History of Today in India – 22 February

Explore the history of today 22 February in India, including important events, famous personalities, and milestones for UPSC SSC,Banking & PSC exams.

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📜 Important Events on 22 February in World History

22 Feb 2022: Twosday, the name given to Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22:22, occurs. Read more
22 Feb 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. Read more
22 Feb 2015: A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people. Read more
22 Feb 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. Read more
22 Feb 2012: A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others. Read more
22 Feb 2011: New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake, the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, kills 185 people. Read more
22 Feb 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. Read more
22 Feb 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. Read more
22 Feb 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. Read more
22 Feb 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. Read more
22 Feb 2002: Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush. Read more
22 Feb 1997: In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned. Read more
22 Feb 1995: The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified. Read more
22 Feb 1994: Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union. Read more
22 Feb 1986: Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines. Read more
22 Feb 1983: The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Read more
22 Feb 1980: Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3. Read more
22 Feb 1979: Saint Lucia gains independence from the United Kingdom. Read more
22 Feb 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. Read more
22 Feb 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. Read more
22 Feb 1973: Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices. Read more
22 Feb 1972: The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others. Read more
22 Feb 1959: Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500. Read more
22 Feb 1958: Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic. Read more
22 Feb 1957: Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột. Read more
22 Feb 1946: The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow. Read more
22 Feb 1944: World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone. Read more
22 Feb 1944: World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog. Read more
22 Feb 1943: World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany. Read more
22 Feb 1943: Yankee Clipper crashes while landing on the Tagus in Lisbon, killing 24. Read more
22 Feb 1942: World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable. Read more
22 Feb 1921: After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.[citation needed] Read more
22 Feb 1909: The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world. Read more
22 Feb 1904: The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908. Read more
22 Feb 1899: Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans. Read more
22 Feb 1889: President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states. Read more
22 Feb 1881: Cleopatra's Needle, a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected in Central Park, New York. Read more
22 Feb 1879: In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores. Read more
22 Feb 1872: The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee. Read more
22 Feb 1862: American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861. Read more
22 Feb 1856: The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh. Read more
22 Feb 1848: The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins. Read more
22 Feb 1847: Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops. Read more
22 Feb 1819: By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars. Read more

🎂 Important Births on 22 February in World History

22 Feb 1999: Harry Brook, English cricketer Harry Cherrington Brook is an English international cricketer who plays for England in all three formats of the game and is the Test vice-captain, ODI and T20I captain. Brook plays domestic cricket for Yorkshire. Primarily a right-handed batsman, he also bowls right-arm medium pace. He made his international debut for England in January 2022. Read more
22 Feb 1997: Jerome Robinson, American basketball player Jerome Robinson is an American professional basketball player for Galatasaray MCT Technic of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the Champions League (BCL). He played college basketball with the Boston College Eagles. He was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the 2018 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick. Read more
22 Feb 1997: Ilya Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player Ilya Alexeyevich Samsonov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for HC Sochi of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has previously played for the Washington Capitals, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL), as well as KHL's Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Read more
22 Feb 1996: Kia Nurse, Canadian basketball player Kia Augustine Nurse is a Canadian profesional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball. She is also a basketball analyst featured on TSN. Read more
22 Feb 1995: Devonte' Graham, American basketball player Devonte' Terrell Graham is an American professional basketball player who last played for Crvena zvezda Meridianbet of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks and high school basketball for Needham Broughton High School. Read more
22 Feb 1994: Nam Joo-hyuk, South Korean model and actor Nam Joo-hyuk is a South Korean model and actor. He began his career as a model and appeared in several music videos before making his screen debut in 2014 with the television series The Idle Mermaid. He gained wide recognition with his role in the dramas Who Are You: School 2015 (2015) and Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo (2016). In 2018, he had his film debut with The Great Battle, and achieved further prominence with dramas Start Up (2020) and Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022). In 2021, Nam was included in Forbes 30 Under 30. Read more
22 Feb 1994: Elfrid Payton, American basketball player Elfrid Payton Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Austin Spurs of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, winning the Lefty Driesell Award as the national college defensive player of the year in 2014. Payton was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 10th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft before being traded to the Orlando Magic. Read more
22 Feb 1992: Dixon Machado, Venezuelan baseball player Dixon Javier Machado Moreno is a Venezuelan former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants, and in the KBO League for the Lotte Giants. Read more
22 Feb 1991: Khalil Mack, American football player Khalil Mack is an American professional football linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Buffalo Bulls and was selected by the Oakland Raiders with the fifth overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft. Read more
22 Feb 1989: Franco Vázquez, Argentine footballer Franco Damián Vázquez is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Belgrano. Read more
22 Feb 1988: Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter Jonathan Borlée is a former Belgian sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres. He is a member of the Borlée family. Read more
22 Feb 1987: Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model Han Hyo-joo is a South Korean actress. She gained wide recognition with the back-to-back successes of Brilliant Legacy (2009) and Dong Yi (2010), both of which were massive hits with high viewership ratings, solidifying her status as a household name. She is also known for the romantic fantasy drama W (2016) set in a parallel universe, and the apocalyptic zombie thriller Happiness (2021). In 2023, she starred in the high-profile Moving (2023), a supernatural action sci-fi series exploring super powered characters who lead ordinary lives. It became the most watched Korean original series on Disney+ globally and Hulu in the United States, and a second season is currently in production. Read more
22 Feb 1987: Sergio Romero, Argentine footballer Sergio Germán "Chiquito" Romero is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Argentine Primera División club Argentinos Juniors. Read more
22 Feb 1986: Rajon Rondo, American basketball player Rajon Pierre Rondo Sr. is an American former professional basketball player. Rondo won two NBA championships, was selected four times as an NBA All-Star, earned four NBA All-Defensive Team honors including two First Team honors, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team in 2012. Read more
22 Feb 1985: Hamer Bouazza, Algerian footballer Hamer Bouazza is a former professional footballer who played as a left winger. Read more
22 Feb 1985: Georgios Printezis, Greek basketball player Georgios Printezis Greek: Γεώργιος Πρίντεζης; born 22 February 1985,, is a Greek former professional basketball player, who spent the majority of his pro club career with Olympiacos Piraeus of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. Printezis won back-to-back EuroLeague titles with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013. His game-winning shot against the Russian club CSKA Moscow, at the end of the 2012 EuroLeague Final, off an assist from Vassilis Spanoulis, is one of the all-time highlights in the history of the EuroLeague. Read more
22 Feb 1985: Zach Roerig, American actor Zachary George Roerig is an American actor. He is known for playing Casey Hughes on As the World Turns (2005-2007), Hunter Atwood on One Life to Live (2007), Cash on Friday Night Lights (2008-2009), Matt Donovan on The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017), and Sergeant Will Mosley on Dare Me (2019-2020). Read more
22 Feb 1984: Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby player Thomas John Bowe is an Irish television presenter and former rugby union player from County Monaghan, Ireland. He played on the wing for Ulster, Ospreys, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. Read more
22 Feb 1984: Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer Branislav Ivanović is a Serbian former professional footballer. A versatile defender, he operated mainly as a right-back, The Serbian never ever featured once in his career as a centre back. Read more
22 Feb 1983: Brian Duensing, American baseball player Brian Matthew Duensing is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Chicago Cubs. Read more
22 Feb 1983: Clint McKay, Australian cricketer Clinton James McKay is an Australian former international cricketer. He was a member of the Victoria side and has represented Australia at One Day International (ODI) and Test level. A right-arm fast-medium bowler who stands at 194 cm, he made his first class debut for Victoria in November 2006. He later took 6/34 for Victoria's 2nd XI and forced his way into the one-day team, debuting against Tasmania at the MCG. Read more
22 Feb 1983: Iliza Shlesinger, American stand-up comedian, actress and television host Iliza Vie Shlesinger is an American stand-up comedian, actress and television host. She has released six comedy specials on Netflix. She was the 2008 winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing and went on to host the syndicated dating show Excused from 2011 to 2013. She has hosted the TBS game show Separation Anxiety. Read more
22 Feb 1983: Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer Shaun Tait is a former Australian professional cricketer who was appointed as the bowling coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team in February 2022. He played as a right arm fast bowler and represented Australia in all three forms of cricket, but had most success in One Day Internationals, in which he was a member of Australia's undefeated team at the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and Twenty20 cricket. Tait won four different awards throughout his career including the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year in 2004. He is considered one of the fastest bowlers of all time. He is currently the Fast bowling coach of Bangladesh national cricket team Read more
22 Feb 1980: Jeanette Biedermann, German singer-songwriter and actress Jeanette Biedermann is a German singer, actress, and television personality. Born and raised in the greater Berlin area, Biedermann began performing as a member of a troupe of acrobats in a children's circus at the age of six. She later attended beauty school before dropping out to pursue her music career following her participation and win of the Bild-Schlagerwettbewerb competition in 1998. The following year, Biedermann placed fourth in the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest and was propelled to stardom when she was cast in a main role in the soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten. In 2000, she made her musical breakthrough with her first two full English-language albums Enjoy! (2000) and Delicious (2001). Read more
22 Feb 1979: Brett Emerton, Australian footballer Brett Michael Emerton is an Australian former professional footballer who played for Sydney Olympic, Sydney FC, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Blackburn Rovers and the Australia national team. Able to play as a wide midfielder or defender, Emerton was known for his "speed, ball control and creativity." Read more
22 Feb 1979: Lee Na-young, South Korean actress Lee Na-young is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in television series such as Ruler of Your Own World (2002), Ireland (2004) and Romance Is a Bonus Book (2019), as well as the films Someone Special (2004) and Maundy Thursday (2006). Aside from acting, Lee is also known for appearing in numerous commercials. Read more
22 Feb 1977: Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer Hakan Yakin is a Swiss professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Swiss Challenge League side FC Schaffhausen. He spent the majority of his playing career as a forward or attacking midfielder in the Swiss top flight with brief forays abroad. He represented Switzerland national team for eleven years, garnering 87 caps and scoring 20 goals. Read more
22 Feb 1975: Drew Barrymore, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter Drew Blythe Barrymore is an American actress, producer, talk show host, and businesswoman. A member of the Barrymore family of actors, she has received multiple awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award, an Emmy Award, and an Actor Award. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2023. Read more
22 Feb 1974: James Blunt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist James Blunt is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his songs "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover". Read more
22 Feb 1974: Chris Moyles, English radio and television host Christopher David Moyles is an English radio and television presenter, author and presenter of The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X. Read more
22 Feb 1973: Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (died 2013) Philippe Gaumont was a French professional road racing cyclist. He earned a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 100 km team time trial. In 1997, he won the Belgian classic Gent–Wevelgem and he was twice individual pursuit French national champion, in 2000 and 2002. In 2004, Gaumont quit professional cycling and later ran a café in Amiens. Read more
22 Feb 1973: Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior, known as Juninho or Juninho Paulista, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and is now the national team co-ordinator of the Brazil national football team. During his professional career, he played for Brazilian clubs São Paulo, Vasco da Gama, Palmeiras, Flamengo, as well as English club Middlesbrough, Spanish club Atlético Madrid, Celtic in Scotland and Sydney FC in Australia. Read more
22 Feb 1973: Scott Phillips, American musician and songwriter Thomas Scott "Flip" Phillips is an American musician. He is the drummer, percussionist, keyboardist and co-founder of the rock bands Creed, Alter Bridge, and Projected. Read more
22 Feb 1972: Michael Chang, American tennis player and coach Michael Te-pei Chang is an American former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked world No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1996. Chang is the youngest man in history to win a singles major, winning the 1989 French Open at 17 years and 109 days old. He won a total of 34 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including seven Masters titles, and was a three-time major runner-up. Read more
22 Feb 1972: Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater Claudia Pechstein is a retired German speed skater. She has won five Olympic gold medals. With a total of nine Olympic medals, five gold, two silver, and two bronze, she was previously the most successful Olympic speed skater, male or female, of all time,. Pechstein is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time. After the World Championships in Norway in February 2009, Pechstein was accused of blood doping and banned from all competitions for two years. Read more
22 Feb 1972: Haim Revivo, Israeli footballer Haim Michael Revivo is an Israeli former professional footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder or winger, and a businessman. Read more
22 Feb 1972: Ben Sasse, American politician and college administrator Benjamin Eric Sasse is an American politician and academic administrator. He represented Nebraska in the United States Senate from 2015 to 2023, resigning to become the president of the University of Florida. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a critic of Donald Trump and was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Trump of incitement of insurrection in his second impeachment trial. Read more
22 Feb 1971: Lea Salonga, Filipino actress and singer Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga is a Filipino actress and singer. Known as the "Pride of the Philippines", she has headlined Broadway and West End productions, appeared on international television and film, and released albums of her work. Read more
22 Feb 1969: Thomas Jane, American actor Thomas Jane is an American actor. He is known for appearing in the films Boogie Nights (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), The Sweetest Thing (2002), The Punisher (2004), The Mist (2007), 1922 (2017), and The Predator (2018). Jane's television roles include Mickey Mantle in the television film 61* (2001), Ray Drecker in the HBO series Hung (2009–2011), for which he was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, and Josephus Miller in the Syfy/Amazon Video series The Expanse (2015–2019). Read more
22 Feb 1969: Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer and sportscaster Brian Laudrup is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward, winger, or midfielder. He currently works for the various TV sports channels of Scandinavian media network Viaplay. He also manages a football academy for marginalised youth. Laudrup is the son of Danish former footballer Finn Laudrup and the younger brother of footballer Michael Laudrup. Read more
22 Feb 1969: Marc Wilmots, Belgian footballer and manager Marc Robert Wilmots is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the sporting director of Standard Liège. Read more
22 Feb 1968: Shawn Graham, Canadian politician, 31st Premier of New Brunswick Shawn Michael Graham is a Canadian politician, who served as the 31st premier of New Brunswick from 2006 to 2010. He was elected leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party in 2002 and became premier after his party captured a majority of seats in the 2006 election. After being elected, Graham initiated a number of changes to provincial policy especially in the areas of health care, education and energy. His party was defeated in the New Brunswick provincial election held September 27, 2010, and Graham resigned as Liberal leader on November 9, 2010. Read more
22 Feb 1968: Jeri Ryan, American model and actress Jeri Lynn Ryan is an American actress best known for her role as the former Borg drone Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager (1997–2001) and Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023) for which she won two Saturn Awards in 2001 and 2024. Read more
22 Feb 1968: Kazuhiro Sasaki, Japanese baseball player Kazuhiro Sasaki is a Japanese former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played his entire Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) career with the Yokohama Taiyō Whales / Yokohama BayStars, and played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Seattle Mariners (2000–2003). His nickname "Daimajin" was named after the tokusatsu character of the same name, and Sasaki has participated in advertisements and several collaborations with the franchise. Read more
22 Feb 1968: Jayson Williams, American basketball player and sportscaster Jayson Williams is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eleven seasons, primarily with the New Jersey Nets. He played his first three seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, who acquired him in trade with the Phoenix Suns following the 1990 NBA draft. Williams spent the remainder of his career with the Nets and was an All-Star in 1998. He was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. Read more
22 Feb 1967: Paul Lieberstein, American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer Paul Bevan Lieberstein is an American actor, screenwriter, television director and television producer. A Primetime Emmy Award winner, he is best known as a writer, executive producer, and supporting cast member on the NBC sitcom The Office, playing the role of Toby Flenderson. He served as the series' showrunner from seasons five to eight. Read more
22 Feb 1967: Psicosis II, Mexican wrestler Juan Ebodio Gonzalez is a Mexican professional wrestler better known under the ring name Psicosis. Gonzalez was the second wrestler to work as Psicosis, given the ring character by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) to replace the original Psicosis, and is often denoted Psicosis II. When Gonzalez left AAA in early 2009 he was briefly replaced by a third Psicosis. He was not referred to as "Psicosis II" on promotional material, instead the name is used by fans to distinguish him from the original Psicosis. In November 2013, Gonzalez was renamed Psyco Ripper and shortly thereafter Reapper. Read more
22 Feb 1966: Rachel Dratch, American actress and comedian Rachel Susan Dratch is an American actress, comedian, and writer. After she graduated from Dartmouth College, she moved to Chicago to study improvisational theatre at The Second City and ImprovOlympic. Dratch's breakthrough role was her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1999 to 2006. During her time on SNL, she portrayed a variety of roles, including Debbie Downer. She has since occasionally returned to SNL as a guest portraying Senator Amy Klobuchar. Read more
22 Feb 1965: Chris Dudley, American basketball player Christen Guilford Dudley is an American former professional basketball player and politician. He played 886 games across 16 seasons in the NBA for the Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets, Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks, and Phoenix Suns. A journeyman center, he was known primarily for his defensive skill as a rebounder and shot blocker. In his second season with the Knicks, he played in the 1999 NBA Finals. Read more
22 Feb 1965: Kieren Fallon, Irish jockey Kieren Francis Fallon is a retired Irish professional flat racing jockey and was British Champion Jockey six times. Read more
22 Feb 1965: Pat LaFontaine, American ice hockey player Patrick Michael LaFontaine is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played as a center in the National Hockey League (NHL) and spent his entire playing career with the league's New York State-based teams. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003. Read more
22 Feb 1964: Diane Charlemagne, English singer-songwriter (died 2015) Diane Charlemagne was a British jazz, soul, funk and electronic dance music singer and songwriter. Read more
22 Feb 1964: Andy Gray, English footballer and manager Andrew Arthur Gray is an English former footballer who played in the centre of midfield or as a striker during his career. Read more
22 Feb 1963: Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, is a British Labour Party politician and journalist who served in the UK Government for five years in the Blair ministry and the Brown ministry. Read more
22 Feb 1963: Devon Malcolm, Jamaican-English cricketer Devon Eugene Malcolm is a Jamaican-born English former cricketer. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Malcolm played in 40 Test matches and 10 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team. Read more
22 Feb 1963: Vijay Singh, Fijian-American golfer Vijay Singh is a Fijian professional golfer. In 1982, Singh turned professional and played on the local Asia Golf Circuit. However, his early career met with controversy, as he was accused of numerous rules violations, and he was banned from the AGC. Singh turned to Africa and Europe where he had much success on the respective tours, the Safari Circuit and European Tour, winning several times on each. In 1993, he won the PGA Tour's Buick Classic, earning him tour membership and ultimately Rookie of the Years honors. In 1998, he won his first major championship, the PGA Championship, and two years later the Masters. In 2004, Singh had one of the best seasons in the history of golf, winning nine times including the PGA Championship, overtaking Tiger Woods as the #1 golfer in the world. Read more
22 Feb 1962: Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (died 2006) Stephen Robert Irwin was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife educator, and environmentalist. Nicknamed the "Crocodile Hunter", he is regarded as an influential figure in Australian popular culture, and as one of the greatest conservationists of all time. Read more
22 Feb 1961: Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer Akira Takasaki is a Japanese musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist and sole constant member of the heavy metal band Loudness. He is also the guitarist of the band Lazy, with which he first rose to prominence in the 1970s. In 2018, readers and professional musicians voted Takasaki the best guitarist in the history of hard rock and heavy metal in We Rock magazine's "Metal General Election". Read more
22 Feb 1960: Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Thomas Galloway Dunlop du Roy de Blicquy Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde,, known informally as Tom Strathclyde, is a British Conservative politician. Lord Strathclyde served in the political role of Leader of the House of Lords from the 2010 general election until January 2013 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, having been Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords (1998–2010). As of 2025, he is the most recent hereditary peer to serve as Leader of the Lords. Read more
22 Feb 1959: Jiří Čunek, Czech politician Jiří Čunek is a Czech politician who was the leader of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party from December 2006 to May 2009. Čunek was also deputy prime minister and the minister for Regional Development in Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet until 23 January 2009. Since 2006, Čuněk has been senator from Vsetín and since 2 November 2016 he has been the governor of Zlín Region. Read more
22 Feb 1959: Kyle MacLachlan, American actor Kyle MacLachlan is an American actor. He is best known for his collaborations with David Lynch, having portrayed his role as Dale Cooper thrice in Twin Peaks, which won him a Golden Globe and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, and its film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), as well as playing Paul Atreides in Dune (1984) and Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet (1986). MacLachlan's other film roles include Lloyd Gallagher in The Hidden (1987), Ray Manzarek in The Doors (1991), Cliff Vandercave in The Flintstones (1994), Zack Carey in Showgirls (1995), and Riley's father in the two films of the Inside Out film series. Read more
22 Feb 1959: Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (died 2006) Bronwyn Joy Oliver was an Australian sculptor whose work primarily consisted of metalwork. Her sculptures are admired for their tactile nature, aesthetics, and technical skills demonstrated in their production. Read more
22 Feb 1959: Harry Leary, American BMX racer (died 2024) Harry Clarence Leary Jr. was an American professional bicycle motocross (BMX) racer. Read more
22 Feb 1958: Dave Spitz, American bass player and songwriter Black Sabbath were an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969, they distinguished themselves through occult themes with horror-inspired lyrics and down-tuned guitars. Their first three albums, Black Sabbath, Paranoid, and Master of Reality (1971), were commercially successful, and are cited as pioneering albums in the development of heavy metal. Subsequent albums Vol. 4 (1972), Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973), Sabotage (1975), Technical Ecstasy (1976), and Never Say Die! (1978) saw the band explore more experimental and progressive styles. Read more
22 Feb 1958: Richard Greenberg, American playwright and television writer (died 2025) Richard Greenberg was an American playwright and television writer known for his subversively humorous depictions of middle-class American life. He had more than 25 plays premiere on Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off-Broadway in New York City and eight at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa, California, including The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, and Hurrah at Last. Greenberg is perhaps best known for his 2002 play Take Me Out. Read more
22 Feb 1957: Willie Smits, Dutch microbiologist and engineer Willie Smits is a trained forester, microbiologist, conservationist, animal welfare activist, wilderness engineer and social entrepreneur. He has lived in Indonesia since 1985 and is an Indonesian citizen. He is married to Adrienne C. Watson since March 2016. Read more
22 Feb 1955: David Axelrod, American journalist and political adviser David M. Axelrod is an American political consultant and analyst. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for being the chief strategist to Barack Obama during his 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns. In addition, during Obama's first term, Axelrod worked in the White House as the senior advisor to the president. Read more
22 Feb 1955: Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player Timothy Michael Young is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota North Stars, Winnipeg Jets and Philadelphia Flyers. Read more
22 Feb 1953: Nigel Planer, English actor and screenwriter Nigel George Planer is a British actor, writer and musician. His television credits include playing Neil in the sitcom The Young Ones and Ralph Filthy in the sitcom Filthy, Rich and Catflap and narrating the children's animated series Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids. He has appeared in many West End musicals, including original casts of Evita, Chicago, We Will Rock You, Wicked, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He has also appeared in Hairspray. He won a BRIT award in 1984 and has been nominated for Olivier, TMA, WhatsOnStage, and BAFTA awards. Read more
22 Feb 1952: Bill Frist, American physician and politician William Harrison Frist is an American physician, businessman, and policymaker who served as a United States Senator for Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as Senate majority leader from 2003 to 2007. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Frist studied government and health care policy at Princeton University and earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School. He trained as a cardiothoracic transplant surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine, and later founded the Vanderbilt Transplant Center. In the 1994 United States Senate election in Tennessee, he defeated incumbent Democratic senator Jim Sasser. Read more
22 Feb 1952: Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP (died 2020) Joaquim Pina Moura was a Portuguese politician and economist. He was a member of the Socialist Party. Read more
22 Feb 1952: Saufatu Sopoanga, Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (died 2020) Saufatu Sopoanga was a Tuvaluan politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Tuvalu from 2 August 2002 to 27 August 2004. He drew international attention for his speeches warning about the effects of the rising sea level on Tuvalu and other low-lying island countries. Read more
22 Feb 1951: Ellen Greene, American singer and actress Ellen Greene is an American actress and singer. She has had a long and varied career as a singer, particularly in cabaret, as an actress and singer in numerous stage productions, particularly musical theatre, as well as having performed in many films and television series. Her best-known roles are as Audrey in the original stage musical and film adaptation of Little Shop of Horrors, and as Vivian Charles in the ABC television series Pushing Daisies. Read more
22 Feb 1950: Julius Erving, American basketball player and sportscaster Julius Winfield "Dr. J" Erving II is an American former professional basketball player. He helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA), and was the best-known player in the league when it merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) after the 1975–1976 season. Read more
22 Feb 1950: Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer-songwriter Helena Hubertina Johanna "Lenny" Kuhr is a Dutch singer-songwriter. Read more
22 Feb 1950: Miou-Miou, French actress Sylvette Herry, known professionally as Miou-Miou, is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film Memoirs of a French Whore. Her other films include This Sweet Sickness (1977), Entre Nous (1983), May Fools (1990), Germinal (1993), Dry Cleaning (1997) and Arrêtez-moi (2013). In her career she has worked with a number of international directors, including Michel Gondry, Bertrand Blier, Claude Berri, Jacques Deray, Patrice Leconte, Joseph Losey and Louis Malle. Read more
22 Feb 1950: Genesis P-Orridge, English singer-songwriter (died 2020) Genesis Breyer P-Orridge was an English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, visual artist, and occultist who rose to notoriety as the founder of the COUM Transmissions artistic collective and lead vocalist of seminal industrial band Throbbing Gristle. They were also a founding member of TOPY – Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth – occult group, and fronted the experimental pop rock band Psychic TV. Read more
22 Feb 1950: Julie Walters, English actress and author Dame Julia Mary Walters, known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress and comedian. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Olivier Award. Walters has been nominated for two Academy Awards across acting categories—once for Best Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. She was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2014. She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2017 for services to drama. Read more
22 Feb 1949: John Duncan, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2022) John Pearson Duncan was a Scottish football player and manager. He guided Chesterfield to the FA Cup semi-finals in 1997. Read more
22 Feb 1949: Niki Lauda, Austrian racing driver (died 2019) Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive, and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in Formula One from 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985. Lauda won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the record for most podium finishes (54); he won 25 Grands Prix across 13 seasons, and remains the only driver to have won a World Drivers' Championship with both Ferrari and McLaren. Read more
22 Feb 1949: Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player and coach Olga Vasilyevna Morozova is a Russian former professional tennis player. Competing for the Soviet Union, she was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1974 French Open and 1974 Wimbledon Championships, and the first Soviet player to win a major, in women's doubles at the 1974 French Open. Her ground-breaking playing career, combined with her distinguished coaching career, has led to Morozova being labelled the "Godmother of Russian tennis". Read more
22 Feb 1948: John Ashton, American actor (died 2024) John David Ashton was an American actor, known for his roles in the Beverly Hills Cop films, Some Kind of Wonderful, and Midnight Run. Read more
22 Feb 1948: Dennis Awtrey, American basketball player Dennis Wade Awtrey is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'10" center from Santa Clara University, Awtrey was drafted by the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers in 1970. He played in the league for twelve seasons, spending time with the 76ers, Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, and Portland Trail Blazers. Awtrey had his finest season in 1974–1975, when he averaged 9.9 points and 8.6 rebounds as a member of the Suns. Awtrey was also known for once having punched Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the jaw. In 2012, Awtrey moved to Manzanita, Oregon, where he now operates a bed-and-breakfast. Read more
22 Feb 1947: Pirjo Honkasalo, Finnish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter Pirjo Irene Honkasalo is a Finnish film director who has also worked as a cinematographer, film editor, producer, screenwriter and actress. In 1980 she co-directed Flame Top with Pekka Lehto, with whom she worked earlier and later as well. The film was chosen for the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. In the 1990s she focused on feature documentaries such as "The Trilogy of the Sacred and the Satanic". Honkasalo returned to fiction with Fire-Eater (1998) and Concrete Night (2013), both of which were written by Pirkko Saisio. Concrete Night won six Jussi Awards in 2014, among them the Jussi for the Best Direction and the Jussi for the Best Film. Its world premiere was at the Toronto International Film Festival in Masters series. Read more
22 Feb 1947: Harvey Mason, American drummer Harvey William Mason is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He was the original drummer for Herbie Hancock's band The Headhunters. Read more
22 Feb 1947: John Radford, English footballer and manager John Radford is an English former footballer who played for Arsenal, West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers throughout his career. Radford, who played as a forward, is Arsenal's fourth highest goal scorer of all time. Read more
22 Feb 1947: Frank Van Dun, Belgian philosopher and theorist Frank Van Dun is a Belgian philosopher of law and classical liberal natural law theorist. He is associated with the law faculty of the University of Ghent. In 2013 he was awarded the Prize for Liberty by the Flemish classical-liberal think tank Libera!. Read more
22 Feb 1946: Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager (died 2014) Kresten Bjerre was a Danish footballer, who played professionally for Houston Stars in the United States, and European clubs PSV Eindhoven and R.W.D. Molenbeek. Read more
22 Feb 1945: Oliver, American pop singer (died 2000) William Oliver Swofford, known professionally as Oliver, was an American pop singer, best known for his 1969 song "Good Morning Starshine" from the musical Hair as well as "Jean". Read more
22 Feb 1944: Jonathan Demme, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017) Robert Jonathan Demme was an American filmmaker. His career of directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and television productions. In addition to being an Academy Award and a Directors Guild of America Award winner, he received nominations for a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three Independent Spirit Awards. Read more
22 Feb 1944: Mick Green, English guitarist (died 2010) Michael Robert Green was an English rock and roll guitarist who played with The Pirates, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, and Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers. Read more
22 Feb 1944: Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (died 2003) Robert George Kardashian was an American attorney and businessman. He gained national recognition as O. J. Simpson's friend and defense attorney during Simpson's 1995 murder trial. Read more
22 Feb 1944: Christopher Meyer, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (died 2022) Sir Christopher John Rome Meyer was a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to the United States (1997–2003), Ambassador to Germany (1997), and chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (2003–2009). Read more
22 Feb 1944: Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player and painter Thomas Samuel Okker, nicknamed "the Flying Dutchman", is a Dutch former tennis player who was active from the mid-1960s until 1980. He won the 1973 French Open Doubles, the 1976 US Open Doubles, and two gold medals at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel. He was ranked among the world's top-ten singles players for seven consecutive years, 1968–74, reaching a career high of world No. 3 in 1974. He also was ranked world No. 1 in doubles in 1979. Read more
22 Feb 1943: Terry Eagleton, English philosopher and critic Terence Francis Eagleton is an English literary theorist, critic, and public intellectual. He is currently Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) of English Literature at Lancaster University. Read more
22 Feb 1943: Horst Köhler, Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany (died 2025) Horst Köhler was a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. As the candidate of the two Christian Democratic sister parties and also candidate of the liberal FDP, Köhler was elected to his first five-year term by the Federal Convention on 23 May 2004 and was subsequently inaugurated on 1 July 2004. He was reelected to a second term on 23 May 2009. Just a year later, on 31 May 2010, he resigned from his office in a controversy over a comment on the role of the German Armed Forces in light of a visit to the troops in Afghanistan. During his tenure as president, whose office is mostly concerned with ceremonial matters, Köhler was a highly popular politician, with approval rates above those of both Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and later Chancellor Angela Merkel. Read more
22 Feb 1943: Dick Van Arsdale, American basketball player (died 2024) Richard Albert Van Arsdale was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time NBA All-Star selection, his No. 5 was retired by the Phoenix Suns. Read more
22 Feb 1943: Tom Van Arsdale, American basketball player Thomas Arthur Van Arsdale is an American former professional basketball player. A graduate of Emmerich Manual High School in Indianapolis, the 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) guard played collegiately at Indiana University under longtime head coach Branch McCracken. Read more
22 Feb 1943: Otoya Yamaguchi, Japanese assassin of Inejiro Asanuma (died 1960) Otoya Yamaguchi was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist youth who assassinated Inejirō Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, on 12 October 1960. Read more
22 Feb 1942: Christine Keeler, English model and dancer (died 2017) Christine Margaret Keeler was an English model and showgirl. Her meeting at a dance club with society osteopath Stephen Ward drew her into fashionable circles. At the height of the Cold War, she became sexually involved with a married British government minister, John Profumo, as well as with a Soviet naval attaché, Yevgeny Ivanov. A shooting incident involving a third lover caused the press to investigate her, revealing that her affairs could be threatening national security. In the House of Commons, Profumo denied any improper conduct but later admitted to having lied. Read more
22 Feb 1941: Hipólito Mejía, Dominican politician, 52nd President of the Dominican Republic Rafael Hipólito Mejía Domínguez is a Dominican politician who served as President of the Dominican Republic from 2000 to 2004. Read more
22 Feb 1940: Judy Cornwell, English actress Judy Valerie Cornwell is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Daisy in the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995). She also played Anya Claus in Santa Claus: The Movie (1985). In her later years she became known for playing Miss Marple in many stage productions, including A Murder is Announced between 2015 and 2016. Read more
22 Feb 1940: Chet Walker, American basketball player (died 2024) Chester Walker was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and was selected in 2012 to become a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was a seven-time NBA All-Star. He played 13 seasons in the NBA, seven with the Philadelphia 76ers, and he helped lead the 76ers to an NBA championship in 1967. He played his last six seasons for the Chicago Bulls from 1969 to 1975. He played college basketball for the Bradley Braves, twice earning first-team consensus All-American honors, and was famously "hijacked" to Bradley to keep him from attending the University of Nebraska instead. He also won an Emmy award as a television producer. Read more
22 Feb 1938: Steve Barber, American baseball player (died 2007) Stephen David Barber was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher. He pitched for the Baltimore Orioles and six other teams from 1960 to 1974. Barber spent his first eight years with the Orioles, where he compiled an outstanding 95–75 record as a member of the 1960's Baltimore Orioles Kiddie Korps of pitchers, all 22 years old or younger. He was the modern Orioles first 20 game winner. Read more
22 Feb 1938: Tony Macedo, Gibraltarian born English footballer Elliot "Tony" Macedo was a professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, spending nearly his whole career at Fulham. He made 346 league appearances and played a total of 391 matches in all competitions. He ended his career in 1968 after suffering a string of injuries. Born in Gibraltar, he represented the England U23s. Read more
22 Feb 1938: Ishmael Reed, American poet, novelist, essayist Ishmael Scott Reed is an American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, composer, playwright, editor and publisher known for his satirical works challenging American political culture. Perhaps his best-known work is Mumbo Jumbo (1972), a sprawling and unorthodox novel set in 1920s New York. Reed's work represents neglected African and African-American perspectives. Read more
22 Feb 1937: Tommy Aaron, American golfer Thomas Dean Aaron is an American former professional golfer. He was a member of the PGA Tour during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Aaron is best known for winning the 1973 Masters Tournament. He is also known for an error in the 1968 Masters Tournament, when he entered a 4 instead of a 3 on Roberto De Vicenzo's scorecard, which prevented De Vicenzo from competing in a playoff. Read more
22 Feb 1937: Joanna Russ, American author and activist (died 2011) Joanna Russ was an American writer, academic and feminist. She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as How to Suppress Women's Writing, as well as a contemporary novel, On Strike Against God, and one children's book, Kittatinny. She is best known for The Female Man, a novel combining utopian fiction and satire, and the story "When It Changed". Read more
22 Feb 1936: J. Michael Bishop, American microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate John Michael Bishop is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold E. Varmus. He serves as an active faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he also served as chancellor from 1998 to 2009. Read more
22 Feb 1934: Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager (died 2010) George Lee "Sparky" Anderson was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player, coach, and manager. He managed the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1970 to 1978 and the American League's Detroit Tigers from 1979 to 1995. Anderson managed the Reds to two World Series championships in 1975 and 1976, then added a third title in 1984 with the Tigers. Anderson was the first manager to win the World Series in both leagues. His 2,194 career wins are the sixth-most for a manager in Major League history. In his 26-year career, Anderson had only five losing seasons as manager. His 1,331 wins with the Tigers are the most for any manager in team history. Anderson was named American League Manager of the Year in 1984 and 1987. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000. Read more
22 Feb 1933: Sheila Hancock, English actress and author Dame Sheila Cameron Hancock is an English actress, singer, and author. She has performed on stage in both plays and musicals in London theatres, and is also known for her roles in films and on television. Read more
22 Feb 1933: Katharine, Duchess of Kent (died 2025) Katharine, Duchess of Kent, was a member of the British royal family. She was the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a grandson of King George V. Read more
22 Feb 1933: Ernie K-Doe, American R&B singer (died 2001) Ernest Kador Jr., known by the stage name Ernie K-Doe, was an American R&B singer best known for his 1961 hit single "Mother-in-Law", which went to number 1 on the Billboard pop chart in the U.S. Read more
22 Feb 1933: Bobby Smith, English footballer (died 2010) Robert Alfred Smith was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton and Hove Albion and England. He finished as the First Division's top scorer in the 1957–58 season and he is Tottenham Hotspur's third-highest goal scorer with 208 goals. Read more
22 Feb 1932: Ted Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2009) Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and the prominent Kennedy family, he was the second-most-senior member of the Senate when he died. He is ranked fifth in U.S. history for length of continuous service as a senator. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father of U.S. representative Patrick J. Kennedy. Read more
22 Feb 1930: Marni Nixon, American soprano and actress (died 2016) Margaret Nixon McEathron, known professionally as Marni Nixon, was an American soprano and ghost singer for featured actresses in musical films. She was the singing voice of leading actresses on the soundtracks of several musicals, including Deborah Kerr in The King and I and An Affair to Remember, Natalie Wood in West Side Story, and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, although her roles were concealed from audiences when the films were released. Several of the songs she dubbed appeared on AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs list. Read more
22 Feb 1929: James Hong, American actor and director James Hong is an American actor, producer, and director. Known as one of the most prolific character actors of all time, he has worked in over 500 productions in American media since the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1950s. In 2022, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the American film and television industries. Read more
22 Feb 1929: Rebecca Schull, American stage, film, and television actress Rebecca Schull is an American stage, film and television actress, best known for her role as Fay Cochran in the NBC sitcom Wings (1990–1997). Read more
22 Feb 1928: Clarence 13X, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Gods and Earths (died 1969) Clarence 13X, also known as Allah the Father, was an American religious leader and the founder of the Five-Percent Nation, sometimes referred to as the Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE/NOGE). He was born in Virginia and moved to New York City as a young man, before serving in the United States Army during the Korean War. After returning to New York, he learned that his wife had joined the Nation of Islam (NOI). He followed her, taking the name Clarence 13X. He served in the group as a security officer, martial arts instructor, and student minister before leaving for an unclear reason in 1963. He enjoyed gambling, which was condemned by the NOI, and disagreed with their teachings that Wallace Fard Muhammad was a divine messenger. Read more
22 Feb 1928: Texas Johnny Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013) Texas Johnny Brown, born John Riley Brown was an American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer, best known for his composition "Two Steps from the Blues". In a lengthy career, he worked with Joe Hinton, Amos Milburn, Ruth Brown, Bobby Bland, Lavelle White, Buddy Ace and Junior Parker. He was born in Mississippi, but his long association with Houston, Texas, gave him his stage name. Read more
22 Feb 1928: Paul Dooley, American actor Paul Dooley is an American character actor. He is known for his roles in Breaking Away, Popeye, Strange Brew, Sixteen Candles and various Christopher Guest mockumentaries. He co-created the PBS children's show The Electric Company. Read more
22 Feb 1928: Bruce Forsyth, English singer and television host (died 2017) Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson, also known as Brucie, was a British entertainer and television personality whose career spanned over 75 years. His appeal stemmed from his showmanship, quick wit, and ability to connect with audiences, a talent honed during years on the post-war variety circuit. His legacy is marked by a transition from traditional music hall performance to the evolving world of television. Read more
22 Feb 1928: Thomas E. Kurtz, American computer scientist and educator (died 2024) Thomas Eugene Kurtz was an American computer scientist and educator. A Dartmouth professor of mathematics, he and colleague John G. Kemeny are best known for co-developing the BASIC programming language and the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System in 1963 and 1964. These innovations made computing more accessible by simplifying programming for non-experts and allowing multiple users to share a single computer, transforming how computers were used in education and research. Read more
22 Feb 1927: Florencio Campomanes, Filipino political scientist and chess player (died 2010) Florencio Campomanes was a Filipino chess organizer and player. Read more
22 Feb 1927: Guy Mitchell, American singer (died 1999) Guy Mitchell was an American singer and actor, who was successful in his homeland, the UK, and Australia. He sold 44 million records, including six million-selling singles. His hits included "My Heart Cries for You", "Heartaches by the Number" and "Singing the Blues". Read more
22 Feb 1926: Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (died 1988) Kenneth Charles Williams was a British actor and comedian. He was best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 Carry On films, and appeared in many British television programmes and radio comedies, including series with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne, as well as being a frequent panellist on BBC Radio 4's comedy panel show Just a Minute from its second series in 1968 until his death 20 years later. Read more
22 Feb 1925: Edward Gorey, American illustrator and poet (died 2000) Edward St. John Gorey was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings. Read more
22 Feb 1925: Gerald Stern, American poet and academic (died 2022) Gerald Daniel Stern was an American poet, essayist, and educator. The author of twenty collections of poetry and four books of essays, he taught literature and creative writing at Temple University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Raritan Valley Community College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. From 2009 until his death, he was a distinguished poet-in-residence and faculty member of Drew University's graduate program for a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in poetry. Read more
22 Feb 1923: François Cavanna, French author and editor (died 2014) François Cavanna was a French author and satirical newspaper editor. Read more
22 Feb 1923: Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (died 2009) Bleddyn Llewellyn Williams MBE, was a Welsh rugby union centre. He played in 22 internationals for Wales, captaining them five times, winning each time, and captained the British Lions in 1950 for some of their tour of Australia and New Zealand. Considered to be the nonpareil of Welsh centres; he was robust in the tackle and known for his strong leadership and surging runs; he was often referred to as 'The Prince Of Centres'. Read more
22 Feb 1922: Zenaida Manfugás, Cuban pianist (died 2012) Zenaida Elvira González Manfugás was a Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist, considered to be one of the best Cuban pianists in history. Read more
22 Feb 1922: Joe Wilder, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 2014) Joseph Benjamin Wilder was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Read more
22 Feb 1921: Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (died 1996) Jean-Bédel Bokassa was a Central African politician and military officer who served as the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR), after seizing power in the Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état on 1 January 1966. He later established the Central African Empire (CAE) with himself as emperor, reigning as Bokassa I until his overthrow in a 1979 coup. Read more
22 Feb 1921: Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (died 1994) Giulia Anna "Giulietta" Masina was an Italian film actress best known for her performances as Gelsomina in La Strada (1954) and Cabiria in Nights of Cabiria (1957), for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. Read more
22 Feb 1921: Marshall Teague, American race car driver (died 1959) Marshall Pleasant Teague was an American race car driver nicknamed by NASCAR fans as the "King of the Beach" for his performances at the Daytona Beach Road Course. Read more
22 Feb 1918: Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2000) Sidney Gerald Abel was a Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player, coach and general manager in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Detroit Red Wings, and was a member of Stanley Cup-winning teams in 1943, 1950, and 1952. In 2017, Abel was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history. Read more
22 Feb 1918: Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (died 2014) Dominick George "Don" Pardo Jr. was an American radio and television announcer whose career spanned more than seven decades. Read more
22 Feb 1918: Robert Wadlow, American man, the tallest person in recorded history (died 1940) Robert Pershing Wadlow, also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man. He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. Wadlow was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, a small city near St. Louis, Missouri. Read more
22 Feb 1915: Gus Lesnevich, American boxer (died 1964) Gustav George Lesnevich was an American professional boxer who held the world light-heavyweight championship from 1941 to 1948. Read more
22 Feb 1914: Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012) Renato Dulbecco was an Italian–American virologist who won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on oncoviruses, which are viruses that can cause cancer when they infect animal cells. He studied at the University of Turin under Giuseppe Levi, along with fellow students Salvador Luria and Rita Levi-Montalcini, who also moved to the U.S. with him and won Nobel prizes. He was drafted into the Italian army in World War II, but later joined the resistance. Read more
22 Feb 1910: George Hunt, English footballer (died 1996) George Samuel Hunt was an English footballer who scored 169 goals from 294 appearances in the Football League playing for Chesterfield, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday. An inside forward or centre forward, Hunt was capped three times for England in 1933. After he finished playing, he went into coaching with Bolton Wanderers. Read more
22 Feb 1908: Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela (died 1981) Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello, known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was a Venezuelan politician who served as the president of Venezuela, from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of the Democratic Action, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century. Read more
22 Feb 1908: John Mills, English actor (died 2005) Sir John Mills was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portrayed guileless, wounded war heroes. In 1971, he received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Ryan's Daughter. Read more
22 Feb 1907: Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (died 1997) Sheldon Leonard Bershad was an American film and television actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. Read more
22 Feb 1907: Robert Young, American actor (died 1998) Robert George Young was an American film, television, and radio actor best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father character, in Father Knows Best and the physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC). Read more
22 Feb 1906: Constance Stokes, Australian painter (died 1991) Constance Stokes was an Australian modernist painter who worked in Victoria. She trained at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School until 1929, winning a scholarship to continue her study at London's Royal Academy of Arts. Although Stokes painted few works in the 1930s, her paintings and drawings were exhibited from the 1940s onwards. She was one of only two women, and two Victorians, included in a major exhibition of twelve Australian artists that travelled to Canada, the United Kingdom and Italy in the early 1950s. Read more
22 Feb 1903: Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (died 1990) Edward Morley Callaghan was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and TV and radio personality. Read more
22 Feb 1903: Frank P. Ramsey, English economist, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1930) Frank Plumpton Ramsey was a British philosopher, mathematician, and economist who made major contributions to all three fields before his death at the age of 26. He was a close friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein and, as an undergraduate, translated Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus into English. He was also influential in persuading Wittgenstein to return to philosophy and Cambridge. Like Wittgenstein, he was a member of the Cambridge Apostles, the secret intellectual society, from 1921. Read more
22 Feb 1900: Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer (died 1983) Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish and Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Buñuel's works are known for their avant-garde surrealism which was also infused with political commentary. Read more
22 Feb 1899: George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (died 1966) George O'Hara was an American motion picture actor and screenwriter of the silent film era. Read more
22 Feb 1897: Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (died 1947) Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Polish and Soviet Red Army general and statesman. He was a Bolshevik Party member and served in the Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War and participated in the wars against the Polish and Ukrainian Republics. He also participated alongside the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. At the start of World War II In 1939, he participated in the Soviet invasion of Poland. At the end of the war he was installed as one of leaders of the Soviet-sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity. Soon later, Świerczewski died in a country-road ambush shot by the militants from OUN-UPA. He was an icon of communist propaganda for the following several decades. Read more
22 Feb 1895: Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician (died 1979) Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre was a Peruvian politician, philosopher, and author who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) political movement, the oldest currently existing political party in Peru by the name of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP). Read more
22 Feb 1892: Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (died 1950) Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Millay was a renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond. She also wrote prose under the pseudonym Nancy Boyd. Read more
22 Feb 1891: Vlas Chubar, Russian economist and politician (died 1939) Vlas Yakovlevich Chubar was a Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician. Chubar was arrested during the Great Terror of 1937–38 and executed early in 1939. Read more
22 Feb 1889: Olave Baden-Powell, English scout leader, first World Chief Guide (died 1977) Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell was the first Chief Guide for Britain and the wife of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell. Read more
22 Feb 1889: R. G. Collingwood, English historian and philosopher (died 1943) Robin George Collingwood was an English philosopher, historian and archaeologist. He is best known for his philosophical works, including The Principles of Art (1938) and the posthumously published The Idea of History (1946). Read more
22 Feb 1888: Owen Brewster, American captain and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (died 1961) Ralph Owen Brewster was an American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican, served as the 54th governor of Maine from 1925 to 1929, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1935 to 1941 and in the U.S. Senate from 1941 to 1952. Brewster was a close confidant of Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin and an antagonist of Howard Hughes. He was defeated by Frederick G. Payne, whose campaign was heavily funded by Hughes, in the 1952 Republican primary. Read more
22 Feb 1887: Savielly Tartakower, Polish journalist, author, and chess player (died 1956) Savielly Tartakower was a Austro-Hungarian by birth, then Polish, later naturalised French chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster in its inaugural year, 1950. Tartakower was also a leading chess journalist and author of the 1920s and 1930s and is noted for his many witticisms. Read more
22 Feb 1887: Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer (died 1933) Patrick Peter Sullivan was an Australian-American cartoonist, pioneer animator and film producer, best known for producing the first Felix the Cat silent cartoons. Read more
22 Feb 1886: Hugo Ball, German author and poet (died 1927) Hugo Ball was a German author, poet, and essentially the founder of the Dada movement in European art in Zürich in 1916. Among other accomplishments, he was a pioneer in the development of sound poetry. His best known works include the "Dada Manifesto", the Dadaist nonsense poem "Karawane", the poetry collection 7 schizophrene Sonette, the edited diary Flight out of Time, the Christian anarchist polemic book Critique of the German Intelligentsia and the novels Flametti, or The Dandyism of the Poor and Tenderenda the Fantast. Read more
22 Feb 1883: Marguerite Clark, American actress (died 1940) Helen Marguerite Clark was an American stage and silent film actress. As a movie actress, at one time Clark was second only to Mary Pickford in popularity.
With a few exceptions and some fragments, most of Clark's films are considered lost. Read more
22 Feb 1882: Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator (died 1940) Arthur Eric Rowton Gill was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes Gill as "the greatest artist-craftsman of the twentieth century: a letter-cutter and type designer of genius", he is also a figure of considerable controversy following the revelations of his sexual abuse of two of his daughters and of his pet dog. Read more
22 Feb 1881: Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1956) Joseph Buell Ely was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Massachusetts. As a conservative Democrat, Ely was active in party politics from the late 1910s, helping to build, in conjunction with David I. Walsh, the Democratic coalition that would gain an enduring political ascendancy in the state. From 1931 to 1935, he served as the 52nd Governor of Massachusetts. He was opposed to the federal expansion of the New Deal, and was a prominent intra-party voice in opposition to the policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In 1944 he made a brief unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Read more
22 Feb 1881: Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician (died 1937) Albin Prepeluh was a Slovenian left wing politician, journalist, editor, political theorist and translator. Before World War I, he was the foremost Slovene Marxist revisionist theoretician. After the War, he became one of the most persistent advocates of Slovenian autonomy within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and, together with Dragotin Lončar, the ideologist of the democratic reformist faction of Slovenian Social Democrats. In the late 1920s, he evolved towards agrarianism. He was also known under the pseudonym Abditus. Read more
22 Feb 1880: Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (died 1930) Eric Otto Valdemar Lemming was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed at the 1900, 1906, 1908 and 1912 Olympics in a wide variety of events, which mostly involved throwing and jumping. He had his best results in the javelin throw, which he won at the 1906–1912 Games, and in which he set multiple world records between 1899 and 1912. His last record, measured at 62.32 m, was ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations as the first official world record. Read more
22 Feb 1879: Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic (died 1947) Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted was a Danish physical chemist who is best known for developing the Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory; he developed the theory at the same time as Martin Lowry. Read more
22 Feb 1876: Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist (died 1938) Zitkala-Ša, also Zitkála-Šá, was a Yankton Dakota writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and political activist. She was also known by her anglicized and married name, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin. She wrote several works chronicling her struggles with cultural identity, and the pull between the majority culture in which she was educated, and the Dakota culture into which she was born and raised. Her later books were among the first works to bring traditional Native American stories to a widespread white English-speaking readership. Read more
22 Feb 1874: Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire (died 1951) William Joseph Klem, known as "the Old Arbitrator", was an American baseball umpire who worked in Major League Baseball from 1905 to 1941, spending his entire career in the National League (NL). He worked 18 World Series, which is a major league record. Klem was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953 and was notably one of the first two umpires ever inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame alongside Tom Connolly. Bill Klem was 77 years old. Read more
22 Feb 1864: Jules Renard, French author and playwright (died 1910) Pierre-Jules Renard was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte and Les Histoires Naturelles. Among his other works are Le Plaisir de rompre and the posthumously published Huit Jours à la campagne. Read more
22 Feb 1863: Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (died 1943) Charles McLean Andrews, Ph.D, L.H.D. was an American historian and professor at Yale University whose Colonial Period of American History, vol. 1 of 4, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1935. Among his other books are British committees, commissions, and councils of trade and plantations, 1622-1675, co-author of the 1910 publication titled A bibliography of history for schools and libraries: with description and critical annotations, and The Colonial Period (1912). Read more
22 Feb 1861: Lewis Akeley, American academic (died 1961) Lewis Ellsworth Akeley was an American academic. He served in various roles at the University of South Dakota (USD) between 1887 and his retirement in 1933, including as lecturer of various topics, including physics and chemistry; and Dean of Engineering for 25 years. He also served as a mentor to Ernest Lawrence, who would go on to earn the Nobel Prize in Physics. Read more
22 Feb 1860: Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (died 1939) Mary Washington Bacheler was an American physician and Baptist medical missionary in India. Read more
22 Feb 1857: Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general, co-founded The Scout Association (died 1941) Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell,, was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of The Girl Guides Association. Baden-Powell wrote Scouting for Boys, which with his previous books – such as his 1884 Reconnaissance and Scouting and his 1899 Aids to Scouting for N.-C.Os and Men, which was intended for the military, and The Scout magazine – helped the rapid growth of the Scout Movement. Read more
22 Feb 1857: Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, philosopher, and academic (died 1894) Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was a German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves proposed by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. Read more
22 Feb 1849: Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1915) Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin was a Russian mathematician. Read more
22 Feb 1840: August Bebel, German theorist and politician (died 1913) Ferdinand August Bebel was a German social democratic politician. He is best known as one of the founders of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP) in 1869, which in 1875 merged with the General German Workers' Association to form what would become the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). As a leader of the German workers' movement for over four decades, Bebel served as a member of parliament in both the North German Confederation and the German Empire, becoming the movement's leading parliamentary voice. Read more
22 Feb 1836: Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar and academic (died 1906) Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, was an Indian Sanskrit scholar during the Bengal Renaissance. He served as the principal of the Sanskrit College from 1876 to 1895 and was a colleague of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Read more
22 Feb 1825: Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop (died 1898) Jean-Baptiste Salpointe was a French-born prelate who serve as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in New Mexico in the United States from 1885 to 1894. Read more
22 Feb 1824: Pierre Janssen, French astronomer and mathematician (died 1907) Pierre Jules César Janssen, usually known as Jules Janssen, was a French astronomer who, along with English scientist Joseph Norman Lockyer, is credited with discovering the gaseous nature of the solar chromosphere, and with some justification the element helium. Read more
22 Feb 1819: James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (died 1891) James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets to rival the popularity of British poets. These writers usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their fireside. Read more
22 Feb 1817: Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician and academic (died 1880) Carl Wilhelm Borchardt was a German mathematician. Read more
22 Feb 1806: Józef Kremer, Polish historian and philosopher (died 1875) Józef Kremer was a Polish historian of art, philosopher, aesthetician and psychologist. Read more
22 Feb 1805: Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, English poet and hymnwriter (died 1848) Sarah Fuller Flower Adams was an English poet and hymnwriter. A selection of hymns she wrote, published by William Johnson Fox, included her best-known one, "Nearer, My God, to Thee", reportedly played by the band as the RMS Titanic sank in 1912. Read more

🕊️ Important Deaths on 22 February in World History

22 Feb 2024: John Lowe, English musician, pianist for The Quarrymen (born 1942) John Charles "Duff" Lowe was an English pianist. In the late 1950s, he played piano for the Quarrymen, the group who would evolve into the Beatles. Read more
22 Feb 2021: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet, painter (born 1919) Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), which has been translated into nine languages and sold over a million copies. When Ferlinghetti turned 100 in March 2019, the city of San Francisco turned his birthday, March 24, into "Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day". Read more
22 Feb 2019: Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (born 1970) Steven James Brody, known professionally as Brody Stevens, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He starred in the Comedy Central reality series Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!, and was known for appearances on Chelsea Lately and other comedy shows as well as roles in films such as The Hangover (2009) and Due Date (2010). Read more
22 Feb 2019: Morgan Woodward, American actor (born 1925) Thomas Morgan Woodward was an American actor who is best known for his recurring role as Marvin "Punk" Anderson on the television soap opera Dallas and for his portrayal of Boss Godfrey, the sunglasses-wearing "man with no eyes", in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke. On TV, he was a familiar guest star on cowboy shows. On the long-running Western Gunsmoke, he played 16 different characters in 19 episodes, most appearances of any actor on the show. He also had a recurring role on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. Read more
22 Feb 2015: Chris Rainbow, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (born 1946) Christopher James Harley, known by the stage name Chris Rainbow, was a Scottish pop rock singer and musician whose songs "Give Me What I Cry For" and "Solid State Brain" were often played by British radio DJs Kenny Everett and Tony Blackburn in the 1970s. Read more
22 Feb 2014: Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand–Australian television host (born 1966) Charlotte Dawson was a New Zealand–Australian television personality. She was known in New Zealand for her roles as host of Getaway, and in Australia as a host on The Contender Australia and as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model. In 2014, her death by suicide attracted Australasian-wide news coverage. Read more
22 Feb 2014: Trebor Jay Tichenor, American pianist and composer (born 1940) Trebor Jay Tichenor was a recognized authority on Scott Joplin and the ragtime era. He collected and published others' ragtime piano compositions and composed his own. He authored books about ragtime, and both on his own and as a member of The St. Louis Ragtimers, became a widely known ragtime pianist. Read more
22 Feb 2014: Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (born 1915) Leo Vroman was a Dutch-American hematologist, a prolific poet mainly in Dutch and an illustrator. Read more
22 Feb 2013: Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (born 1938) Atje Keulen-Deelstra was a Dutch speed skater, who was a four-time World Allround Champion between the age of 32 and 36. Read more
22 Feb 2013: Jean-Louis Michon, French-Swiss scholar and translator (born 1924) Jean-Louis Michon was a French traditionalist and translator who specialized in Islamic art and Sufism. He worked extensively with the United Nations to preserve the cultural heritage of Morocco. Read more
22 Feb 2013: Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (born 1923) Wolfgang Sawallisch was a German conductor and pianist. Read more
22 Feb 2012: Sukhbir, Indian author and poet (born 1925) Sukhbir, alias Balbir Singh, was a Punjabi novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. He wrote and published for fifty years. He wrote seven novels, 11 short story collections, and five poetry collections, and made many translations of world literature, essays, letters and book reviews. Read more
22 Feb 2012: Frank Carson, Irish-English comedian and actor (born 1926) Hugh Francis Carson KSG was a comedian and actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was best known for being a regular face on television for many years from the 1970s onwards, appearing in series such as The Comedians and Tiswas. His trademark line was "It's the way I tell them!". Carson was a member of the entertainment charity the Grand Order of Water Rats. Read more
22 Feb 2012: Marie Colvin, American journalist (born 1956) Marie Catherine Colvin was an American journalist who worked as a foreign affairs correspondent for the British newspaper The Sunday Times from 1985 until her death. She was one of the most prominent war correspondents of her generation, widely recognized for her extensive coverage on the frontlines of various conflicts across the globe. On February 22, 2012, while she was covering the siege of Homs alongside the French photojournalist Rémi Ochlik, the pair were killed in a targeted attack by Syrian government forces. Read more
22 Feb 2012: Rémi Ochlik, French photographer and journalist (born 1983) Rémi Ochlik was a French photojournalist who was known for his photographs of war and conflict in Haiti and the Arab Spring revolutions. Ochlik died in the February 2012 bombardment of Homs during the Syrian uprising along with veteran war correspondent Marie Colvin. In 2025, the French government issued arrest warrants for Bashar al-Assad and other high ranking Ba’athist Syrian officials. Read more
22 Feb 2007: George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, English politician, Leader of the House of Lords (born 1918) George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Baron Jellicoe of Southampton, was a British politician, diplomat and businessman. Read more
22 Feb 2007: Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (born 1954) Dennis Wayne Johnson, nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, and Boston Celtics. He was a coach of the Los Angeles Clippers and an alumnus of Dominguez High School, Los Angeles Harbor College and Pepperdine University. Read more
22 Feb 2006: S. Rajaratnam, Singaporean politician, 1st Senior Minister of Singapore (born 1915) Sinnathamby Rajaratnam, better known as S. Rajaratnam, was a Singaporean statesman, journalist and diplomat. He served as the first Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1965 until 1980, and subsequently as the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 1980 to 1985. Rajaratnam was pivotal in establishing Singapore's foreign policy framework during its early years of sovereignty, helping to secure the nation's position on the global stage in its early years. Alongside his foreign affairs portfolio, he also served as Minister for Culture from 1959 to 1965, Minister for Labour from 1968 to 1971, Deputy Prime Minister from 1980 to 1985 and Senior Minister from 1985 to 1988. Throughout his entire political career, he represented the constituency of Kampong Glam. Rajaratnam is widely recognised as one of the founding fathers of modern Singapore. Read more
22 Feb 2005: Lee Eun-ju, South Korean actress and singer (born 1980) Lee Eun-ju was a South Korean actress. She was best known for the films Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (2000), Bungee Jumping of Their Own (2001), Lovers' Concerto (2002), and Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004). She died by suicide at age 24. Read more
22 Feb 2005: Simone Simon, French actress (born 1910) Simone Thérèse Fernande Simon was a French film actress who began her film career in 1931. She is perhaps best remembered for her role in the American horror film Cat People and its sequel The Curse of the Cat People. Read more
22 Feb 2004: Andy Seminick, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1920) Andrew Wasal Seminick was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies between 1943 and 1951, and the Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs from 1952 through part of 1955, when he rejoined the Phillies for the rest of his career until his release at the end of the 1957 season. Seminick was an integral part of the 1950 "Whiz Kids" Phillies team that won their first pennant since 1915. Read more
22 Feb 2002: Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912) Charles Martin Jones was an American animator, painter, and voice actor, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of shorts. He wrote, produced, and/or directed many classic animated cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Pepé Le Pew, Marvin the Martian, and Porky Pig, among others. Read more
22 Feb 2002: Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (born 1934) Jonas Malheiro Sidónio Sakaita Savimbi was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, also known as UNITA. UNITA was one of several groups which waged a guerrilla war against Portuguese colonial rule from 1966 to 1974. Once independence was achieved, it then became an anti-communist group, which confronted the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, also known as the MPLA, during the Angolan Civil War. Savimbi was killed in a clash with government troops in 2002. Read more
22 Feb 1999: William Bronk, American poet and academic (born 1918) William Bronk was an American poet. For his book, Life Supports (1981), he won the National Book Award for Poetry. Read more
22 Feb 1999: Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (born 1964) Menno Oosting was a professional tennis player from the Netherlands, who won seven ATP Tour doubles titles out of 18 finals in his career. Read more
22 Feb 1998: Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (born 1910) Abraham Alexander Ribicoff was an American politician from the state of Connecticut. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives and Senate and was the 80th governor of Connecticut and secretary of health, education, and welfare in President John F. Kennedy's cabinet. He was Connecticut's first and to date only Jewish governor. Read more
22 Feb 1997: Joseph Aiuppa, American gangster (born 1907) Joseph John Aiuppa, also known as "Joey O'Brien" and "Joey Doves", was an American mobster who became a leader of the Chicago Outfit from 1971 until his skimming conviction in 1986. Read more
22 Feb 1995: Ed Flanders, American actor (born 1934) Edward Paul Flanders was an American actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Donald Westphall in the medical drama series St. Elsewhere (1982–1988). Flanders was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards and won three times in 1976, 1977, and 1983. Read more
22 Feb 1994: Papa John Creach, American violinist (born 1917) John Henry Creach, better known as Papa John Creach, was an American blues violinist who also played classical, jazz, R&B, pop and acid rock music. Early in his career, he performed as a journeyman musician with Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Stuff Smith, Charlie Christian, Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Nat King Cole and Roy Milton. Read more
22 Feb 1992: Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (born 1906) Markos Vafeiadis was a leading figure of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) during the Greek Resistance and the Greek Civil War. Read more
22 Feb 1987: David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (born 1920) David Howard Susskind was an American producer of TV, movies, and stage plays and also a TV talk show host. His talk shows were innovative in the genre and addressed timely, controversial topics beyond the scope of others of the day. Read more
22 Feb 1987: Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (born 1928) Andy Warhol was an American artist and filmmaker. Widely regarded as the most important artist of the second half of the 20th century, Warhol's work spanned various media, including painting, filmmaking, photography, publishing, and performance art. A leading figure in the pop art movement, his work explores the relationship between advertising, consumerism, mass media, and celebrity culture, transforming everyday consumer goods and familiar icons into renowned artworks. His embrace of mechanical reproduction challenged traditional boundaries between high and low culture. He is also credited with popularizing the expression "15 minutes of fame." Read more
22 Feb 1986: John Donnelly, Australian rugby league player (born 1955) John "Dallas" Donnelly was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An Australian Kangaroos and New South Wales Blues representative, he played for Western Suburbs between 1975 and 1984 in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership. Read more
22 Feb 1985: Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (born 1913) Salvador Espriu i Castelló was a Catalan poet from Spain. Read more
22 Feb 1985: Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1889) Efrem Zimbalist was a Russian and American concert violinist, composer, conductor and director of the Curtis Institute of Music. Read more
22 Feb 1983: Adrian Boult, English conductor (born 1889) Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH was a British conductor. Brought up in a prosperous mercantile family, he followed musical studies in England and at Leipzig, Germany, with early conducting work in London for the Royal Opera House and Sergei Diaghilev's ballet company. His first prominent post was conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1924. When the British Broadcasting Corporation appointed him director of music in 1930, he established the BBC Symphony Orchestra and became its chief conductor. The orchestra set standards of excellence that were rivalled in Britain only by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), founded two years later. Read more
22 Feb 1983: Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (born 1913) Romanus Maes was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1935 Tour de France after wearing the yellow jersey of leadership from beginning to end. Maes was the 13th child in his family. He started racing when he was 17. He turned professional in 1933 and won the Tour de l'Ouest. The following year he started the Tour de France and twice finished stages in second place. He then crashed on the day from Digne to Nice and left the race in an ambulance. Read more
22 Feb 1982: Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (born 1898) Josh Malihabadi popularly known as Shayar-e-Inqalab was an Indian-born Pakistani Urdu poet. Read more
22 Feb 1980: Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, poet and playwright (born 1886) Oskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet, playwright and teacher, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes, as well as his theories on vision that influenced the Viennese Expressionist movement. Read more
22 Feb 1976: Angela Baddeley, English actress (born 1904) Madeleine Angela Clinton-Baddeley was an English stage and television actress, widely remembered for her role as household cook Mrs. Bridges in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. Her stage career spanned seven decades. Read more
22 Feb 1976: Florence Ballard, American singer (born 1943) Florence Glenda Chapman was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown vocal female group the Supremes. She sang on 16 top 40 singles with the group, including nine number-one hits. After being removed from the Supremes in 1967, Ballard tried an unsuccessful solo career with ABC Records, before she was dropped from the label at the end of the decade. After struggling with alcoholism, depression and poverty for several years, she was in the midst of a musical comeback when she died of a heart attack in February 1976 at the age of 32. Ballard's death was considered by one critic as "one of rock's greatest tragedies". Ballard was the first woman posthumously inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Supremes in 1988. Read more
22 Feb 1973: Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (born 1916) Jean-Jacques Bertrand was a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 21st premier of Quebec, from October 2, 1968, to May 12, 1970. He led the Union Nationale party. Read more
22 Feb 1973: Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish author (born 1899) Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer notable for her books about "the Big House" of Irish landed Protestants as well as her fiction about life in wartime London. Read more
22 Feb 1973: Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (born 1900) Katina Paxinou was a Greek film and stage actress. Read more
22 Feb 1973: Winthrop Rockefeller, American colonel and politician, 37th Governor of Arkansas (born 1912) Winthrop Rockefeller was an American politician and philanthropist. Rockefeller was the fourth son and fifth child of American financier John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. He was one of the grandchildren of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. As an entrepreneur in Arkansas, he financed many local projects, including a number of new medical clinics in poorer areas, before being elected state governor in 1966, as the first Republican governor of Arkansas since the Reconstruction era. Despite accusations of lacking insight into the concerns of low-income voters, Rockefeller was re-elected in 1968, and went on to complete the integration of Arkansas schools. Read more
22 Feb 1971: Frédéric Mariotti, French actor (born 1883) Frédéric Mariotti was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned more than four decades through the early silent film era into the early 1950s. Read more
22 Feb 1965: Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (born 1882) Felix Frankfurter was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 until 1962, advocating judicial restraint. Read more
22 Feb 1961: Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and composer (born 1889) Dominic James "Nick" LaRocca, was an American early jazz cornetist and trumpeter and the leader of the Original Dixieland Jass Band, who is credited by some as being "the father of modern jazz". He is the composer of one of the most recorded jazz classics of all-time, "Tiger Rag". He was part of what is generally regarded as the first recorded jazz band, a band which recorded and released the first jazz recording, "Livery Stable Blues" in 1917. Read more
22 Feb 1960: Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (born 1905) Paul-Émile Borduas was a Canadian artist known for his abstract paintings. He was the leader of the avant-garde Automatiste movement and the chief author of the Refus Global manifesto of 1948. Borduas had a profound impact on the development of the arts and of thought, both in the province of Quebec and in Canada. Read more
22 Feb 1958: Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (born 1888) Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin, better known as Maulana Azad and sometimes referred to as Abul Kalam Azad, was an Indian writer, activist of the Indian independence movement and statesman. A senior leader of the Indian National Congress, following India's independence, he became the first Minister of Education in the Indian government. His contribution to establishing the education foundation in India is recognised by celebrating his birthday as National Education Day across India. Read more
22 Feb 1945: Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (born 1888) Osip Maksimovich Brik was a Russian avant garde writer, literary critic and lawyer, known for being an important member of the Russian formalist school, though he also identified himself as one of the Futurists. Read more
22 Feb 1944: Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (born 1869) Kasturba Mohandas Gandhi was an Indian political activist who was involved in the Indian independence movement during British India. She was married to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi. National Safe Motherhood Day is observed in India annually on 11 April, coinciding with Kasturba's birthday. Read more
22 Feb 1944: Fritz Schmenkel, anti-Nazi German who joined Soviet partisans (born 1916) Fritz Paul Schmenkel was a German communist and resistance fighter against Nazism, who fought alongside the Soviet partisans in German-occupied Byelorussia during World War II. Read more
22 Feb 1943: Christoph Probst, German activist (born 1919) Christoph Ananda Probst
(6 November 1919 – 22 February 1943) was a German medical student and member of the anti-Nazi resistance group White Rose. Although less publicly known than Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl, Probst played a key intellectual role in the group’s efforts to oppose the Nazi regime through nonviolent means. Read more
22 Feb 1943: Hans Scholl, German activist (born 1918) Hans Fritz Scholl was, along with Alexander Schmorell, one of the two founding members of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany. The principal author of the resistance movement's literature, he was found guilty of high treason for distributing anti-Nazi material and was executed by the Nazi regime in 1943 during World War II. Read more
22 Feb 1943: Sophie Scholl, German activist (born 1921) Sophia Magdalena Scholl was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active in the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. Read more
22 Feb 1942: Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (born 1881) Stefan Zweig was an Austrian writer. At the height of his literary career in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world. Read more
22 Feb 1939: Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (born 1875) Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, known as Antonio Machado, was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98. His work, initially modernist, evolved towards an intimate form of symbolism with romantic traits. He gradually developed a style characterised by both an engagement with humanity on one side and an almost Taoist contemplation of existence on the other, a synthesis that, according to Machado, echoed the most ancient popular wisdom. In Gerardo Diego's words, Machado "spoke in verse and lived in poetry." Read more
22 Feb 1932: Harriet Converse Moody, American businesswoman and arts patron (born 1857) Harriet Converse Moody was an American businesswoman and arts patron. Moody began her career in Chicago in 1889, working as a schoolteacher and then forming a successful restaurant and catering business that operated for almost 40 years. After her brief marriage to the poet William Vaughn Moody, which ended upon his death of brain cancer, she became a patron to artists, particularly poets. Read more
22 Feb 1923: Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1852) Théophile Delcassé was a French politician who served as foreign minister from 1898 to 1905. He is best known for his hatred of Germany and efforts to secure alliances with Russia and the United Kingdom that became the Entente Cordiale. He belonged to the Radical Party and was a protege of Léon Gambetta. Read more
22 Feb 1913: Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (born 1857) Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure was a Swiss linguist, semiotician and philosopher. His ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in both linguistics and semiotics in the 20th century. He is widely considered one of the founders of 20th-century linguistics and one of two major founders of semiotics, or semiology, as Saussure called it. Read more
22 Feb 1913: Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (born 1873) Francisco Ignacio Madero González was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer, politician and statesman who served as the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed and assassinated in a coup d'état in February 1913. He came to prominence as an advocate for democracy and as an opponent of President and dictator Porfirio Díaz. After Díaz claimed to have won the fraudulent election of 1910 despite promising a return to democracy, Madero started the Mexican Revolution to oust Díaz. The Mexican revolution would continue until 1920, well after Madero and Díaz's deaths, with hundreds of thousands dead. Read more
22 Feb 1904: Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (born 1832) Sir Leslie Stephen was an English author, critic, historian, biographer, mountaineer, and an Ethical movement activist. He was also the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell and the founder of England's Dictionary of National Biography. Read more
22 Feb 1903: Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (born 1860) Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, somewhat related to that of the Second Viennese School in concision but diverging greatly in technique. Read more
22 Feb 1898: Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (born 1820) Heungseon Daewongun was the title of Yi Ha-eung, the regent of Joseon during the minority of Emperor Gojong in the 1860s. Until his death, he was a key political figure of late Joseon Korea. He was also called the Daewongun, Guktaegong, or later Internal King Heonui, and also known to contemporary western diplomats as Prince Gung. Read more
22 Feb 1897: Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (born 1824) Charles Blondin was a French tightrope walker and acrobat who achieved international fame in the mid-19th Century. Known for crossing the Niagara Gorge on a tightrope, he toured the United States and beyond. Read more
22 Feb 1890: John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1822) John Jacob Astor III was an American financier, philanthropist and a soldier during the American Civil War. He was a prominent member of the Astor family, becoming the wealthiest member in his generation. Read more
22 Feb 1890: Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (born 1834) Carl Heinrich Bloch was a Danish painter. Read more
22 Feb 1888: Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (born 1846) Anna Kingsford was an English anti-vivisectionist, Theosophist, a proponent of vegetarianism and a women's rights campaigner. Read more
22 Feb 1875: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (born 1796) Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, or simply Camille Corot, was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching. A pivotal figure in landscape painting, his vast output simultaneously referenced the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipated the plein-air innovations of Impressionism. Read more
22 Feb 1875: Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist (born 1797) Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining the earth's history. He is best known today for his association with Charles Darwin and as the author of Principles of Geology (1830–33), which presented to a wide public audience the idea that the earth was shaped by the same natural processes still in operation today, operating at similar intensities. The philosopher William Whewell dubbed this gradualistic view "uniformitarianism" and contrasted it with catastrophism, which had been championed by Georges Cuvier and was better accepted in Europe. The combination of evidence and eloquence in Principles convinced a wide range of readers of the significance of "deep time" for understanding the earth and environment. Read more
22 Feb 1816: Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and philosopher (born 1723) Adam Ferguson,, also known as Ferguson of Raith, was a Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. Read more

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