Summary of the Day ✨ 22 February (22/02)
On February 22, 2022, marked by the unique “Twosday” phenomenon occurring at 2:22:22, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was unanimously impeached by parliament as part of the Euromaidan rebellion, while separate tragedies unfolded as a ferry capsized in Bangladesh killing 70 people and a train crash in Argentina claimed 51 lives with 700 injured.
Historical Events 📜
- 2022: Twosday, the name given to Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22:22, occurs.
- 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.
- 2015: A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.
- 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.
- 2012: A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.
- 2011: New Zealand’s second deadliest earthquake, the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, kills 185 people.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2002: Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
- 1997: In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
- 1995: The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
- 1994: Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
- 1986: Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
Famous Births 👶
- 1999: Harry Brook, English cricketer
- 1997: Jerome Robinson, American basketball player
- 1997: Ilya Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1996: Kia Nurse, Canadian basketball player
- 1995: Devonte’ Graham, American basketball player
- 1994: Nam Joo-hyuk, South Korean model and actor
- 1994: Elfrid Payton, American basketball player
- 1992: Dixon Machado, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1991: Khalil Mack, American football player
- 1989: Franco Vázquez, Argentine footballer
- 1988: Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter
- 1987: Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model
- 1987: Sergio Romero, Argentine footballer
- 1986: Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
- 1985: Hamer Bouazza, Algerian footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2026: Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (born 1966)
- 2024: John Lowe, English musician, pianist for The Quarrymen (born 1942)
- 2021: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet, painter (born 1919)
- 2019: Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (born 1970)
- 2019: Morgan Woodward, American actor (born 1925)
- 2015: Chris Rainbow, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (born 1946)
- 2014: Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand–Australian television host (born 1966)
- 2014: Trebor Jay Tichenor, American pianist and composer (born 1940)
- 2014: Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (born 1915)
- 2013: Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (born 1938)
- 2013: Jean-Louis Michon, French-Swiss scholar and translator (born 1924)
- 2013: Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (born 1923)
- 2012: Sukhbir, Indian author and poet (born 1925)
- 2012: Frank Carson, Irish-English comedian and actor (born 1926)
- 2012: Marie Colvin, American journalist (born 1956)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance:
Founder’s Day or “B.-P. day” (World Organization of the Scout Movement) - Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance:
World Thinking Day (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) - Christian feast day:
Baradates - Christian feast day:
Blessed Émilie d’Oultremont - Christian feast day:
Eric Liddell (Episcopal Church (USA)) - Christian feast day:
Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter (Roman Catholic Church) - Christian feast day:
Margaret of Cortona - Christian feast day:
Papias of Hierapolis - Christian feast day:
February 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Crime Victims Day (Europe)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom in 1979.
- Founding Day (Saudi Arabia)
- Washington’s Birthday, federal holiday in the United States. A holiday on February 22 as well as the third Monday in February.
- National Cat Day (Japan)