February 22

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Day of the week 2017 Wednesday		Western zodiac Pisces
Holidays & Observances Independence Day (Saint Lucia) Events 87th Academy Awards, 81st Academy Awards Famous birthdays Nam Joo‑hyuk, Drew Barry, Niki Lauda, Paulo Henrique Amorim, Han Hyo‑joo

February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 312 days remaining until the end of the year (313 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

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Events

705 – Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty.

1316 – Battle of Picotin between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut

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

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

1632 – Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.

1651 – St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people.

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

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

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

1821 – Greek War of Independence: Alexander Ypsilantis crosses the Prut river at Sculeni into the Danubian Principalities.

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

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

1853 – Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.

1855 – The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania).

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

1862 – 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 as its presidential nominee.

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

1899 – Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.

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.

1907 – Robert Baden-Powell made the first scouting camp in Brownsea, England.

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

1915 – World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.

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

1924 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio address from the White House.

1942 – World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of 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 mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.

1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog.

1948 – Communist coup in Czechoslovakia.

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

1958 – Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.

1959 – Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.

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

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

1974 – The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

2006 – At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.

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

2011 – Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.

2012 – A train crash 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 capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.

Births

1028 – Al-Juwayni, Persian jurist and theologian (died 1085)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

1889 – Olave Baden-Powell, English scout leader, founded the Girl Guides (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, 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 P. Ramsey, 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, American actor (d. 1998)

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

1908 – John Mills, English soldier and actor (d. 2005)

1914 – Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)

1915 – Gus Lesnevich, American boxer (d. 1964)

1917 – Reed Crandall, American illustrator (d. 1982)

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

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

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)

1922 – Marshall Teague, American race car driver (d. 1959)

1922 – Joe Wilder, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (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

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

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 – Katharine, Duchess of Kent

1933 – Sheila Hancock, English actress and author

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

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

1936 – J. Michael Bishop, American microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate

1937 – Tommy Aaron, American golfer

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

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

1938 – Ishmael Reed, American poet, novelist, essayist

1940 – Judy Cornwell, English actress

1940 – Chet Walker, American basketball player

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

1942 – Christine Keeler, English model and dancer

1943 – Terry Eagleton, English philosopher and critic

1943 – Horst Köhler, Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany

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

1944 – Jonathan Demme, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1944 – Mick Green, English rock & roll guitarist (d. 2010)

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

1944 – Christopher Meyer, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States

1944 – Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player and painter

1945 – Oliver, 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, English footballer and manager

1947 – Frank Van Dun, Belgian philosopher and theorist

1949 – Niki Lauda, Austrian race car driver

1949 – Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player and coach

1950 – Julius Erving, American basketball player and sportscaster

1950 – Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer-songwriter

1950 – Genesis P-Orridge, English singer-songwriter

1950 – Julie Walters, English actress and author

1951 – Ellen Greene, American singer and actress

1952 – Albert Bryant, Jr., American general

1952 – Cyrinda Foxe, American model and actress (d. 2002)

1952 – Bill Frist, American physician and politician

1952 – Wayne Levi, American golfer

1952 – Bernard Silverman, English minister, statistician, and academic

1953 – Graham Lewis, English bass player

1953 – Nigel Planer, English actor and screenwriter

1955 – David Axelrod, American journalist and political adviser

1955 – Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player

1956 – Hugh Hewitt, American lawyer, academic, and radio host

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)

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 – Ed Boon, American video game designer, co-created Mortal Kombat

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

1965 – Chris Dudley, American basketball player and politician

1965 – Kieren Fallon, Irish jockey

1965 – Pat LaFontaine, American ice hockey player

1966 – Rachel Dratch, American actress and comedian

1966 – Jason Feddy, English singer-songwriter

1966 – Thorsten Kaye, German-English actor

1967 – Psicosis II, Mexican wrestler

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

1968 – Bradley Nowell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1996)

1968 – Jeri Ryan, American model and actress

1968 – Jayson Williams, American basketball player and sportscaster

1969 – Thomas Jane, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1969 – Clinton Kelly, American fashion consultant and television host

1969 – Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer and sportscaster

1971 – Super Caló, Mexican wrestler

1971 – Lea Salonga, Filipino actress and singer

1972 – Michael Chang, American tennis player and coach

1972 – Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater

1973 – Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (d. 2013)

1973 – Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer

1973 – Scott Phillips, American drummer and producer

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 – Timo Rose, German actor, director, and producer

1977 – Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer

1978 – Jenny Frost, English singer and dancer

1978 – Gus Sorola, American actor and podcast host

1979 – Brett Emerton, Australian footballer

1979 – Lee Na-young, South Korean actress

1980 – Shamari Fears, American singer-songwriter and actress

1980 – Kang Sung-hoon, South Korean singer

1981 – Jeanette Biedermann, German singer-songwriter and actress

1983 – Clint McKay, Australian cricketer

1983 – Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer

1984 – Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby player

1984 – Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer

1985 – Hameur Bouazza, Algerian footballer

1985 – Georgios Printezis, Greek basketball player

1986 – Rajon Rondo, American basketball player

1987 – Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model

1987 – Sergio Romero, Argentinian footballer

1988 – Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter

1988 – Efraín Juárez, Mexican footballer

1988 – Sebastian Tyrała, Polish-German footballer

1989 – Anna Sundstrand, Swedish singer, dancer, and actress

1989 – Franco Vázquez, Argentinian footballer

1990 – Luca Profeta, Italian footballer

1992 – Alexander Merkel, Kazakhstani-German footballer

1994 – Rachael Leahcar, Australian singer-songwriter

Deaths

556 – Maximianus of Ravenna, Italian bishop and saint (b. 499)

606 – Pope Sabinian

793 – Sicga, Anglo-Saxon nobleman and regicide

845 – Empress Dowager Wang, concubine of Emperor Muzong and mother of Emperor Jingzong of Tang

965 – Otto, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)

1071 – Arnulf III, Count of Flanders (b. 1055)

1072 – Peter Damian, Italian saint

1079 – John of Fécamp, Italian-born Benedictine abbot and spiritual writer

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

1297 – Saint Margaret of Cortona (b. 1247)

1371 – David II of Scotland (b. 1324)

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

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

1511 – Henry, 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)

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-English geologist and lawyer (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, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (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)

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

1958 – Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (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 Premier of Quebec (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, 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 – Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales (b. 1916)

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)

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, 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 1951 (b. 1928)

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

Holidays and observances

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

Founder's Day or "B.-P. day" (World Organization of the Scout Movement)

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

Celebrity Day (Church of Scientology)

Christian 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)

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

References

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