22 February
Notable Births
Harry Brook
b. 1999
English cricketer (born 1999)
Jerome Robinson
b. 1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Ilya Samsonov
b. 1997
Russian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Kia Nurse
b. 1996
Canadian basketball player (born 1996)
Devonte' Graham
b. 1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
Nam Joo-hyuk
b. 1994
South Korean actor and model (born 1994)
Elfrid Payton
b. 1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
Dixon Machado
b. 1992
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1992)
Khalil Mack
b. 1991
American football player (born 1991)
Franco Vázquez
b. 1989
Argentine football player
Jonathan Borlée
b. 1988
Belgian sprinter (born 1988)
Han Hyo-joo
b. 1987
South Korean actress (born 1987)
Sergio Romero
b. 1987
Argentine footballer (born 1987)
Rajon Rondo
b. 1986
American basketball player (born 1986)
Hamer Bouazza
b. 1985
Algeria international footballer (born 1985)
Georgios Printezis
b. 1985
Greek professional basketball player (born 1985)
Zach Roerig
b. 1985
American actor (born 1985)
Tommy Bowe
b. 1984
Ireland international rugby union player
Branislav Ivanović
b. 1984
Serbian footballer (born 1984)
Brian Duensing
b. 1983
American baseball pitcher (born 1983)
Notable Deaths
El Mencho
d. 2026
Mexican drug lord (1966–2026)
John Lowe (musician)
d. 2024
English pianist (1942–2024)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
d. 2021
American poet (1919–2021)
Brody Stevens
d. 2019
American comedian (1970–2019)
Morgan Woodward
d. 2019
American actor (1925–2019)
Chris Rainbow
d. 2015
Scottish pop rock singer and musician
Charlotte Dawson
d. 2014
New Zealand–Australian television personality
Leo Vroman
d. 2014
Dutch poet
Atje Keulen-Deelstra
d. 2013
Dutch speed skater (1938–2013)
Wolfgang Sawallisch
d. 2013
German conductor and pianist (1923–2013)
Sukhbir (writer)
d. 2012
Indian Writer
Frank Carson
d. 2012
Northern Irish comedian and actor (1926–2012)
Marie Colvin
d. 2012
American war correspondent (1956–2012)
Rémi Ochlik
d. 2012
French photojournalist (1983 – 2012)
George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe
d. 2007
British army officer, politician and businessman (1918–2007)
Dennis Johnson
d. 2007
American basketball player (1954–2007)
S. Rajaratnam
d. 2006
Singaporean politician (1915–2006)
Lee Eun-ju
d. 2005
South Korean actress (1980–2005)
Simone Simon
d. 2005
French actress (1910–2005)
Andy Seminick
d. 2004
American baseball player (1920–2004)
On This Day in History
All 55 ›2022
Twosday, the name given to Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22:22, occurs.
Twosday
2018
A man throws a grenade at the U.S. embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt.
2018 United States embassy attack in Podgorica
2015
A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.
Sinking of ML Mostofa-3
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.
Viktor Yanukovych
2012
A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.
2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster
2011
New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake, the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, kills 185 people.
2011 Christchurch earthquake
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.
2011 Bahraini uprising
2006
At approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time, explosions occurred at the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, caused the escalation of sectarian tensions in Iraq into a full-scale civil war.
UTC+03:00
2006
The Securitas depot robbery was the UK's largest heist. Almost £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) was stolen from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
Securitas depot robbery
2005
The 6.4 Mw Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.
2005 Zarand earthquake
2002
Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
Angola
1997
In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
Roslin, Midlothian
1995
The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
CORONA (satellite)
1994
Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
Aldrich Ames
1986
Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
People Power Revolution
1983
The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
Broadway theatre
1980
Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.
Miracle on Ice
1979
Saint Lucia gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Saint Lucia
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.
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
1974
Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but commits suicide after being wounded by police.
Samuel Byck