116 sourced historical events are currently published for February 22. Browse the chronology below or filter this date by place and event type. This collection is expanding, not an exhaustive account of the day.
The published February 22 chronology runs from 896 to 2025, a span of 1,129 years. It contains 116 sourced records across 46 countries and 9 event categories. These figures describe the current collection, not all events that occurred on this date.
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On 22 February 896, Pope Formosus crowned Arnulf of Carinthia emperor at St Peter’s in Rome, on the site in present-day Vatican City. This entry records the coronation, not the uncertain date of his later illness.
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On 22 February 1288, Girolamo Masci accepted the papacy in Rome, in present-day Italy, taking the name Nicholas IV. He had initially been elected on February 15 but refused for a week; he was the first Franciscan pope.
This is the acceptance and pontificate start date, following the initial election on February15.
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The Battle of Picotin was fought on 22 February 1316 between the Catalan forces of the infante Ferdinand of Majorca, claimant to the Principality of Achaea, and the forces loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut, comprising native levies from the barons loyal to the Princess as well as Burgundian knights.
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On 22 February 1371, Robert II succeeded the childless David II as king of Scots, beginning the Stewart dynasty’s reign. His coronation was held later, on March 26.
The date follows the historical account without calendar conversion. The precise venue of this succession is unresolved.
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The siege of Pouancé (6 January – 22 February 1432) was undertaken by John V, Duke of Brittany, against his nephew John II, Duke of Alençon, as part of a conflict involving the payment of a dowry. It is at times referred to as the third siege of Pouancé, in succession to other sieges in 1066 and 1379.
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On 22 February 1495, the French army of Charles VIII entered Naples, in present-day Italy, without a pitched battle or siege. His coronation as king of Naples came later, on May 20.
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The Capture of Amboina was the capture of the Portuguese fort Nossa Senhora de Anunciada in Amboina by the Dutch East India Company, under admiral Steven van der Hagen. The Portuguese governor of Ambon Gaspar de Melo surrendered the fort on 22 February 1605 to the Dutch forces, the fort was renamed to fort Victoria, and Ambon was placed under Dutch Control.
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Galileo Galilei presented his Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems to Grand Duke Ferdinando II de’ Medici. The book compared accounts of the heavens based on an Earth-centered and a Sun-centered system.
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On 22 February 1649, royalist clans entered Inverness, Scotland, in present-day United Kingdom, expelled the castle’s garrison and subsequently demolished its defenses.
The date follows the historical British account without a calendar conversion.
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St. Peter's flood (Dutch: Sint-Pietersvloed, German: Petriflut) refers to two separate storm tides that struck the coasts of Netherlands and Northern Germany in 1651. During the first storm tide, on 22 February, the East Frisian island of Juist was split in two. During the second disaster, on 4–5 March, the city of Amsterdam was flooded. In the past, the two storm tides were thought to have been a single event.
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The Battle of Mannar was a short battle fought between the Dutch and the opposing Portuguese forces on 22 February 1658. This battle, along with the subsequent capture of Jaffna would mark the end of Portuguese Ceylon.
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On 22 February 1744 in the Gregorian calendar, British ships fought a Franco-Spanish fleet in the Mediterranean off Toulon. Later courts-martial and changes to naval disciplinary rules were consequences of the battle, not actions completed on that day.
February22 is the Gregorian (New Style) date, equivalent to February11 in the British Julian calendar. The fighting took place at sea.
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The Capture of Montserrat was accomplished by a French naval expedition that seized the island of Montserrat from the British on 22 February 1782 during the Anglo-French War.
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The Battle of Fishguard was a military invasion of Great Britain by Revolutionary France during the War of the First Coalition. The brief campaign, on 22–24 February 1797, is the most recent landing on British soil by a hostile foreign force and thus is often referred to as the "last invasion of mainland Britain". The French general Lazare Hoche had devised a three-pronged attack on Britain in support of the Society of United Irishmen.
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The siege of Bharatpur took place between 2 January and 22 February 1805 in the Indian Princely state of Bharatpur (now part of Rajasthan), during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. Forces of the British East India Company, led by General Gerard Lake, were repulsed four times in their attempts to storm the fortress.
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The Battle of Pirano (also known as the Battle of Grado) on 22 February 1812 was a minor naval action of the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars fought between a British and a French ship of the line in the vicinity of the towns of Piran and Grado in Adriatic Sea. The French Rivoli, named for Napoleon's victory 15 years earlier, had been recently completed at Venice. The French naval authorities intended her to bolster French forces in the Adriatic, following a succession of defeats in the preceding year.
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On February 22, 1813, British forces crossed the St Lawrence River and captured Ogdensburg, New York, United States, during the War of 1812. They later withdrew after destroying American military supplies.
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The Battle of Cachirí took place on February 21–22, 1816, during the Spanish Reconquest of New Granada as part of the Colombian War of Independence. The battle is named after the Paramo de Cachirí, which is located in the Santander Department in present-day Colombia. It was fought between the Army of the North of the United Provinces of New Granada and the V Division of Spanish Expeditionary Army.
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The Adams–Onís Treaty was an agreement between Spain and the United States, signed February 22, 1819, by John Quincy Adams and Luis de Onís respectively. The United States acquired Florida while renouncing claims to Spanish Texas and establishing its first transcontinental boundary. The provisions of the treaty remained in full effect only until August 24, 1821, when the Treaty of Córdoba acknowledged Mexican independence from Spain.
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The Battle of Buena Vista (February 22–23, 1847), known as the Battle of La Angostura in Mexico, and sometimes as Battle of Buena Vista/La Angostura, was a battle of the Mexican–American War. It was fought between U.S. forces, largely volunteers, under General Zachary Taylor, and the much larger Mexican Army under General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
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The Battle of Los Llanos de Santa Rosa was fought on February 22 of 1852 between the coalition of the Guatemalan and Salvadoran armies and the Honduran army under the command of José Trinidad Cabañas. In 1852, under President José Trinidad Cabañas, he led Honduran forces to Los Llanos de Santa Rosa (current day Santa Rosa de Copán to defend the tobacco factory, plantations, and tobacco production against invasions from Guatemalan and Salvadoran armies.
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On February 22, 1856, Republican delegates met in Pittsburgh, United States, for a national organizing convention. This was distinct from the party’s presidential nominating convention in Philadelphia later that year.
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On February 22, 1862, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated in Richmond, Virginia, in present-day United States, for a six-year term as Confederate president. This was separate from his provisional inauguration in Montgomery on February 18, 1861.
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The Battle of Okolona took place on February 22, 1864, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, between Confederate and Union forces during the American Civil War. Confederate cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, faced over 7,000 cavalry under the command of Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith and defeated them at Okolona, causing 100 casualties for the loss of 50. Smith's force had been ordered to set off from Memphis, Tennessee, and rendezvous with the main Union army of 20,000 that was stationed at Meridian, Mississippi, and was under the command of Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman.
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The Second Battle of Dranesville, also known as the Ambush at Anker's Shop, was a small cavalry skirmish that took place between Confederate forces under Colonel John Mosby and Union forces under Captain James Sewall Reed east of Dranesville, Virginia in Loudoun County near present-day Sterling on February 22, 1864, as part of Mosby's operations in Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
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On February 22, 1864, a Louisiana gubernatorial election was held under martial law in Union-controlled territory in the United States. Michael Hahn won and became civilian governor of the Union-recognized state government.
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The First Battle of Dalton was a series of American Civil War skirmishes that took place between February 22 and February 27, 1864, in Whitfield County, Georgia.
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On February 22, 1876, Daniel Coit Gilman was inaugurated as the first president of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, United States. The university commemorates this date as its founding anniversary.
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On February 22, 1879, Frank Woolworth opened a five-cent store in Utica, New York, United States. That shop failed within weeks; his subsequent Lancaster store helped develop the successful five-and-ten-cent retail chain.
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New York held a dedication ceremony for the ancient Egyptian obelisk now known as Cleopatra’s Needle. The monument stands near the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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The 1883 Victorian colonial election was held on 22 February 1883 to elect the 12th Parliament of Victoria. All 86 seats in 55 electorates in the Legislative Assembly were up for election, though twelve seats were uncontested. There were 31 single-member, 20 two-member and 5 three-member electorates. The government of Sir Bryan O'Loghlen was heavily defeated at the election, with O'Loghlen himself losing his seat.
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The Canadian federal election of 1887 was held on February 22, 1887 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Canada.
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On February 22, 1889, US President Grover Cleveland signed a bill authorizing Washington, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota to draft constitutions and pursue statehood. Their admission as states occurred later in 1889.
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On February 22, 1899, Filipino forces began a counterattack against American positions in the Manila and Caloocan area, in present-day Philippines. The operation continued for several days and failed to retake Manila.
This records the opening of the counterattack, not its entire duration on one day.
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Argentine personnel took over operation of the meteorological station set up by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition on Laurie Island. The station became known as Orcadas and continued scientific observations.
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Sixteen U.S. battleships returned to Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the end of a voyage around the world. President Theodore Roosevelt reviewed the fleet on its arrival.
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1921 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as 3 Esfand 1299 coup d'état (Persian: کودتای ۳ اسفند ۱۲۹۹ with the Solar Persian date), refers to several major events in Qajar Iran in 1921, which eventually led to the deposition of the Qajar dynasty and the establishment of the Pahlavi dynasty as the ruling house of Iran in 1925. The events began with a coup by the Persian Cossack Brigade headed by Reza Khan on 22 February 1921.
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Presidential elections were held in Guatemala on 22 February 1922. The result was a victory for José María Orellana, although the military had controlled the election and silenced the opposition, as well as putting down rebellions in at least twelve places including Antigua. Orellana assumed the presidency on 4 March.
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The second election to the State Council of Ceylon was held from 22 February to 7 March 1936.
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The Battle of Sittang Bridge was part of the Burma campaign during the Second World War. Fought on 22 and 23 February 1942, the battle was a victory for the Empire of Japan, with many losses for the British Indian Army, which was forced to retreat in disarray. Brigadier Sir John George Smyth, V.C.—who commanded the British Indian Army at Sittang Bridge—called it "the Sittang disaster".
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On February 22, 1942, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to order Douglas MacArthur to leave the Philippines and take command of US forces in Australia. The order and its delivery were separate from his later departure.
February22 follows Washington time in the USArmy official history; personal delivery is dated the night of February22–23, not the later departure.
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Convoy PQ 11 (14–22 February 1942) was an Arctic convoy sent from Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The voyage took place amidst storms, fog and the almost permanent darkness of the Arctic winter. The convoy was not found by German U-boats or reconnaissance aircraft from Norway and reached at Murmansk without loss.
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The Yankee Clipper (civil registration NC18603) was an American Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat, best known for on 20 May 1939 beginning the first scheduled airmail service between the United States and Europe. It crashed on 22 February 1943 while attempting to land on the River Tagus in Lisbon, Portugal, killing 24 of the 39 people on board.
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The Bombing of Nijmegen was an unplanned bombing attack by American aircraft on the city of Nijmegen in the Netherlands on 22 February 1944. In terms of the number of victims, it was one of the largest bombardments of a Dutch city during World War II. Officially, almost 800 people were killed, but because people that were in hiding could not be counted, the actual figure is probably higher. A large part of the historic city centre was destroyed, including Saint Steven's Church. Saint Augustine's Church and Nijmegen railway station (the intended target) were heavily damaged as well.
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The Battle of Ramree Island (Burmese: ရမ်းဗြဲကျွန်း တိုက်ပွဲ), also known as Operation Matador, took place from 14 January to 22 February 1945, in the Second World War as part of the offensive on the Southern Front in the Burma campaign and was conducted by the XV Indian Corps.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 22 February 1953. They were the elections in which the Socialist Party received the most votes since 1920. However, the Austrian People's Party won the most seats. The grand coalition between the two parties was continued with Julius Raab replacing Leopold Figl as Chancellor of Austria, who had had to resign after facing criticism from his own party, and Adolf Schärf of the Socialist Party remaining Vice Chancellor.
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On 22 February 1957, South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm survived an assassination attempt at an agricultural fair in Buôn Ma Thuột, in present-day Vietnam. The gunman missed Diệm and wounded a minister before being overpowered.
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The results of plebiscites in Egypt and Syria were announced as the two countries formed the United Arab Republic. Gamal Abdel Nasser became president of the new state.
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The first Daytona 500 was held at Daytona International Speedway. After reviewing the close finish, officials awarded the race to Lee Petty.
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The 1962 attempted coup in Turkey (also known as the February 22 Incident) was led by the Commander of the Turkish Military Academy, Staff Colonel Talat Aydemir and his associates, who were opposed to the democratically elected government in Turkey. Despite taking control of much of Ankara, the coup leaders quickly realised they could not prevail and surrendered without any loss of life occurring.
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The Aldershot bombing was an attack by the Official Irish Republican Army (Official IRA) using a car bomb on 22 February 1972 in Aldershot, England. The bomb targeted the headquarters of the British Army's 16th Parachute Brigade and was claimed as a revenge attack for Bloody Sunday. Seven civilian staff were killed and nineteen wounded. It was the Official IRA's largest attack in Britain during "the Troubles" and one of its last major actions before it declared a ceasefire in May 1972.
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The 1972 Qatari coup d'état was a bloodless palace coup that took place in Qatar on 22 February 1972. The coup was carried out by the heir apparent and prime minister Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, who took control of the country while his cousin, Emir Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, was on a visit to Iran.
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On February 22, 1972 a radical-left faction of the ruling PCT attempted a coup against Congolese president Marien Ngouabi. The coup was led by Ange Diawara, along with other Politburo members including Claude-Ernest Ndalla and Jean-Baptiste Ikoko. Joachim Yhombi-Opango was instrumental in ending the coup. The musician Franklin Boukaka was killed in the coup, as was former Minister Élie Théophile Itsihou.
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A joint communiqué announced that each government would establish a liaison office in the other’s capital. The offices opened later that year as the two governments worked toward formal diplomatic relations.
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Samuel Joseph Byck (January 30, 1930 – February 22, 1974) was an American hijacker and attempted assassin. On February 22, 1974, he attempted to hijack a plane flying out of Baltimore/Washington International Airport, intending to crash into the White House in the hopes of killing U.S. President Richard Nixon. Byck killed an airport policeman and the plane's copilot and wounded the pilot, but Byck was shot and wounded by another policeman before committing suicide.
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On February 22, 1974, the Second Islamic Summit opened in Lahore, Pakistan. The meeting of heads of state and government ran until February 24.
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The 1976 Progressive Conservative leadership election was held at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa on February 22, 1976, to elect a leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to replace Robert Stanfield, who had resigned after losing the 1968, 1972, and 1974 elections. It unexpectedly elected a 36-year-old, little-known PC Member of Parliament from Alberta as the party's new leader. Joe Clark defeated Claude Wagner on the fourth ballot of the convention by a margin of 65 votes. The convention's delegates were elected by the party's riding associations, along with the party's youth, campus and women's associations.
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The 1977 United States House of Representatives special election in Minnesota's 7th congressional district was held on February 22, 1977, to select the successor to Bob Bergland (DFL) who resigned to accept appointment as Secretary of Agriculture under the Carter Administration. Independent-Republican candidate Arlan Stangeland defeated the DFL favorite, Mike Sullivan, in an upset landslide.
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On 22 February 1979, Saint Lucia became independent from the United Kingdom. It remained a Commonwealth realm with the British monarch as head of state.
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The "Miracle on Ice" was an ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. It was played between the hosting United States and the Soviet Union on February 22, 1980, during the medal round of the men's ice hockey tournament. Although the Soviet Union was a four-time defending gold medalist and heavily favored, the United States achieved an upset victory, winning 4–3.
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Moose Murders is a play by Arthur Bicknell, self-described as a mystery farce. A notorious flop, it is now widely considered the standard of awfulness against which all Broadway failures are judged, and its name has become synonymous with those distinctively bad Broadway plays that open and close on the same night. It had its single performance (excluding its 13 previews) at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on February 22, 1983.
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General elections were held in Western Samoa on 22 February 1985. Voting was restricted to matai and citizens of European origin ("individual voters"), with the matai electing 45 MPs and Europeans two. The result was a victory for the Human Rights Protection Party, which won 31 seats. Its leader, Tofilau Eti Alesana, remained Prime Minister.
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The February 1986 Reform the Armed Forces Movement coup was a failed coup d’état in the Philippines set in motion by the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) under the leadership of Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile. The coup was meant to depose then-President Ferdinand Marcos, but was discovered and aborted in its earliest stages on February 22, 1986.
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On 22 February 1989, Indian helicopters conducted reconnaissance in the Chumik sector and a post was then shelled, according to the retained account. Pakistani forces sent their own reconnaissance mission. This was an early phase of the wider Chumik confrontation.
The Chumik sector lies in the disputed Siachen region. The exact post’s location is unresolved and is not assigned to a country solely from a belligerent’s nationality.
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The 1989 Major Indoor Soccer League All-Star Game was the 10th playing of the league's mid-season game featuring the all-stars of the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). The game was held on February 22, 1989, at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas, the home of the Dallas Sidekicks. Dallas had been chosen by the league to host the game in February 1987, beating out competing bids by Baltimore and San Diego.
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General elections were held in Malta on 22 February 1992. The Nationalist Party remained the largest party, winning 34 of the 65 seats. The Labour party performed very poorly in the 1992 election, losing by nearly 13,000 votes. Mifsud Bonnici resigned due to deteriorating health and on the 26 March Labour elected Alfred Sant as the new leader.
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The 43rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1993. The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to American-Taiwanese film The Wedding Banquet directed by Ang Lee and Chinese film Woman Sesame Oil Maker directed by Xie Fei. The retrospective dedicated to CinemaScope was shown at the festival.
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On 22 February 1993, Ng Cho-fan, an actor, died.
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The 45th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 22 February 1995. Israeli film programmer Lia van Leer was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Bear was awarded to The Bait directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The retrospective dedicated to American actor Buster Keaton was shown at the festival.
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On 22 February 1995, Lin Tsui, a film actor, died.
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President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 12951, directing the declassification and transfer of imagery from the CORONA, ARGON and LANYARD satellite programs.
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The 1996 Newfoundland general election was held on February 22, 1996, to elect members of the 43rd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal Party under new leader Brian Tobin. PC Leader Lynn Verge was not re-elected in her riding of Humber East.
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On 22 February 1996, Cai Hongda, a painter, died.
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On February 22, 1998, voting began in Maharashtra for India’s 12th Lok Sabha. Constituencies in the state voted in two phases, on February 22 and February 28.
February 22 is the first polling day in Maharashtra.
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SuperBrawl VIII was the eighth SuperBrawl professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on February 22, 1998, from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. Eleven matches were contested at the event, including one dark match. The main event saw Sting defeat Hollywood Hogan to win the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
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The 48th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1998. The festival opened with the Irish film The Boxer by Jim Sheridan. Francis Ford Coppola's The Rainmaker was selected as the closing night film. The Golden Bear was awarded to Central Station directed by Walter Salles. The retrospective was dedicated to Siodmak Bros., titled Siodmak Bros.
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The Haryana legislative assembly election, 2000 was held on 22 February 2000, to select the 90 members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly. Results were declared on 25 February 2000. Indian National Lok Dal got 47 seats and form government.
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On 22 February 2000, the stated polling period for the Bihar Legislative Assembly election in India ended. Voting took place between February 12 and 22, so the entry records the last day rather than a single-day election.
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On 22 February 2000, Manipur, India, held the second polling day of its assembly election. The two listed polling dates were February 12 and 22.
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Voters in the remaining 77 of the state's 147 constituencies elected members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. The other 70 constituencies had voted five days earlier.
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On 22 February 2002, UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi was killed in a clash with Angolan government forces in Angola. His death was followed by renewed moves toward ending the civil war.
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On February 22, 2002, Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 1, a mixed martial arts event, took place at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
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On 22 February 2004, Enyimba defeated ES Sahel 1–0 in the CAF Super Cup at Aba Stadium in Aba, Nigeria. Enyimba had won the 2003 CAF Champions League, while ES Sahel had won the 2003 African Cup Winners’ Cup.
This edition involved the African Cup Winners’ Cup champions, rather than winners of the later CAF Confederation Cup.
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A moment magnitude (Mw) 6.4 earthquake struck northern Kerman province, Iran on 22 February 2005, at 05:55:22 Iran Standard Time (02:25:22 UTC). At least 612 people were killed and 5,000 more were injured, with most of the fatalities occurring in several rural villages near the epicenter. Thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed, most of them in Zarand County, the earthquake's epicentral location.
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(This article is about the 2006 bombing. For the 2007 bombing, see 2007 al-Askari Mosque bombing.) The 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing occurred at the al-Askari mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra, on February 22, 2006, at about 6:44 a.m. local time (0344 UTC). The attack on the mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, is not claimed by any group; U.S. President George W. Bush suggested that "the evidence indicates" that it was "an Al Qaida plot". The mosque was severely damaged, but no injuries occurred in the blasts.
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On February 22, 2006, the Philippine military reported questioning at least 14 officials over an alleged plot against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Some had been allowed to return to their assignments. This was before the state of emergency declared on February 24.
This is the contemporary report date. The allegation was not a conviction, and questioning is not equated with arrest.
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On 22 February 2006, Bill Tung, an actor, died.
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The city of Chicago, Illinois held a nonpartisan mayoral election on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Incumbent Mayor Richard M. Daley, a member of the Democratic Party who had been in office since 1989, did not seek a seventh term as mayor. Candidates needed to collect 12,500 petition signatures by November 22, 2010 to qualify for a place on the ballot. April 5, 2011 was scheduled to be a runoff election date if no candidate received an absolute majority. Rahm Emanuel won the race for mayor with more than 55% of the vote. He was inaugurated on May 16, 2011.
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A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, 21 February). The Mw 6.2 (ML 6.3) earthquake struck the Canterbury Region in the South Island, centred 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) south-east of the central business district. It caused widespread damage across Christchurch and killed 185 people, making it New Zealand's fifth-deadliest disaster.
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The 2011 Kansas City mayoral election was held February 22 and March 22, 2011 to elect the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. It saw the election of Sly James, who unseated incumbent mayor Mark Funkhouser (who was eliminated in the primary).
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On 22 February 2011, four American hostages were killed aboard the yacht Quest in the Indian Ocean during a confrontation between Somali pirates and US Navy forces. The yacht had been seized off Oman earlier in the month.
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The 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster, also known as the Once Tragedy, occurred on 22 February 2012, when a train crashed at Once Station (Spanish: Estación Once de Septiembre; IPA: [ˈonse]) in the Balvanera neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. There were about 1,000 passengers on board when the crowded eight-carriage train, whose working brakes were not activated, hit the buffers at the end of the line, crushing the motor carriage and the following two carriages, after approaching the station at a speed of 26 kilometres per hour (16 miles per hour).
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Shura Council elections were held in Egypt between 29 January and 22 February 2012. The Freedom and Justice Party emerged as the largest party in the council, winning 105 of the 180 elected seats.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Djibouti on 22 February 2013. After their boycott of the 2008 elections, opposition groups contested the elections as the Union for National Safety alliance. According to government figures, the ruling Union for the Presidential Majority won 43 of 65 seats in Parliament. However, the opposition claimed the figures for Djibouti city were falsified and released alternative results which would have reduced the UMP to 40 seats and increased their total from 21 to 25.
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The 2013 Saudi Crown Prince Cup final was the 38th final of the Crown Prince Cup. It took place on 22 February 2013 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was contested between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr. It was Al-Hilal's 13th Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Nassr's fifth final. This was the first meeting between these two clubs in the final.
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The Fourth Battle of Gao was fought in the city of Gao on 20–22 February 2013, during the Northern Mali Conflict. It was an attempt by rebel MOJWA forces to retake the city. The attempt was repelled by Malian government forces with the support of troops from France and Niger.
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UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann was a mixed martial arts held on February 22, 2014, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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A by-election for the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Redcliffe took place on 22 February 2014. Yvette D'Ath won the seat for Labor.
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On February 22, 2014, Ukraine’s parliament in Kyiv adopted a resolution declaring that Viktor Yanukovych had withdrawn from performing his constitutional duties and set an early presidential election for May 25. This was a specific parliamentary action during the Euromaidan crisis.
The entry records adoption of Resolution757-VII. It does not describe the vote as a completed constitutional impeachment trial or claim all protests ended that day.
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The 2014 Japanese Super Cup was held on 22 February 2014 between the 2013 J. League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima and the 2013 Emperor's Cup winners Yokohama F. Marinos. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the match 2–0 after a Gakuto Notsuda and Takuma Asano goal.
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Fastlane (2015) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE. It took place on February 22, 2015, at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. It was the first Fastlane event, replacing Elimination Chamber. Seven matches were contested on the main card with no match on the pre-show. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Daniel Bryan to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship shot against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31. Also at the event Triple H had a "face-to-face" confrontation with Sting. The event received 46,000 buys (excluding WWE Network views), down from the Elimination Chamber 2014 figure of 183,000 buys, which predated the launch of the WWE Network.
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On 22 February 2015, a two-deck ferry traveling on the Padma River in the Manikganj District, Dhaka Division in Dhaka, Bangladesh, capsized. Up to 70 people, including 19 children, were killed in the crash when it hit a trawler.
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UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir (also known as UFC Fight Night 61) was a mixed martial arts event held on February 22, 2015, at the Ginásio Gigantinho in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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On 22 February 2015, BEC Tero Sasana defeated Sagan Tosu 4–3 on penalties after a goalless draw in the Toyota Premier Cup at National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Television Broadcasts Limited renamed its HD Jade channel J5. The relaunched channel carried financial and educational programs alongside documentaries and entertainment.
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On February 22, 2017, jihadists from Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) attacked Nigerien forces in Tilwa, Ouallam Department, Niger.
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On 22 February 2018, a Serbian-born man threw an explosive grenade inside the embassy of the United States in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. He then blew himself up outside the compound with another explosive. The attack occurred around midnight when the embassy was closed, and nobody was wounded. Russian authorities denied any involvement.
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On February 22, 2018, Fight Nights Global 83: Alibekov vs. Aliev took place at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia.
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The year 2020 was the sixth year in the history of the Rizin Fighting Federation, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. The year began with Rizin 21 in Hamamatsu on February 22, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic would put the promotion on hiatus until Rizin 22 on August 9. Rizin events are broadcast through a television agreement with Fuji Television.
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Presidential elections were held in Togo on 22 February 2020. Incumbent president Faure Gnassingbé of the Union for the Republic (UPR) was re-elected for his fourth term with 71% of the vote in the first round. His closest challenger was Agbéyomé Kodjo, a former prime minister and leader of the newly established Patriotic Movement for Democracy and Development, who received 19% of the vote.
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The 2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses took place on February 22, 2020, with early voting on February 14–18, and was the third nominating contest in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the New Hampshire primary the week before. The Nevada caucuses were a closed caucus, meaning that only registered Democrats could vote in this caucus.
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The 2020 Singapore Community Shield (also known as the AIA Community Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th edition of the Singapore Charity Shield held on 22 February 2020 at Jalan Besar Stadium, between 2019 Singapore Cup winner Tampines Rovers and Hougang United. Hougang replaces 2019 Singapore Premier League champions DPMM FC who skipped the game due to precautionary travel restrictions because of the coronavirus situation.
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UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song (also known as UFC Fight Night 252 and UFC on ESPN+ 110) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 22, 2025, at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, United States.
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On February 22, 2025, the Glory 98 kickboxing event took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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On February 22, 2025, UAE Warriors 58: Magomedov vs. da Silva, a mixed martial arts event, took place in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
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The 14th Oceanside International Film Festival, is the 2025 edition of the Oceanside International Film Festival, which took place from February 18 to February 22, 2025, at Oceanside, California, United States.
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