Francis Atterbury, English bishop (b. 1663)

1770 Christopher Seider, first American killed in the American Revolution (b. 1758)

1799 Heshen, Chinese politician (b. 1750)

1816 Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and philosopher (b. 1723)

1875 Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)

1875 Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist (b. 1797)

1888 Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)

1890 John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)

1890 Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)

1897 Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)

1898 Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)

1903 Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)

1904 Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)

1913 Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

1913 Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (b. 1873)

1923 Théophile Delcassé, French politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (France) (b. 1852)

1939 Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)

1942 Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)

1943 Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)

1943 Hans Scholl, German activist (b. 1918)

1943 Sophie Scholl, German activist (b. 1921)

1944 Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)

1944 Fritz Schmenkel, anti-Nazi German who joined Soviet partisans (b. 1916)

1945 Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)

1958 Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Ministry of Human Resource Development (India) (b. 1888)

1960 Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)

1961 Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1889)

1965 Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (b. 1882)

1971 Frédéric Mariotti, French actor (b. 1883)

1973 Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st List of Quebec premiers (b. 1916)

1973 Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish author (b. 1899)

1973 Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (b. 1900)

1973 Winthrop Rockefeller, American colonel and politician, 37th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)

1976 Angela Baddeley, English actress (b. 1904)

1976 Florence Ballard, American singer (b. 1943)

1980 Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, poet and playwright (b. 1886)

1982 Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1898)

1983 Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889)

1983 Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)

1985 Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)

1985 Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)

1986 John Donnelly (rugby league), Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)

1987 David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (b. 1920)

1987 Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (b. 1928)

1992 Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (b. 1906)

1994 Papa John Creach, American violinist (b. 1917)

1995 Ed Flanders, American actor (b. 1934)

1997 Joseph Aiuppa, American gangster (b. 1907)

1998 Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (b. 1910)

1999 William Bronk, American poet and academic (b. 1918)

1999 Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (b. 1964)

2002 Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)

2002 Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (b. 1934)

2004 Andy Seminick, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920)

2005 Lee Eun-ju, South Korean actress and singer (b. 1980)

2005 Simone Simon, French actress (b. 1910)

2006 S. Rajaratnam, Singaporean politician, 1st Senior Minister of Singapore (b. 1915)

2007 George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, English politician, Leader of the House of Lords (b. 1918)

2007 Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (b. 1954)

2012 Sukhbir (writer), Indian author and poet (b. 1925)

2012 Frank Carson, Irish-English comedian and actor (b. 1926)

2012 Marie Colvin, American journalist (b. 1956)

2012 Rémi Ochlik, French photographer and journalist (b. 1983)

2013 Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (b. 1938)

2013 Jean-Louis Michon, French-Swiss scholar and translator (b. 1924)

2013 Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (b. 1923)

2014 Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand–Australian television host (b. 1966)

2014 Trebor Jay Tichenor, American pianist and composer (b. 1940)

2014 Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (b. 1915)

2015 Chris Rainbow, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1946)

2016 Yolande Fox, American model and singer, Miss America (b. 1928)

2016 Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)

2018 Antonio Fraguas de Pablo, Spanish cartoonist (b. 1942)

2019 Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (b. 1970)

2019 Morgan Woodward, American actor (b. 1925)

2021 Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet, painter (b. 1919)

2024 John Lowe (musician), English musician, pianist for The Quarrymen (b. 1942)

Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance:

- Scouts' Day (World Organization of the Scout Movement)

- World Thinking Day (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)

Christian Calendar of saints:

- 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 (Europe)

Independence Day (Saint Lucia), celebrates the independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom in 1979.

Founding Day (Saudi Arabia)

Washington's Birthday, federal holiday in the United States. A holiday on February 22 as well as the third Monday in February.

National Cat Day (Japan)

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/22 BBC: On This Day]

[https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/22 Historical Events on February 22]