February 22

February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . Following are 312 days (313 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.



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*1 Events  ==Events [  edit ] == ==Born [  edit ] == George Washington born in 1732Jeri Ryan born in 1968Hans Klok born in 1969Claudia Pechstein born in 1972James Hillier Blount, known asJames Blunt born in 1974Denise Koopal born in 1980Jonathan Borlée born in 1988*1732 - George Washington, first president of the United States (deceased in 1799 ) ==Deceased [  edit ] == Amerigo Vespucci deceased 1512Atje Cologne-Deelstra deceased 2013*606 - Sabinianus, Pope of Rome ==Celebration / commemoration [  edit ] == ==<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[Weather  Extremes <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">]  == ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Netherlands  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Record counts
 * 2 Born
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 celebration / commemoration
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium
 * General
 * 1630 - The Wampanoag Indian Quadequine let the British settlers during their first Thanksgiving dinner acquainted with popcorn .
 * 1987 - After almost two weeks have been kidnapped, the tenth millionaire daughter is Valerie Albada Jelgersma freed by the police.
 * 2000 - In sex club 'Esther' in Haarlem 4 people killed, among them a member and a candidate member of the Hells Angels ; it turns out to be a criminal settlement.
 * 2006 - Sunni extremists blow the dome of the al-Askari shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra on.
 * 2011 - New Zealand hit by a severe earthquake . Especially the city of Christchurch was badly damaged.
 * Art
 * 1956 - Elvis Presley fetches the song Heartbreak Hotel for the first time the charts.
 * 2001 - The American film Hannibal gets the highest attendance figures ever in the Netherlands at a premiere realized.
 * 2005 - Korn guitarist Brian 'Head' Welch leaving the band.
 * War
 * 1941 - In Amsterdam began the great raid against the Jews by 600 men of the Order Police .
 * 1943 - Members of the German resistance movement the White Rose by the Nazi 's executed.
 * 1944 - The center of Nijmegen is hit by a bombardment by US pilots who think the German town of Kleve is. There are about 800 deaths and the city is wiped.
 * Politics
 * 1819 - Spain must Florida cede to the United States .
 * 1865 - Tennessee adopts a new constitution in which slavery was abolished.
 * 1900 - Hawaii officially becomes a territory of the United States .
 * 1924 - Calvin Coolidge holding the first president of the United States a radio address from the White House .
 * 1967 - Suharto takes in Indonesia over power from Sukarno .
 * 2007 - Cabinet Balkenende installed.
 * 2014 - After President Viktor Janoekovytsj from Kiev to Kharkov fled, the tunes Ukrainian parliament with the deposition of the President and the organization of presidential elections on 25 May 2014 . Yulia Tymoshenko is released from prison .
 * Religion
 * 1531 - Pope Clement VII creates two new cardinals .
 * 1672 - Pope Clement X creates two new cardinals, among whom the Italian Dominican Pietro Francesco Orsini .
 * 1775 - Bishop Consecration and coronation of Pope Pius VI in Rome .
 * 1965 - Pope Paul VI creates 27 new cardinals, including the Belgian priest Joseph Cardijn, founder of the YCW .
 * Sport
 * 1983 - Vladimir Salnikov tightened in Moscow his own world record in the 1,500 meters freestyle until 14.54,75. The old record (14.56,35) stood since March 13th 1982 in the name of the Russian swimmer .
 * 2014 - Double success for Netherlands during the Winter Olympics in Sochi . Both the men and the women win gold in the team pursuit speed skating.
 * Science and Technology
 * 1632 - Galileo 's Dialogo dei Massimi Sistemi is published.
 * 1996 - In Eindhoven makes Merien ten Houten officially reported the first Dutch search engine : Ilse
 * 1997 - In the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh scientists report that they have a sheep cloned the lamb Dolly was born on July 5, 1996.
 * 1745 - João de Sousa Carvalho, Portuguese composer (deceased in 1798 )
 * 1788 - Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (deceased in 1860 )
 * 1796 - Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer (deceased in 1874 )
 * 1806 - Antoine Wiertz, Belgian sculptor (deceased in 1865 )
 * 1810 - Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer (deceased in 1849 )
 * 1818 - Gerrit de Vries, Dutch politician (deceased in 1900 )
 * 1825 - Pierre Thielemans, Belgian composer, conductor and organist (deceased in 1898 )
 * 1840 - August Bebel, German politician (deceased in 1913 )
 * 1850 - Isaac Rice, American entrepreneur and chess (deceased in 1915 )
 * 1857 - Robert Baden-Powell, British founder of scouting (deceased in 1941 )
 * 1857 - Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (deceased in 1894 )
 * 1864 - Jules Renard, French writer (deceased in 1910 )
 * 1868 - Henri Polak, Dutch union official and politician (deceased in 1943 )
 * 1878 - Walter Ritz, Swiss physicist (deceased in 1909 )
 * 1885 - Josef Řehoř, Bohemian composer and conductor (deceased in 1960 )
 * 1887 - Sawielly Tartakower, Polish chess player (deceased in 1956 )
 * 1891 - Jan Wils, Dutch architect (deceased in 1972 )
 * 1892 - Lee Eyerly, American aviator and builder attraction (deceased in 1963 )
 * 1896 - Paul Ostaijen, Belgian poet (deceased in 1928 )
 * 1898 - Karl Koller, German General (deceased in 1951 )
 * 1898 - Anton de Kom, Surinamese nationalist (deceased in 1945 )
 * 1898 - Lazaro Francisco, Filipino author (deceased in 1980 )
 * 1900 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish film director (deceased in 1983 )
 * 1901 - Werner Kaegi, Swiss historian (deceased in 1979 )
 * 1902 - Herma Szabo, Austrian figure skater (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1905 - Maurice Balfoort, Belgian theater and television director (deceased in 1989 )
 * 1907 - Karamat Ali Asgar, Surinamese politician (deceased in 1958 )
 * 1910 - Baltasar Lobo, Spanish artist and sculptor (deceased in 1993 )
 * 1913 - John Blades, Dutch resistance fighter (deceased in 1942 )
 * 1914 - Renato Dulbecco, Italian virologist (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1914 - Karl Otto Götz, German painter
 * 1915 - Tjeerd Boersma, Dutch athlete (deceased in 1985 )
 * 1917 - Jane Bowles, American writer (deceased in 1973 )
 * 1918 - George Constantine, American race car driver (deceased in 1968 )
 * 1918 - Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man ever (deceased in 1940 )
 * 1919 - Henri Arnoldus, Dutch children's author (deceased in 2002 )
 * 1920 - Toni Boltini, Dutch circus director (deceased in 2003 )
 * 1920 - Ray Knepper, American race car driver (deceased in 2000 )
 * 1921 - Jean-Bedel Bokassa, Central African statesman and soldier (deceased in 1996 )
 * 1922 - Jesus Iglesias, Argentine racing driver (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1922 - Rinus Schaap, Dutch footballer (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1922 - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (deceased in 1959 )
 * 1923 - Norman Smith, British music producer and singer (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1925 - Edward Gorey, American writer and illustrator (deceased in 2000 )
 * 1927 - Florencio Campomanes, Filipino chess and FIDE president (deceased in 2010 )
 * 1927 - Guy Mitchell, American singer and actor (deceased in 1999 )
 * 1928 - Paul Dooley, American (voice) actor
 * 1929 - James Hong, American actor
 * 1932 - Edward Kennedy, American politician (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1933 - Sheila Hancock, English actress
 * 1933 - Katharine Worsley, British Duchess of Kent
 * 1938 - Timmy Mayer, American race car driver (deceased in 1964 )
 * 1939 - Alain Jacquet, French artist (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1943 - Greet Grottendieck, Dutch sculptress
 * 1943 - Horst Köhler, German Federal President
 * 1944 - Jorge de Bagration, Georgian-Spanish racing driver (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1944 - Jonathan Demme, American film director, screenwriter and Producer,
 * 1944 - Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player
 * 1945 - Henk Helmantel, Dutch painter
 * 1945 - Gerrie van der Klei, Dutch actress, musician
 * 1945 - Wim Zomer, Dutch actor
 * 1946 - Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1946 - Evert Dolman, Dutch cyclist (deceased in 1993 )
 * 1947 - Veronica Hazelhoff, Dutch writer (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1947 - Richard North Patterson, American writer
 * 1948 - John Ashton, American actor
 * 1949 - Niki Lauda, Austrian racing driver
 * 1950 - Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, Jordanian politician, diplomat and judge
 * 1950 - Julius Erving, American basketball player
 * 1950 - Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer
 * 1950 - Julie Walters, English actress
 * 1951 - Arie van den Brand, Dutch politician
 * 1951 - Marleen Radder, Dutch fast walker
 * 1952 - Saufatu Sopoanga, Tuvaluan politician
 * 1953 - Nigel Planer, British actor
 * 1954 - Johnny Kraaijkamp jr., Dutch actor
 * 1956 - Gijs de Vries, Dutch politician
 * 1957 - Asim Khudiev, Azerbaijani football referee
 * 1957 - Lex Runderkamp, Dutch journalist and television presenter
 * 1959 - Mikhail Gurevich, Russian-Belgian chess
 * 1959 - Kyle MacLachlan, American actor
 * 1960 - Atzo Nicolaï, Dutch politician
 * 1962 - René van den Berg, Dutch TV and radio presenter
 * 1962 - Petra de Bruin, Dutch cyclist
 * 1962 - Rob van Daal, Dutch singer
 * 1962 - Steve Irwin, Australian animal expert, zoo keeper, conservationist and filmmaker / presenter (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1962 - Les Wallace, Scottish darter
 * 1963 - Jan Olde Riekerink, Dutch footballer and football coach
 * 1963 - Vijay Singh, Fijian golfer
 * 1964 - Marion Clignet, French cyclist
 * 1965 - Nathan Dahlberg, New Zealand cyclist
 * 1965 - Hamit Karakus, Turkish-Dutch politician
 * 1966 - Rachel Dratch, American actress and comedienne
 * 1966 - Patricia Libregts, Dutch water polo star
 * 1968 - Jeri Ryan, American actress
 * 1968 - Kazimierz Stafiej, Polish cyclist
 * 1969 - Thomas Jane, American actor
 * 1969 - Hans Klok, Dutch illusionist
 * 1969 - Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer
 * 1969 - Marc Wilmots, Belgian footballer
 * 1971 - Arnon Grunberg, Dutch writer
 * 1971 - Lea Salonga, Filipino singer and actress
 * 1972 - Michael Chang, American tennis player
 * 1972 - Laurence Leboucher, French cyclist
 * 1972 - Claudia Pechstein, German skater
 * 1972 - Haim Revivo, Israeli footballer
 * 1972 - Barbara Wijnveld, Dutch artist
 * 1973 - Sandrine André, Belgian actress
 * 1973 - Archil and Shota Arveladze, Georgian football twins
 * 1973 - Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1973 - Plamen Kralev, Bulgarian racing driver
 * 1973 - Claus Lundekvam, Norwegian footballer
 * 1974 - James Blunt, British singer
 * 1974 - Matthew White, Australian cyclist and sports director
 * 1975 - Drew Barrymore, American actress
 * 1975 - Fele Martínez, Spanish actor
 * 1975 - Sébastien Tellier, French DJ, singer and actor
 * 1977 - Tyler Bates, American film composer
 * 1977 - Mads Kaggestad, Norwegian cyclist
 * 1977 - Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer
 * 1978 - Zoltán Balog, Hungarian footballer
 * 1978 - Dominic Demeritte, Bahamian athlete
 * 1978 - Mieke Dobbels, Belgian actress
 * 1978 - Kim Kay, Belgian singer
 * 1979 - Brett Emerton, Australian footballer
 * 1980 - Denise Koopal, Dutch television presenter and singer
 * 1981 - Kelvin Leong, Macao's racing driver
 * 1982 - Jenna Haze, American porn actress
 * 1982 - Dichen Lachman, Australian actress
 * 1982 - Ibad Muhamadu, Dutch footballer
 * 1984 - Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer
 * 1984 - Patrick Murphy, Australian swimmer
 * 1985 - Igor Đurić, Serbian footballer
 * 1986 - Mark Allen, Northern Irish snooker player
 * 1986 - Ivan Ratkić, Croatian alpine skier
 * 1986 - Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
 * 1986 - Monika SEPs, Swiss chess star
 * 1987 - Sergio Romero, Argentinian football goalkeeper
 * 1987 - John Theobald, German racing driver
 * 1988 - Jonathan Borlée, Belgian athlete
 * 1988 - Kevin Borlée, Belgian athlete
 * 1988 - Natasja Bruintjes, Dutch long track speed skater
 * 1988 - Dane Searls, American BMX'er (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1988 - Aleksandr Soechoroekov, Russian swimmer
 * 1989 - Charlotte Skeoch, British actress
 * 1990 - Diogo Viana, Portuguese footballer
 * 1991 - Furkan Aydin, Turkish footballer
 * 1991 - Robin Stjernberg, Swedish singer
 * 1991 - Maximiliano Urruti, Argentine footballer
 * 622 - Shotoku (48), Japanese prince regent
 * 1371 - David II (46), King of Scotland
 * 1512 - Amerigo Vespucci (57), Italian explorer
 * 1721 - Johann Christoph Bach III (49), German organist
 * 1797 - Baron Munchausen (76), German officer and adventurer
 * 1836 - Theo Majofski (64), Dutch actor
 * 1875 - Jean-Baptiste Corot (78), French painter
 * 1875 - Charles Lyell (77), British scientist
 * 1886 - Antoon Joosten (66), Belgian painter
 * 1899 - John Kruesi (55), American inventor
 * 1930 - Gotfried Coenraad Ernst Whatley (67) Dutch soldier
 * 1942 - Stefan Zweig (60), Austrian writer
 * 1943 - Sophie Scholl (21), student and German resistance fighter in World War II
 * 1943 - Hans Scholl (24), German resistance fighter in World War II
 * 1945 - Henk Feldmeijer (34), Dutch National Socialist politician
 * 1945 - Jan van Hout (36), Dutch cyclist and resistance fighter
 * 1976 - Michael Polanyi (84), Hungarian-British scientist
 * 1980 - Oskar Kokoschka (93), Czech artist
 * 1983 - Romain Maes (69), Belgian cyclist
 * 1986 - Boris Slutsky (66), Russian writer and poet
 * 1987 - Andy Warhol (58), American painter
 * 1989 - Sándor Márai (88), Hungarian writer
 * 1999 - Philip Bloemendal (80), Dutch news
 * 2002 - Jip Golsteijn (56), Dutch journalist
 * 2002 - Chuck Jones (89), American cartoon director
 * 2005 - Mario Ricci (90) Italian cyclist
 * 2006 - Hilde Domin (96), German writer and poet
 * 2006 - Willebrord Nieuwenhuis (68), Dutch reporter and publicist
 * 2007 - Lothar-Günther Buchheim (89), German painter, art collector and writer
 * 2007 - Fons Rademakers (86), Dutch film director-producer and -acteur
 * 2008 - Henk Bruna (91) Dutch publisher
 * 2008 - Johnnie Carr (97), American civil rights activist
 * 2008 - Nunzio Gallo (79), Italian singer
 * 2009 - Candido Cannavò (78), Italian sportswriter
 * 2009 - Günter Kochan (78), German composer
 * 2009 - Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tung (88) Vietnamese archbishop and cardinal
 * 2009 - Howard Zieff (81), American film director and photographer
 * 2011 - Nicholas Courtney (81), British actor
 * 2013 - Ernst Breit (88), German union president
 * 2013 - Atje Cologne-Deelstra (74), Dutch skater
 * 2013 - Wolfgang Sawallisch (89), German conductor and pianist
 * 2014 - Ferdinand De Bondt (90), Belgian politician
 * 2014 - Leo Vroman (98), Dutch-American poet, biologist and hematologist
 * 2015 - Charles Aubecq (88), Belgian politician
 * 2015 - Jos Lambrechts (79), Belgian athlete
 * Saint Lucia - Independence Day ( 1979 )
 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Natale the Cathedra Petri or St. Peter's Chair or Cathedra of St. Peter Apostle - Feast
 * Blessed Isabella of France († 1270 ) (also on February 26 )
 * Holy Elwyn Cornwall († 6th century )
 * Saint Margaret of Cortona († 1297 )
 * Blessed Emilia d'Oultremont († 1878 )
 * Name day St. Peter: this was traditionally the beginning and ending date for contracts. On this day changed-for example, farmworkers and girls often employer (and shelter).

===Belgium <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Record counts
 * 1942 - lowest mean daily temperature -10.3 ° C
 * 1997 - Highest mean daily temperature 9.2 ° C
 * 1956 - Lowest minimum temperature -15.2 ° C
 * 1990 - Highest maximum temperature 14.5 ° C
 * 1908 - Highest hourly average wind speed 15.9 m / s
 * 1982 - Longest sunshine duration 9.7 hours
 * 1937 - Longest rainfall duration 10.8 hours
 * 1970 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 14.3 mm
 * 1948 - Best day average relative humidity 57%

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Extraordinary events
 * 1956 - lowest mean daily temperature -8.5 ° C
 * 1966 - Highest mean daily temperature 10.9 ° C
 * 1956 - Lowest minimum temperature -11.7 ° C
 * 1990 - Highest maximum temperature of 16.3 ° C
 * 1937 and 1880 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 14.9 mm


 * 1903 - precipitation Sahara Sand.
 * 1999 - Tornado causes severe damage in Horpmaal (Heers), in the south of Limburg.