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02/22/1937
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Samuel Whitbread, English brewer/multi-millionaire
Type: Birth
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02/22/1937
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Tommy Aaron, Gainesville GA, PGA golfer (1973 Masters)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1938
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Bobby Hendricks, US soul vocalist (Itchy Twitchy Feeling)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1938
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Ishmael Reed, US, author (Last Days of Louisiana Red)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1939
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Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain
Type: Event
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02/22/1939
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Steve Barber, pitcher (Balt Orioles, NY Yankees)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1940
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Johnson P Mlambo, South African leader (Pan-African Congress)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1940
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Chet Walker, NBA all-star forward (Chicago Bulls)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1940
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Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island
Type: Event
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02/22/1940
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German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578
Type: Event
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02/22/1940
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Julian Chagrin, London, mime/actor (Golddiggers)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1941
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Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal
Type: Event
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02/22/1941
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German assault on El Agheila Libya
Type: Event
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02/22/1941
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Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam
Type: Event
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02/22/1941
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Roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man," premieres
Type: Event
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02/22/1941
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Paul Creston's 1st Symphony, premieres
Type: Event
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02/22/1941
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IG Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Type: Event
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02/22/1943
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Louise Lopez, singer
Type: Birth
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02/22/1943
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Tom Van Arsdale, NBA all-star (Detroit, Cincinnati, KC-Omaha, Phil)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1943
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Dick Van Arsdale, NBA all-star (NY Knicks, Phoenix Suns)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1943
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Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies
Type: Death
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02/22/1943
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Sophie Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose), beheaded
Type: Death
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02/22/1943
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David E Skaggs, (Rep-D-Colorado)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1943
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Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (White Rose), beheaded at 24
Type: Death
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02/22/1944
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E J Peaker, Tulsa Okla, actress (That's Life)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1944
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US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die
Type: Event
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02/22/1944
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Tom Okker, tennis star
Type: Birth
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02/22/1944
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Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricket wicketkeeper (1975 World Cup)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1944
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Jonathan Demme, Baldwin NY, actor/director (Caged Heat, Swing Shift)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1945
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Oliver, rock vocalist (Good Morning Starshine, Jean)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1945
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British troops take Ramree Island, Burma
Type: Event
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02/22/1945
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Arab League froms (Cairo)
Type: Event
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02/22/1945
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Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland
Type: Event
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02/22/1947
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John Bryant, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
Type: Birth
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02/22/1948
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Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die
Type: Event
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02/22/1948
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Dennis Awtrey, NBA center (Chicago Bulls, Suns)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1949
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Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies
Type: Death
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02/22/1949
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Leslie Charleson, KC Missouri, actress (Monica-General Hospital)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1949
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Nikki Lauda, Austria, formula 1 auto racer (world champ 1975, 77, 84)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1950
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Julie Walters, England, actress (Educating Rita, Prick Up Your Ears)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1950
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Ellen Greene, Bkln NY, vocalist/actress (Little Shoppe of Horrors)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1950
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Brockway and Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed)
Type: Event
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02/22/1950
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Julius Erving, ABA/NBA forward (Virg Squirers, NY Nets, Phila 76ers)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1950
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Miou-Miou, Paris France, actress (Dog Day, My Other Husband)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1950
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Sylvette Miou-Miou, Paris France, actress (Bottom Line, Menage)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1951
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Harley O Staggers Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
Type: Birth
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02/22/1952
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James Philip Bagian, Philadelphia, MDPE/astronaut (STS 29, STS 40)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1952
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Wayne John Levi, Little Falls NY, PGA golfer (1983 Buick Open)
Type: Birth
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02/22/1955
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British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail
Type: Event
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02/22/1955
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Tim Young, athlete
Type: Birth
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