February 22 Events in History
February 22, 1998 "King and I," closes at Neil Simon Theater New York City after 781 performances
February 22, 1998 18th Winter Olympic games close at Nagano Japan
February 22, 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open
February 22, 1996 "Bus Stop" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 29 performances
February 22, 1996 Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice
February 22, 1996 STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit
February 22, 1995 Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters
February 22, 1995 Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km)
February 22, 1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya
February 22, 1993 Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs. England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours
February 22, 1992 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box New York City
February 22, 1992 Barry Diller resigns as CEO of Fox
February 22, 1992 Ed McMahon, 69, weds Pamela Hurn, 37
February 22, 1992 Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open Golf Tournament
February 22, 1992 Rockers Kurt Corbin (Nirvana) and Courtney Love (Hole), wed
February 22, 1991 Actor Bill Bixby (57) weds Laura Michael (32)
February 22, 1991 Bush and U.S. Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal
February 22, 1991 Kelli McCarty, 21, (Kansas), crowned 40th Miss USA
February 22, 1991 Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs NZ at Hamilton
February 22, 1990 1st day India vs NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps
February 22, 1989 Fins ministry of Public health installs sex vacation to thwart stress
February 22, 1989 New York Lotto pays $26.9 million to one winner (#s are 1-5-12-19-44-50)
February 22, 1989 U.K. physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"
February 22, 1989 U.S. authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals"
February 22, 1989 31st Grammy Awards: Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman
February 22, 1989 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award)
February 22, 1988 Bonnie Blair skates world record 500m (39.10 sec)
February 22, 1987 Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200m indoor (20.36 sec)
February 22, 1984 Brothers Anton and Peter Stastny score 8 pts each for NHL Quebec
February 22, 1983 Harold Washington wins Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary
February 22, 1983 Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India
February 22, 1983 Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 1500m free style swimming record
February 22, 1982 New York City Mayor Koch announces he will run for New York governor (unsuccessful)
February 22, 1981 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic
February 22, 1980 Afghanistan declares martial law
February 22, 1980 USA beats U.S.S.R. in Olympic hockey 4-3 en route to a gold medal
February 22, 1979 Billy Martin named manager of Oakland A's
February 22, 1979 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Primate and Cat Building is dedicated
February 22, 1979 St. Lucia gains independence from Britain
February 22, 1978 2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tennessee
February 22, 1976 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
February 22, 1974 Ethiopian police shoot at demonstrators
February 22, 1973 U.S. and China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing and Washington D.C.
February 22, 1972 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir and Prime Minister of Qatar
February 22, 1972 President Nixon, meets with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai in Beijing
February 22, 1971 Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria
February 22, 1970 "Charles Aznavour" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 23 performances
February 22, 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major U.S. track
February 22, 1968 Rock group Genesis release their 1st record "Silent Sun"
February 22, 1967 Barbara Garson's "MacBird," premieres in New York City
February 22, 1967 Sling-shot goal post and 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL
February 22, 1967 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border
February 22, 1966 Soviets launch Kosmos 110 with Veterok and Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew
February 22, 1965 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test)
February 22, 1964 Beatles arrive back in England after their 1st U.S. visit
February 22, 1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs)
February 22, 1962 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts
February 22, 1959 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH)
February 22, 1958 "Portotino" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 3 performances
February 22, 1958 Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets 6 world records in 2 days
February 22, 1958 Egypt and Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR)
February 22, 1958 Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes
February 22, 1957 Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win
February 22, 1957 Walter O'Malley says Dodgers may play 10 exhibitions in California in 1958
February 22, 1956 1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United
February 22, 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel"
February 22, 1955 British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail
February 22, 1950 Brockway and Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed)
February 22, 1948 Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die
February 22, 1945 Arab League froms (Cairo)
February 22, 1945 British troops take Ramree Island, Burma
February 22, 1945 Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland
February 22, 1944 U.S. 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die
February 22, 1941 Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal
February 22, 1941 German assault on El Agheila Libya
February 22, 1941 IG Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp
February 22, 1941 Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam
February 22, 1941 Paul Creston's 1st Symphony, premieres
February 22, 1941 Roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man," premieres
February 22, 1940 Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island
February 22, 1940 German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578
February 22, 1939 Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain
February 22, 1936 Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins
February 22, 1935 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House
February 22, 1934 "It Happened One Night," opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall
February 22, 1933 Goering forms SA/SS-police, shoots 40-50
February 22, 1932 Purple Heart award reinstituted
February 22, 1928 1st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler)
February 22, 1927 ARC soccer team forms in Alphen on the Rhine
February 22, 1927 Baruch Spinosa's house of mourning opened as a museum
February 22, 1924 1st presidential radio address (Calvin Coolidge)
February 22, 1923 1st successful chinchilla farm in U.S. (Los Angeles California)
February 22, 1923 Transcontinental airmail service begins
February 22, 1922 Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin
February 22, 1920 1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track in Emeryville, California
February 22, 1918 Germany claims Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia
February 22, 1917 German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships
February 22, 1915 Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war
February 22, 1913 Lowell HS, San Francisco opens (on it's 1st campus)
February 22, 1912 J. Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph - 161.29 kph
February 22, 1909 Great White Fleet, 1st U.S. fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia
February 22, 1907 1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London
February 22, 1907 Leonid N Andreyev's "Zhizn Cheloveka," premieres in St. Petersburg
February 22, 1906 Black evangelist William J. Seymour arrives in Los Angeles California
February 22, 1903 Due to drought the U.S. side of Niagara Falls runs short of water
February 22, 1900 Battle at Wynne's Hill, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
February 22, 1900 Hawaii became a U.S. territory
February 22, 1892 "Lady Windermere's Fan" by Oscar Wilde premieres at St. James (London)
February 22, 1892 Manitoba Rugby Football Union forms
February 22, 1889 Dakotas, Montana and Washington admitted to union
February 22, 1889 President Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana and Washington state
February 22, 1888 John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers New York)
February 22, 1887 Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati
February 22, 1882 With 120 miles James Saunders wins New York City's 24 hour race and $100 prize
February 22, 1879 1st 5 and 10 store opened by Frank W. Woolworth (Utica New York)
February 22, 1878 Greenback Labor Party forms (Toledo Ohio)
February 22, 1876 Johns Hopkins University opens
February 22, 1872 1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio)
February 22, 1865 Battle of Wilmington, North Carolina (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals
February 22, 1865 Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery
February 22, 1864 Battle at Dalton Georgia
February 22, 1864 2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona, Mississippi
February 22, 1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee
February 22, 1861 On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration
February 22, 1860 Organized baseball played in San Francisco for 1st time
February 22, 1860 Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages
February 22, 1858 Dion Boucicault's "Jessie Brown," premieres in New York City
February 22, 1856 1st national meeting of Republican Party in Pittsburgh
February 22, 1854 1st meeting of Republican Party in Michigan
February 22, 1847 Battle of Buena Vista: U.S. troops beat Mexican army
February 22, 1836 Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New Guinea
February 22, 1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave Valdivia Chile
February 22, 1828 Russia and Persia sign Peace of Turkmantsjai
February 22, 1825 Russia and Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary
February 22, 1821 Spain sells eastern Florida to United States for $5 million
February 22, 1819 Spain renounces claims to Oregon Country, Florida (Adams-Onis Treaty)
February 22, 1784 1st U.S. ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from New York
February 22, 1775 1st U.S. joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at 10 cents
February 22, 1775 Jews expelled from outskirts of Warsaw Poland
February 22, 1774 English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright
February 22, 1746 French troops conquer Brussels
February 22, 1746 Jakobijnse troops vacate Aberdeen
February 22, 1744 Battle at Toulon: English-French and Spanish fleet
February 22, 1656 New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site
February 22, 1630 Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving
February 22, 1561 William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais
February 22, 1495 French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim crown
February 22, 1349 Jews are expelled from Zurich Switzerland
February 22, 1300 Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree
February 22, 1288 Girolamo Masci elected Pope Nicolas IV
February 22, 1281 Simon de Brion elected Pope Martinus IV
February 22, 1071 Battle of Cassel-Robert I the Frisian defeats Arnulf III/I
February 22, 896 Pope Formosa crowned king Arnulf of Karinthie/French emperor
