What Happened On February 22

What Happened On Feb 22 Events

1288 Feb 22 Girolamo Masci (Nicholas IV) elected Pope
Pope Nicholas IV (September 30, 1227 – April 4, 1292), born Girolamo Masci, was Pope from February 22, 1288 to April 4, 1292. A Franciscan monk, he had been legate to the Greeks under Pop...
1732 Feb 22 George Washington is born
George Washington is born to Augustine and Mary (Ball) Washington at Wakefield Farm, Westmoreland County, Virginia.
1819 Feb 22 The Adams-Onis Treaty Is Concluded
In the agreement, the U.S. received the territorial rights to Spanish Florida (British East and West Florida) in exchange for payments by the United States of residents' claims against th...
1847 Feb 22 Santa Anna Marches North To Fight Taylor
Eventually, these actions drove and trapped Ampudia's men into the city's central plaza, where howitzer shelling forced Ampudia to negotiate. Taylor agreed to allow the Mexican Army to ev...
1861 Feb 22
to 1861 Feb 23
 The Baltimore Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln
The Baltimore Plot was an alleged conspiracy in late February 1861 to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln en route to his inauguration. Allan Pinkerton, eponymous founder of the P...
1864 Feb 22 Battle of Okolona
Description: From Vicksburg, Mississippi, Sherman launched a campaign to take the important railroad center at Meridian, Mississippi, and if the situation were favorable, to push on to Se...
1864 Feb 22 Battle of West Point, Mississippi
Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest routs a Union force three times the size of his army in a battle that helped end Union General William T. Sherman's expedition into Alabama. ...
1864 Feb 22
to 1864 Feb 27
 First Battle of Dalton
Other Names: None Location: Whitfield County Campaign: Demonstration on Dalton (1864) Date(s): February 22-27, 1864 Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas [US]; Gen....
1892 Feb 22 'Lady Windermere's Fan' Is Produced in London
Lady Windermere's Fan: A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James Theatre in London. The play was first published in 18...
1915 Feb 22 Winston Churchill Establishes The Landships Committee
It was Churchill who, on Colonel Swinton's urging (and backed by Hankey), sponsored the establishment of the Landships Committee to investigate the potential of constructing what amounted...
1932 Feb 22 Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy is born in Boston
Kennedy was born at St. Margaret's Hospital in the Dorchester section of Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald, who were both ...
1934 Feb 22 "It Happened One Night" Is Released
It Happened One Night is an 1934 American comedy with elements of screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under h...
1944 Feb 22 Kasturba Gandhi Dies at Age 74
Kasturba suffered from chronic bronchitis. Stress from the Quit India Movement's arrests and hard life at Sabarmati Ashram caused her to fall ill. Kasturba fell ill with bronchitis which ...
1946 Feb 22 George F. Kennan Writes the Long Telegram
G. F. Kennan had been stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow as minister-counselor since 1944. Although highly critical of the Soviet system, the mood within the U.S. State Department wa...
1948 Feb 22 1948 Ben Yehuda Street bombing
On February 22, 1948, as the conflict over the coming partition of Palestine grew, three British Army trucks led by an armoured car driven by Arab irregulars and British deserters explode...
1962 Feb 22 Steve Irwin is Born
Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), known simply as Steve Irwin and nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an iconic Australian television personality, wildlife exp...
1971 Feb 22 Boston College defeats Northeastern, 8-2
1971 Feb 22 Boston University defeats Harvard, 4-1
1975 Feb 22 1975 Ben Yehuda Street bombing
On Friday, July 4, 1975, a refrigerator that had five kilograms of explosives packed into its sides exploded on Zion Square, a main square leading to Ben Yehuda Street and to Jaffa Street...
1978 Feb 22 Debbie Weems Dies
Deborah "Debbie" Weems (February 3, 1951 - February 22, 1978) was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for her recurring roles on Captain Kangaroo. During her final y...
1980 Feb 22 USA defeats USSR in Olympics' "Miracle on Ice" Game
"Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" —Al Michaels, ABC Commentator
1987 Feb 22 Andy Warhol dies
Andy Warhol, 58, a writer, philosopher, film-maker and artist whose portraits of soup cans, celebrities and the social scene made him perhaps the best-known figure in what has come to be ...
1989 Feb 22 Aretha Franklin Wins “Best Soul Gospel Album, Female” Grammy
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, by Aretha Franklin, wins a Grammy Award in the “Best Soul Gospel Album, Female” category.
1989 Feb 22 Metal Church releases Blessing in Disguise
Blessing in Disguise is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Metal Church, released as a vinyl LP in the summer of 1989; the CD followed in 1990. It was the band's fina...
1991 Feb 22 Iraq Agrees to a Soviet Proposed Cease-Fire Agreement
On February 22, 1991, Iraq agreed to a Soviet-proposed cease-fire agreement. The agreement called for Iraq to withdraw troops to pre-invasion positions within six weeks following a total ...
1993 Feb 22 Radiohead releases first studio album, "Pablo Honey"
Pablo Honey, released in early 1993, is the first album by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. The cover features the baby Tim Coates, the son of close friends of the band. The t...
1996 Feb 22 "The Doll" - Season 7 Episode 17 of Seinfeld Premiers
"The Doll" is the 127th episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 17th episode for the 7th season. It aired on February 22, 1996. Plot Summary: While performing in Memphis, Jerry...
1997 Feb 22 MST3K Ep. 804 - "The Deadly Mantis"
An Arctic earthquake causes a monstrous praying mantis to invade Washington DC and New York.
1998 Feb 22 "Coldplay" formed
The band finally settled on the name "Coldplay" which was suggested by Tim Crompton, a local student who had been using the name for his group. By 1997 Martin had also met then Classics s...
1998 Feb 22 Kissimmee Tornado Outbreak
The 1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak of February 22 - 23 1998, was the deadliest tornado event in Florida history. Forty-two people were killed and 260 were injured; seven tornadoes were i...
2000 Feb 22 Violent Femmes release Freak Magnet
Freak Magnet is the eighth and final studio album released by the Violent Femmes. It was released on February 22, 2000, and the featured single was "Sleepwalkin'." Originally scheduled fo...
2005 Feb 22 Blink-182 breaks up
A North American tour, in support of Blink-182 and "Always" was planned for spring 2005. Tensions, however, arose between the band members as DeLonge expressed his desire to cancel the to...
2005 Feb 22 Nas Releases Single "Just a Moment"
"Just a Moment" is the third and last single from Nas' Street's Disciple. It features his protégé Quan and is produced by L.E.S.. Its lyrics ask for moments of silence for many people wor...
2005 Feb 22 Steve Vai Releases "Real Illusions: Reflections"
Real Illusions: Reflections is the first studio album since Steve Vai's 1999 studio release The Ultra Zone. The album was released on February 22, 2005. It is the first piece of a three p...
2006 Feb 22 "Mandy" Airs On MTV's Total Request Live
The Jonas Brothers' first single, "Mandy", was released on December 27, 2005. Its music video was shown on MTV's Total Request Live on February 22, 2006 and reached number four. Another s...
2007 Feb 22 Guns N' Roses announce that Chinese Democracy will not be released in March
Despite Axl Rose's announcement, the new Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy was once again delayed. On February 22, 2007, the band's road manager, Del James, issued a press release def...
2008 Feb 22 Phoenix Suns defeat Boston Celtics, 85-77
PHOENIX - Three is a magic number the Celtics have avoided - until now. Boston lost its third straight game for the first time this season last night at US Airways Center, dropping an ...
2009 Feb 22 81st Academy Awards
The 81st Academy Awards ceremony was held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to honor its selection of the best films of 2008 on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Th...
2009 Feb 22 Boston Celtics defeat Phoenix Suns, 128-108
PHOENIX - The Phoenix Suns reverted to their running ways after firing coach Terry Porter last week. The change in style produced three high-scoring victories but, yesterday, played into ...
2009 Feb 22 Tampa Bay Lightning defeat Boston Bruins, 4-3
TAMPA - At 9:28 of last night's first period, something took place that hadn't happened for the Bruins in the last eight games. A fight. Shawn Thornton took on 6-foot-6-inch, 227-po...
2010 Feb 22 Milwaukee Bucks defeat New York Knicks, 83-67
  PLAYER OF THE GAME: Center Andrew Bogut recorded the Bucks' eighth 20-point, 20-rebound game since the 1986-'87 season and he's had three of those games. It was the 14th 20-rebound n...
2010 Feb 22 President Obama Presents Overhauled Health Care Reform Bill Following Setbacks
Reporting from Washington - Four days before his planned health summit with congressional leaders, President Obama on Monday morning unveiled his proposal to overhaul the nation's healthc...
2010 Feb 22 World Food Program Launches School Feeding Program in Haiti
The World Food Program and other United Nations aid agencies are scaling up their humanitarian operations for millions of Haitians affected by the earthquake, which devastated their count...
2011 Feb 22 Moammar Gadhafi Refuses to Leave Power, Vows to Die in Libya and Execute His Foes
A violent confrontation between Libya's Moammar Gadhafi and his strengthening opposition threatened to drag the oil-rich nation into a civil war as Mr. Gadhafi lost a key ally hours after...