What are the important events that happened on February 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 22: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 22 is the 53rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 312 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 9, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 483,384 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontatrigon’ day.
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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 360 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,446 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 22 Historical Events
- 1632 –Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
- 1744 –War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon begins.
- 1797 –The Last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
- 1855 –The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania)
- 1879 –In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and dime Woolworth stores.
- 1948 –Communist revolution in Czechoslovakia.
- 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.
- 1986 –Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
- 2002 –Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
Who were born on February 22?
- 1817 –Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician (d. 1880)
- 1857 –Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (d. 1894)
- 1864 –Jules Renard, French author (d. 1910)
- 1943 –Terry Eagleton, British literary critic and philosopher
- 1948 –John Ashton, American actor
- 1949 –Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player
- 1950 –Miou-Miou, French actress
- 1965 –Pat LaFontaine, American ice hockey player
- 1972 –Michael Chang, American tennis player
- 1985 –Larissa Riquelme, Paraguayan model
Who died on February 22?
- 1371 –King David II of Scotland (b. 1324)
- 1875 –Sir Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist (b. 1797)
- 1956 –Alexandros Svolos, Greek legal expert and politician (b. 1892)
- 1973 –Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian politician, Premier of Quebec (b. 1916)
- 1973 –Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (b. 1900)
- 1983 –Sir Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889)
- 1985 –Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (b. 1913)
- 1989 –Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese leader, UDT President in the exterior (b. 1938)
- 2002 –Daniel Pearl, American journalist (b. 1963)
- 2005 –Lee Eun Ju, Korean actress (b. 1980)
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