476 Historic Events for February 22
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| 1907 |
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1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London
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| 1907 |
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Leonid N Andreyev's "Zhizn Cheloveka," premieres in St Petersburg
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| 1908 |
Birth |
R¢mulo Betancourt, pres of Venezuela (1945-48, 1958-64)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
John Mills, England, actor (Big Sleep, King Rat, War and Peace)
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| 1909 |
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Great White Fleet, 1st US fleet to circle the globe, returns to Va
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Roderick Barclay, diplomat
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Nicholas Monsarrat, Liverpool England, novelist
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Al Sears, jazz performer
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| 1912 |
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J Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph
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| 1912 |
Death |
Richard Andree, German geographer (Andree's Handatlas), dies at 76
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| 1913 |
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Lowell HS, SF opens (on it's 1st campus)
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| 1913 |
Death |
Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure, Swiss linguist, dies at 55
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| 1913 |
Death |
Suarez, Mexican vice pres, assassinated in a miltary coup
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| 1913 |
Death |
Francisco Indalecio Madero, Mex pres, assassinated in milt coup at 39
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Dan Seymour, Chicago Ill, actor (We the People, Sing It Again)
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| 1915 |
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Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight boxing champ (1947 fight of year)
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Jane Bowles, writer
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Jack Robertson, cricketer (superb Engld batsman only played 11 Tests)
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Harmen van Rossum, civil servant/resistance fighter (WW II)
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| 1917 |
Event |
German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships
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| 1918 |
Event |
Germany claims Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Charles O Finley, baseball team owner (Oakland A's)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Sid Abel, NHLer (1948-49 Hart Trophy)
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