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02/22/1857
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Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast and receive radio waves
Type: Birth
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02/22/1857
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Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1858
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Dion Boucicault's "Jessie Brown," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/22/1860
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Organized baseball played in SF for 1st time
Type: Event
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02/22/1860
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Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages
Type: Event
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02/22/1861
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On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration
Type: Event
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02/22/1862
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Karen Hulda Garborg[-Bergersen], Norwegian playwright (Mot Solen/Eli)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1864
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-27] Battle at Dalton Georgia
Type: Event
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02/22/1864
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2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona, MS
Type: Event
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02/22/1864
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Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee
Type: Event
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02/22/1864
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Jules Renard, France, writer (Poil de Carotte)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1865
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Battle of Wilmington, NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals
Type: Event
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02/22/1865
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Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery
Type: Event
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02/22/1865
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Otto Modersohn, German painter
Type: Birth
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02/22/1868
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Henri Polak, union leader/politician (soc-dem)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1872
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1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio)
Type: Event
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02/22/1873
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Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher
Type: Birth
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02/22/1875
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Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77
Type: Death
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02/22/1876
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Johns Hopkins University opens
Type: Event
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02/22/1877
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Yme C Schuitmaker, Dutch potato salesman/dramatist
Type: Birth
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02/22/1878
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Greenback Labor Party forms (Toledo Ohio)
Type: Event
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02/22/1878
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Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/22/1879
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1st 5› and 10› store opened by Frank W Woolworth (Utica NY)
Type: Event
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02/22/1879
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Johannes Brínsted, Danish physical chemist (acid-base reactions)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1882
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With 120 miles James Saunders wins NYC's 24 hour race and $100 prize
Type: Event
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02/22/1882
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Eric Gill, England, sculptor/engraver/typographer (Perpetua)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1883
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Alfred Wikenhauser, German RC exegetist (John-Apokalyps)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1883
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Jaroslav Kocian, composer
Type: Birth
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02/22/1883
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Marguerite Clark, voice (Snow White)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1884
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Abraham "Abe" Attell, boxing hall of famer
Type: Birth
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02/22/1886
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Hugo Ball, German playwright/co-founder Flametti
Type: Birth
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02/22/1887
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Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati
Type: Event
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02/22/1887
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Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1888
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John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers NY)
Type: Event
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02/22/1889
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Dakotas, Montana and Washington admitted to union
Type: Event
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02/22/1889
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Pres Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana and Washington state
Type: Event
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02/22/1889
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Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1891
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"Chico" Marx, NYC, actor/comedian (Marx Brothers, Animal Crackers)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1891
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Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer (Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1891
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Lucien Cailliet, composer
Type: Birth
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02/22/1892
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"Lady Windermere's Fan" by Oscar Wilde premieres at St James (London)
Type: Event
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02/22/1892
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Manitoba Rugby Football Union forms
Type: Event
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02/22/1892
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David Dubinsky, labor leader (Freedom Award, 1969 Medal of Freedom)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1892
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Edna St Vincent Millay, poet/dramatist (Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1894
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Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer
Type: Birth
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02/22/1895
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V¡ctor Ra£l Haya de la Torre, founder (Peruvian Aprista Party)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1896
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Edvin Wide, Sweden, 10K runner (Olympic-silver-1924)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1896
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Enid Markey, Dillon Colo, actress (Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1896
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Nacio Herb Brown, US composer
Type: Birth
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02/22/1896
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Paul Van Ostaijen, Flemish poet/writer/critic (Occupied City)
Type: Birth
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