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02/22/1918
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Robert Wadlow, Alton Ill, tallest known human (2.72 m, 8' 11.1")
Type: Birth
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02/22/1918
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Sid Abel, NHLer (1948-49 Hart Trophy)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1919
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Jiri Pauer, composer
Type: Birth
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02/22/1920
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1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track (Emeryville Calif)
Type: Event
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02/22/1920
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Bettina Vernon-Warren, dancer
Type: Birth
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02/22/1920
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Del Wood, singer
Type: Birth
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02/22/1920
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Giulietta Masina, Italy, actress (La Strada, Swindle, White Sheik)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1921
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Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator
Type: Birth
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02/22/1922
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Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin
Type: Event
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02/22/1922
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Andre Asriel, composer
Type: Birth
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02/22/1922
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Felix Werder, composer
Type: Birth
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02/22/1923
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1st successful chinchilla farm in US (LA Calif)
Type: Event
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02/22/1923
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Transcontinental airmail service begins
Type: Event
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02/22/1924
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1st presidential radio address (Calvin Coolidge)
Type: Event
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02/22/1925
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Edward Gorey, Chicago, author/artist (Curious Sofa)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1925
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Gerard Hoffnung, Berlin Germany, artist/humorist/musician
Type: Birth
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02/22/1925
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Guy Mitchell, Detroit MI, actor (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1925
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Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect
Type: Birth
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02/22/1925
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Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister, dies at 72
Type: Death
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02/22/1925
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Nina David, [Mrs Radcliffe N Salomon], poet/author, dies
Type: Death
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02/22/1925
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Thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist, dies at 88
Type: Death
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02/22/1926
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Bud Yorkin, producer (All in the Family, 1959, 1960 Emmy)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1927
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ARC soccer team forms in Alphen on the Rhine
Type: Event
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02/22/1927
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Baruch Spinosa's house of mourning opened as a museum
Type: Event
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02/22/1927
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David Ahlstrom, composer
Type: Birth
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02/22/1927
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Donald May, Chicago Ill, actor (Adam-Edge of Night, Colt .45)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1928
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1st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler)
Type: Event
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02/22/1928
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Bruce Forsyth, London England, comedian/TV host (Generation Game)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1928
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Paul Dooley, Parkensburg WV, actor (16 Candles, Strange Brew, Wedding)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1929
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Marni Nixon, singer (for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood and Deborah Kerr)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1929
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Ryne Duren, near-sighted pitcher (NY Yankees)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1930
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Allison Hayes, Washington, actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1930
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JPS van Neerven, Dutch economist/editor (Limbourg Daily)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1930
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Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66
Type: Death
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02/22/1932
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Purple Heart award reinstituted
Type: Event
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02/22/1932
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Edward M "Ted" Kennedy, (Sen-D-Mass, 1962- ), (Don't let him drive)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1933
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G”ring forms SA/SS-police, shoots 40-50
Type: Event
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02/22/1933
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Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, England, Duchess of Kent
Type: Birth
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02/22/1934
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"It Happened One Night," opens at NY's Radio City Music Hall
Type: Event
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02/22/1934
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George "Sparky" Anderson, SD, baseball manager (Reds, Tigers)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1934
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Thomas Paul, Chicago Illinois, bass (NYC Opera 1963-70)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1934
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Willem Kes, violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 78
Type: Death
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02/22/1935
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Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House
Type: Event
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02/22/1935
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Ineke [R M] Haas-Berger, Dutch MP (PvdA)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1936
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Construction on Ypenburg Neth airport begins
Type: Event
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02/22/1936
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Ernie K-Doe, [Ernest Kador Jr], New Orleans La, rocker
Type: Birth
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02/22/1936
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Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74
Type: Death
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02/22/1937
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Dubravko Detoni, composer
Type: Birth
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02/22/1937
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Joanna Russ, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Female Man, Alyx)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1937
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Noel Murphy, British(?) rugby player
Type: Birth
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