Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Mon Feb 22 2021 06:34 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
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By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
02/22/1403 Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English
02/22/1440 Ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia
02/22/1542 Santino Garsi, composer
02/22/1573 Gemignano Capilupi, composer
02/22/1732 George Washington, Virginia, 1st pres (1789-97)
02/22/1745 Joao de Sousa Carvalho, composer
02/22/1749 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist & 1st biographer of Bach
02/22/1761 Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer
02/22/1761 Jacob Kimball, composer
02/22/1764 Alexander Campbell, composer
02/22/1770 Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer
02/22/1772 Joseph Lipavsky, composer
02/22/1772 Karl Jacob Wagner, composer
02/22/1773 Matthijs I of Bree, Flemish (court)painter
02/22/1778 Rembrandt Peale, portrait & historical painter (Court of Death)
02/22/1779 Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer
02/22/1788 Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher (Great Pessimist)
02/22/1796 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician
02/22/1798 Charles Mynn Thruston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1873
02/22/1810 Fr�d�ric F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer
02/22/1810 Holger Simon Paulli, composer
02/22/1814 Henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer
02/22/1817 Niels V Gade, Danish violinist/composer/conductor
02/22/1817 Niels Vilhelm Gade, composer
02/22/1819 Bernardo Calvo Puig, composer
02/22/1819 James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat/abolitionist
02/22/1821 Giovanni Bottesini, composer
02/22/1822 Adolf Kuszmaul, German physician (stomach pump, Kuszmaul disease)
02/22/1827 James Barnet Fry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894
02/22/1828 Robert Alexander Cameron, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 18
02/22/1833 Josef Foerster, composer
02/22/1834 Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer
02/22/1836 Eduard Wachmann, composer
02/22/1838 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun
02/22/1840 F August Bebel, German social-democrat
02/22/1843 Affonso de Escragnolle Taunay, France/Brazil writer (Inocencia)
02/22/1844 Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer
02/22/1850 Isaac L Rice, Germany, (namesake of Columbia Univ's Rice stadium)
02/22/1852 Pieter K Pel, internist (Pel-Ebstein fever)
02/22/1857 Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves
02/22/1857 Robert Baden-Powell, founded Boy Scouts, Girl Guides
02/22/1862 Connie Mack, baseball manager (Pirates, Phila A's 1900-1950)
02/22/1864 Jules Renard, France, writer (Carrots)
02/22/1868 Henri Polak, union leader/politician (soc-dem)
02/22/1873 Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher
02/22/1877 Yme C Schuitmaker, potato farmer/dramatist
02/22/1879 Johannes Br�nsted, Danish physical chemist (acid-base reactions)
02/22/1882 Eric Gill, England, sculptor/engraver/typographer (Perpetua)
02/22/1883 Jaroslav Kocian, composer
02/22/1884 Abraham 'Abe' Attell, boxing hall of famer
02/22/1887 Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award)
02/22/1889 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Novel Britain)
02/22/1891 Jan Wils, Holland, architect (designed Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium)
02/22/1891 Lucien Cailliet, composer
02/22/1892 David Dubinsky, labor leader (Freedom Award, 1969 Medal of Freedom)
02/22/1892 Edna St Vincent Millay, poet/dramatist (Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize)
02/22/1894 Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer
02/22/1895 V�ctor Ra�l Haya de la Torre, founder of Peruvian Aprista Party
02/22/1896 Edvin Wide, Sweden, 10K runner (Olympic-silver-1924)
02/22/1896 Enid Markey, Dillon Colo, actress (Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy)
02/22/1896 Paul Van Ostaijen, Flemish poet/writer/critic (Occupied City)
02/22/1898 Anton de Come, Suriname/Dutch worker's union leader/resistance fight
02/22/1899 Dwight Frye, actor (Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein, Vampire Bat)
02/22/1918 Don Pardo, Westfield Mass, TV announcer (Jeopardy, SNL)
02/22/1900 Evald Aav, composer
02/22/1900 Giorgios Seferis, Greece, poet (Nobel 1963)
02/22/1900 Luis Bru�el, Calanda Spain, director (Tristana, Phantom of Liberty)
02/22/1900 Sean O'Faolain, [John Whelan], Ire, writer (Murder at Cobbler's Hulk
02/22/1901 Charles E Whittaker, Kansas, US Supreme Court justice (1957-62)
02/22/1901 Mildred Davis, actress (Grandma's Boy)
02/22/1903 Morley Callaghan, Canada, author (Toronto Star, Native Argosy)
02/22/1904 Peter Hurd, Roswell NM, painter (Portrait of Jos� Herrera)
02/22/1905 Luis Sandi, composer
02/22/1906 Edmund von Borck, composer
02/22/1906 Gale Gordon, LA Calif, actor (Conklin-Our Miss Brooks, Here's Lucy)
02/22/1907 Robert Young, Chic Ill, actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD)
02/22/1907 Sheldon Leonard, NYC, actor/director (Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie)
02/22/1908 John Mills, England, actor (Big Sleep, King Rat, War & Peace)
02/22/1908 R�mulo Betancourt, pres of Venezuela (1945-48, 1958-64)
02/22/1915 Dan Seymour, Chicago Ill, actor (We the People, Sing It Again)
02/22/1915 Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight boxing champ (1947 fight of year)
02/22/1918 Charles O Finley, baseball team owner (Oakland A's)
02/22/1918 Robert Wadlow, Alton Ill, tallest known human (2.72 m, 8' 11.1')
02/22/1918 Sid Abel, NHLer (1948-49 Hart Trophy)
02/22/1919 Jiri Pauer, composer
02/22/1920 Giulietta Masina, Italy, actress (La Strada, Swindle, White Sheik)
02/22/1922 Andre Asriel, composer
02/22/1922 Felix Werder, composer
02/22/1925 Edward Gorey, Chicago, author/artist (Curious Sofa)
02/22/1925 Guy Mitchell, actor (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle)
02/22/1926 Bud Yorkin, producer (All in the Family, 1959, 1960 Emmy)
02/22/1927 David Ahlstrom, composer
02/22/1927 Donald May, Chicago Ill, actor (Adam-Edge of Night, Colt .45)
02/22/1928 Bruce Forsyth, British comedian/TV host (Generation Game)
02/22/1928 Paul Dooley, Parkensburg WV, actor (16 Candles, Strange Brew, Weddin
02/22/1929 Ryne Duren, near-sighted pitcher (NY Yankees)
02/22/1930 Allison Hayes, Washington, actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman)
02/22/1930 JPS van Neerven, economist/editor-in-chief (Limburgs Newspaper)
02/22/1932 Edward M 'Ted' Kennedy, (Sen-D-Mass, 1962- ), (Don't let him drive)
02/22/1932 Piper Laurie, Detroit Mich, actress (Days of Wine & Roses, Carrie)
02/22/1933 Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, England, Duchess of Kent
02/22/1934 George 'Sparky' Anderson, SD, baseball manager (Reds, Tigers)
02/22/1934 Thomas Paul, Chicago Illinois, bass (NYC Opera 1963-70)
02/22/1935 Ineke [R M] Has-Berger, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
02/22/1937 Dubravko Detoni, composer
02/22/1937 Joanna Russ, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Female Man, Alyx)
02/22/1937 Tommy Aaron, golfer (1969 Canadian Open)
02/22/1938 Bobby Hendricks, US soul singer (Itchy twitchy feeling)
02/22/1938 Ishmael Reed, US, author (Last Days of Louisiana Red)
02/22/1939 Steve Barber, pitcher (Balt Orioles, NY Yankees)
02/22/1940 Chet Walker, NBA all-star forward (Chicago Bulls)
02/22/1940 Johnson P Mlambo, South african leader (Pan-African Congress)
02/22/1940 Julian Chagrin, London, mime/actor (Golddiggers)
02/22/1943 David ESkaggs, (Rep-D-Colorado)
02/22/1943 Dick Van Arsdale, NBA all-star (NY Knicks, Phoenix Suns)
02/22/1943 Tom Van Arsdale, NBA all-star (Detroit, Cincinnati, KC-Omaha, Phil)
02/22/1944 Jonathan Demme, actor/director (Caged Heat, Swing Shift)
02/22/1945 Oliver, singer (Good Morning Starshine, Jean)
02/22/1947 John Bryant, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
02/22/1948 Dennis Awtrey, NBA center (Chicago Bulls, Suns)
02/22/1949 Leslie Charleson, KC Missouri, actress (Monica-General Hospital)
02/22/1949 Nikki Lauda, Austria, formula 1 auto racer (world champ 1975, 77, 84
02/22/1950 Ellen Greene, actress (Little Shop of Horrors)
02/22/1950 Julie Walters, actress (Buster, Educating Rita, Prick Up Your Ears)
02/22/1950 Julius Erving, ABA/NBA forward (Virg Squirers, NY Nets, Phila 76ers)
02/22/1950 Miou-Miou, Paris France, actress (Dog Day, My Other Husband)
02/22/1951 Harley O Staggers Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
02/22/1952 James P Bagian, Philadelphia Pa, MDPE/astronaut (STS 29, STS 40)
02/22/1955 Tim Young, athlete
02/22/1956 Amy Alcott, KC Mo, LPGA golfer (Vare Trophy 1980, 83)
02/22/1958 Kyle MacLachlan, actor (Blue Velvet, Dune, Hidden)
02/22/1959 Susan Benjamin, actress (Tracy-Accidental Family)
02/22/1961 Debbie Linden, Glasgow Scotland, actress (Kenny Everett Show)
02/22/1961 Don Van Spall, guitarist (Sleeze Beez)
02/22/1961 Ellen Greene, Bkln NY, singer/actress (Little Shoppe of Horrors)
02/22/1963 Dave Besteman, Madison Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
02/22/1964 Gigi Fernandez, Puerto Rico, tennis player (1988 US Open Doubles)
02/22/1964 Jim Wicek, NYC, actor (Ben-Ryan's Hope)
02/22/1965 Pat LaFontaine, St Louis Mo, NHL center (Olym-1984, NY Islanders)
02/22/1966 Resga Riggins, Trussville Alabama, Miss Alabama-America (1991)
02/22/1972 Michael Chang, US tennis star
02/22/1973 Ntala Skinner, Sun Valley Idaho, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
02/22/1975 Drew Barrymore, LA Calif, actress (ET, Firestarter, Poison Ivy)
Deaths:
02/22/ 606 Sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies
02/22/1071 Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Henegouwen (Arnulf I), dies in battle
02/22/1076 Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutheran, murdered
02/22/1078 Johannes van F�camp, Italian mystic writer, dies
02/22/1213 Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies
02/22/1371 David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46
02/22/1478 Hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius), writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), die
02/22/1512 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 61
02/22/1674 John Wilson, composer, dies at 78
02/22/1690 Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 7
02/22/1695 Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic pries
02/22/1727 Francesco Gasparini, composer, dies at 58
02/22/1731 Frederik Ruysch, anatomy, dies
02/22/1750 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71
02/22/1770 Christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution
02/22/1788 Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63
02/22/1816 Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies
02/22/1822 Johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66
02/22/1824 John Davy, composer, dies at 60
02/22/1836 John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer, dies at 65
02/22/1838 Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70
02/22/1846 Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer, dies at 77
02/22/1846 Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [OS]
02/22/1849 Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28
02/22/1864 Jules Renard, French writer (Poil the Carotte), dies
02/22/1875 Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77
02/22/1878 Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84
02/22/1903 Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Austrian composer, dies at 42
02/22/1912 Richard Andree, German geographer (Andree's Handatlas), dies at 76
02/22/1913 Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure, Swiss translator, dies at 55
02/22/1913 Francisco Indalecio Madero, Mexican pres, assassinated in milt coup
02/22/1913 Suarez, Mexican vice pres, assassinated in a miltary coup
02/22/1925 Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, dies
02/22/1930 Godfried CE van Daalen, general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66
02/22/1934 Willem Kes, violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 78
02/22/1936 Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74
02/22/1943 Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies
02/22/1943 Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose), dies
02/22/1943 Sophie Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose), beheaded
02/22/1949 Russell Porter, dies
02/22/1956 Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], French writer (Petit ami), dies
02/22/1957 Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72
02/22/1959 Helen Parrish, actress (Hour Glass), dies of cancer at 36
02/22/1964 Edie Martin, actor (Titfield Thunderbolt), dies at 84
02/22/1966 Paul de Keyser, Flemish philological/story teller, dies at 74
02/22/1967 Fritz Erler, German politician (SDP), dies
02/22/1967 Joe Forte, actor (Horwitz-Life With Luigi), dies at 70
02/22/1968 Omer CFL Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at 71
02/22/1971 Barry Macollum, actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 81
02/22/1971 Matt McHugh, actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast), dies at 77
02/22/1971 Rudolf Mauersberger, composer, dies at 82
02/22/1972 Walter Sande, actor (Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dies at 65
02/22/1973 Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish novelist (Cat Jumps), dies in Lond at 7
02/22/1973 Katina Paxinou, actress (For Whom the Bell Tolls, Zita), dies
02/22/1973 Winthrop Rockefeller, US governor (Arkansas), dies at 60
02/22/1976 Angela Baddeley, actress (Speckled Band), dies at 71
02/22/1976 Michael Polany, Hungarians/English chemist/sociologist, dies at 84
02/22/1977 Edith Barrett, actress(Molly & Me, Ghost Ship, Lady Gambles), dies
02/22/1978 Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien), dies at 7
02/22/1978 Phyllis McGinley, US poetess (Pulitzer 1961), dies at 72
02/22/1980 Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head), dies at 66
02/22/1980 Oskar Kokoschka, Austria/British painter/graphic artist, dies at 93
02/22/1980 Richard Kallman. actor (Verboten, Hell Canyon Outlaws), dies at 46
02/22/1982 Murray 'the K' Kaufman, NYC DJ (5th Beatle), dies at 60
02/22/1983 Christina E 'Christine' Auwen, singer/wife of John Kelly, dies at 75
02/22/1983 Romain Maes, Belgian bicyclist, dies
02/22/1985 Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71
02/22/1985 Efrem A Zimbalist, Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95
02/22/1987 Andy Warhol, pop artist, dies at 58 of a heart attack
02/22/1987 David Susskind, TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show), dies at 56
02/22/1987 Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens), dies at 85
02/22/1989 Joan Woodbury, actress (Super Sleuth, Northwest Trail), dies
02/22/1990 Stephen Burns, actor (Casey's Shadow), dies
02/22/1992 Richard Sheldon, dies
02/22/1993 Jean Lecanuet, French UDF-presidential candidate, dies at 72
02/22/1993 Pieter A H Forest, lawyer/procureur-general on Aruba, dies at 63
02/22/1994 'Papa' John Creach, US jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at 76
Significant Events:
02/22/ 57 -BC- Origin of Vikrama Samvat Era (India)
02/22/ 606 Sabinian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
02/22/ 896 Pope Formosa crowned king Arnulf of Karinthie/French emperor
02/22/1071 Battle of Cassel-Robrecht I the Frisian vs Arnulf III/I
02/22/1281 Simon de Brion elected Pope Martinus IV
02/22/1288 Girolamo Masci elected Pope Nicolaas IV
02/22/1300 Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree
02/22/1349 Jews are expelled from Zurich Switzerland
02/22/1495 French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim crown
02/22/1561 Willem van Orange appointed viceroy of Bourgondie/Charolais
02/22/1630 Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving
02/22/1746 French troops conquer Brussels
02/22/1774 English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright
02/22/1775 1st US joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at �10
02/22/1784 Empress of China sets sail on 1st NY to China route
02/22/1819 Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-On�s Treaty
02/22/1821 Spain sells (east) Florida to United States for $5 million
02/22/1825 Russia & Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary
02/22/1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Valdivia Chile
02/22/1836 Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New-Guinea
02/22/1847 Battle of Buena Vista: US troops beat Mexican army
02/22/1854 1st meeting of Republican Party, Michigan
02/22/1856 1st national meeting of Republican Party, Pittsburgh
02/22/1860 Organized baseball played in SF for 1st time
02/22/1860 Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages
02/22/1861 On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inaugurati
02/22/1864 -27] Battle at Dalton Georgia
02/22/1864 Battle of Okolona, MS
02/22/1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee
02/22/1865 Battle of Wilmington, NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals
02/22/1865 Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery
02/22/1872 1st national convention of Prohibition Party, Columbus, Ohio
02/22/1872 Labor Reform Party forms at Columbus, Ohio
02/22/1878 Greenback Labor Party forms at Toledo, Ohio
02/22/1879 1st 5� & 10� store opened by FW Woolworth in Utica, NY
02/22/1882 With 120 miles James Saunders wins NYC's 24 hour race & $100 prize
02/22/1887 Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati
02/22/1888 John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans, Yonkers, NY
02/22/1889 Dakotas, Montana & Washington admitted to union
02/22/1892 'Lady Windermere's Fan' by Oscar Wile premieres at St James Theater
02/22/1898 Black postmater lynched, his wife & 3 daughters shot in Lake City SC
02/22/1900 A Charlois discovers asteroid #453 Tea
02/22/1900 Battle at Wynne's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
02/22/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroids #587 Hypsipyle & #588 Achilles
02/22/1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #661 Cloelia
02/22/1909 Great White Fleet, 1st US fleet to circle the globe, returns to Va
02/22/1912 J Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph
02/22/1913 Lowell HS, SF opens (on it's 1st campus)
02/22/1915 Germany begins 'restricted' submarine war
02/22/1917 German fleet torpedoes 7 Dutch ships
02/22/1918 Germany claims Baltic states, Finland & Ukraine from Russia
02/22/1920 1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track, Emeryville, Calif
02/22/1922 Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin
02/22/1923 1st successful chinchilla farm in US, Los Angeles
02/22/1923 Transcontinental airmail service begins
02/22/1924 1st presidential radio address Calvin Coolidge)
02/22/1927 Baruch Spinosa's house of mourning opened as a museum
02/22/1928 1st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler)
02/22/1928 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1156 Kira
02/22/1930 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1183 Jutta
02/22/1935 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House
02/22/1936 Construction on Ypenburg airport begins
02/22/1939 A Patry discovers asteroid #1510 Charlois
02/22/1939 Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain
02/22/1940 Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island
02/22/1940 German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578
02/22/1941 German assault on El Agheila Libya
02/22/1941 IG Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Cam
02/22/1941 Secret police begin rounding up Jews in Amsterdam
02/22/1944 US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem & Nijmegen
02/22/1945 British troops take Ramree Island, Burma
02/22/1948 Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die
02/22/1950 Brockway & Weinstock publish 'Men of Music' (rev ed)
02/22/1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: 'Heartbreak Hotel'
02/22/1957 Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win
02/22/1958 Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets 6 world records in 2 days
02/22/1958 Egypt & Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR)
02/22/1958 Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes
02/22/1959 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins
02/22/1962 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts
02/22/1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs)
02/22/1964 Beatles arrive back in England after their 1st US visit
02/22/1965 USSR launches Kosmos 57 to earth orbit (Voskhod test)
02/22/1966 Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok & Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew
02/22/1968 Rock group Genesis release their 1st record 'Silent Sun'
02/22/1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major US trac
02/22/1971 Lt Gen Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria
02/22/1972 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir & Prime Minister of Qatar
02/22/1973 Israeli fighter planes shoot down a Libyan coml airliner (106 die)
02/22/1974 Ethiopia police shoot at demonstrators
02/22/1977 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2923 Schuyler
02/22/1978 2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tenn
02/22/1979 Billy Martin named manager of Oakland A's
02/22/1979 St Lucia gains independence from Britain
02/22/1980 Afghanistan declares martial law
02/22/1980 USA beats USSR in Olympic hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal
02/22/1982 NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for NY governor (unsuccessful)
02/22/1983 Hindus kill 3000 muslims in Assam, India
02/22/1983 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 1500m free style swimming record
02/22/1984 Brothers Anton & Peter Stastny score 8 pts each for NHL Qu�bec
02/22/1987 Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200m indoor (20.36 sec)
02/22/1988 Bonnie Blair skates world record 500m (39.10 sec)
02/22/1989 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' wins Grammy as song of year
02/22/1989 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award)
02/22/1989 UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a 'deliberate fraud'
02/22/1991 Actor Bill Bixby (57) weds Laura Michael (32)
02/22/1992 Barry Diller resigns as CEO of Fox
02/22/1992 Ed McMahon, 69, weds Pamela Hurn, 37
02/22/1992 Rockers Kurt Corbain (Nirvana) & Courtney Love (Hole), wed
02/22/1998 18th Winter Olympic games close at Nagano, Japan (scheduled)
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