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Sunday, 22 February 2015

Today In History [22nd February, 2015]

A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today In History [21st February, 2105]

February 22

1349           Jews are expelled from Zurich, Switzerland.
1613           Mikhail Romanov is elected czar of Russia.
1732           George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
1797           The last invasion of Britain takes place when some 1,400 Frenchmen land at Fishguard in Wales.
1819           Spain signs a treaty with the United States ceding eastern Florida.
1825           Russia and Britain establish the Alaska/Canada boundary.
1862           Jefferson Davis is inaugurated president of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va. for the second time.
1864           Nathan Bedford Forrest's brother, Jeffrey, is killed at Okolona, Mississippi.
1865           Federal troops capture Wilmington, N.C.
1879           Frank Winfield Woolworth's 'nothing over five cents' shop opens at Utica, New York. It is the first chain store.
1902           A fistfight breaks out in the Senate. Senator Benjamin Tillman suffers a bloody nose for accusing Senator John McLaurin of bias on the Philippine tariff issue.
1909           The Great White Fleet returns to Norfolk, Virginia, from an around-the-world show of naval power.
1911           Canadian Parliament votes to preserve the union with the British Empire.
1920           The American Relief Administration appeals to the public to pressure Congress to aid starving European cities.
1924           Columbia University declares radio education a success.
1926           Pope Pius rejects Mussolini's offer of aid to the Vatican.
1932           Adolf Hitler is the Nazi Party candidate for the presidential elections in Germany.
1935           All plane flights over the White House are barred because they are disturbing President Roosevelt's sleep.
1942           President Franklin Roosevelt orders Gen. Douglas MacArthur to leave the Philippines.
1951           The Atomic Energy Commission discloses information about the first atom-powered airplane.
1952           French forces evacuate Hoa Binh in Indochina.
1954           U.S. is to install 60 Thor nuclear missiles in Britain.
1962           A Soviet bid for new Geneva arms talks is turned down by the U.S.
1963           Moscow warns the U.S. that an attack on Cuba would mean war.
1967           Operation Junction City becomes the largest U.S. operation in Vietnam.
1984           Britain and the U.S. send warships to the Persian Gulf following an Iranian offensive against Iraq.

Born on February 22
1403           Charles VII, King of France.
1732           George Washington, Commander-in-chief of Continental forces during the American Revolution and first U.S. President.
1778           Rembrandt Peale, American painter known for portraits of U.S. founding fathers.
1857           Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout Movement.
1857           Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, the first person to broadcast and receive radio waves.
1892           Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet.
1900           Sean O'Faolain, Irish short story writer.
1925           Edward Gorey, American writer and illustrator.
1932           Edward Kennedy, Massachusetts Senator, brother of John F. Kennedy.
1944           Jonathan Demme, film director (The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia).

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