476 Historic Events for February 22
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| 1857 |
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Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides)
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| 1857 |
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Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast and receive radio waves
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| 1858 |
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Dion Boucicault's "Jessie Brown," premieres in NYC
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| 1860 |
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Organized baseball played in SF for 1st time
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| 1860 |
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Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages
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| 1861 |
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On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration
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| 1862 |
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Karen Hulda Garborg[-Bergersen], Norwegian playwright (Mot Solen/Eli)
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| 1864 |
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Jules Renard, France, writer (Poil de Carotte)
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| 1864 |
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-27] Battle at Dalton Georgia
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| 1864 |
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2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona, MS
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| 1864 |
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Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee
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| 1865 |
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Battle of Wilmington, NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals
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| 1865 |
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Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery
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| 1865 |
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Otto Modersohn, German painter
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| 1868 |
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Henri Polak, union leader/politician (soc-dem)
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| 1872 |
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1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio)
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher
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| 1875 |
Death |
Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77
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| 1876 |
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Johns Hopkins University opens
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| 1877 |
Birth |
Yme C Schuitmaker, Dutch potato salesman/dramatist
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| 1878 |
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Greenback Labor Party forms (Toledo Ohio)
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| 1878 |
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Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84
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| 1879 |
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1st 5› and 10› store opened by Frank W Woolworth (Utica NY)
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| 1879 |
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Johannes Brínsted, Danish physical chemist (acid-base reactions)
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| 1882 |
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With 120 miles James Saunders wins NYC's 24 hour race and $100 prize
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