What Happened on Feb 22
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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... Read more
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George Washington is born
George Washington is born to Augustine and Mary (Ball) Washington at Wakefield Farm, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Read more
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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... Read more
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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.... Read more
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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.... Read more
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Battle of Okolona
Description: From Vicksburg, Mississippi, Sherman launched a campaign to take the important railroad center at Meridian, Mississippi, and if the... Read more
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'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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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,... Read more
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"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... Read more
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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.... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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. Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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"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... Read more
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MST3K Ep. 804 - "The Deadly Mantis"
An Arctic earthquake causes a monstrous praying mantis to invade Washington DC and New York. Read more
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"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... Read more