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100 years anniversary | ||||
22 Feb 1924 | 1st presidential radio address (Calvin Coolidge) | |||
22 Feb 1924 | U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House. | |||
22 Feb 1924 | 1st presidential radio address (Calvin Coolidge) | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
22 Feb 1949 | Leslie Charleson: Kansas City, Missouri -- Actress (Monica- General Hospital) | |||
22 Feb 1949 | Nikki Lauda: Austria -- Formula 1 auto racer (world champ 1975, 77, 84) | |||
22 Feb 1949 | Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player and coach | |||
22 Feb 1949 | Niki Lauda, Austrian race car driver | |||
22 Feb 1949 | Leslie Charleson Kansas City MO, actress (Monica-General Hospital) | |||
22 Feb 1949 | Nikki Lauda Austria, formula 1 auto racer (world champion 1975, 77, 84) | |||
22 Feb 1949 | Russell Porter actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies | |||
22 Feb 1949 |
death Félix d'Hérelle Died 22 Feb 1949 at age 75 (born 25 Apr 1873). Canadian-French bacteriologist who is generally known as the discoverer of the bacteriophage, a virus that infects bacteria. (The earlier identification of the bacteriophage by the British microbiologist Frederick W. Twort in about 1915 became obscured by Twort's disinclination to take credit for or to pursue his initial findings.) |
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22 Feb 1949
Félix d'Herelle |
death Félix d'Herelle Félix d'Herelle (died 1873), French-Canadian microbiologist, a co-discoverer of bacteriophages. |
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50 years anniversary | ||||
22 Feb 1974 | Aaron Gavey: Sudbury, Ontario -- NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning) | |||
22 Feb 1974 | Kyoko Nagatsuka: Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan -- Tennis star (1996 Hobart) | |||
22 Feb 1974 | Ethiopian police shoot at demonstrators | |||
22 Feb 1974 | Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon. | |||
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. | |||
22 Feb 1974 | Samuel Byck, American criminal (b. 1930) | |||
22 Feb 1974 | Chris Moyles, English radio and television host | |||
22 Feb 1974 | Nina Flowers, Puerto Rican-American drag queen performer | |||
22 Feb 1974 | James Blunt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist | |||
22 Feb 1974 | Former David Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson played the first of two nights at The Rainbow in London, England. | |||
22 Feb 1974 | birth James Blunt, (born James Hillier Blount), singer, songwriter and former Army captain. Had the 2005 UK No.1 single 'You're Beautiful' and the 2005 UK No.1 album 'Back To Bedlam.' Became the first British artist to top the American singles chart in nearly a decade when 'You're Beautiful' reached No.1 in 2006. The last British artist to do so was Elton John in 1997 with 'Candle in the Wind'. | |||
22 Feb 1974 | Aaron Gavey Sudbury, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning) | |||
22 Feb 1974 | Kyoko Nagatsuka Shizuoka Prefecture Japan, tennis star (1996 Hobart) | |||
22 Feb 1974 | Ethiopian police shoot at demonstrators | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
22 Feb 1999 | Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (b. 1964) | |||
22 Feb 1999 | William Bronk, American poet and academic (b. 1918) | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
22 Feb 2004 | Andy Seminick, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920) | |||
22 Feb 2004 | Norah Jones started a six week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Feels Like Home', the singers second US No.1. Usher feat Lil Jon and Ludacris were at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Yeah.' | |||
22 Feb 2004 | The Sex Pistols' 'Anarchy in the UK' was named the most influential record of the 1970s in poll compiled by Q magazine. Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was voted into second place and Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love' was third, T Rex's 'Get It On' was fourth and Special AKA's 'Gangsters' came fifth. | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
22 Feb 2009 | Candido Cannavò, Italian journalist (b. 1930) | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
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. | |||
22 Feb 2014 | Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (b. 1915) | |||
22 Feb 2014 | Trebor Jay Tichenor, American pianist and composer (b. 1940) | |||
22 Feb 2014 | Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand–Australian television host (b. 1966) | |||
22 Feb 2014 | Richard Daugherty, American archaeologist and academic (b. 1922) |