What Day of the Week

February 22, 2021 was the 53^rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 312 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is lundi.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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• 1632

  Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
• 1853

  Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1942

  World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
• 1948

  Communist revolution in Czechoslovakia.
• 1973

  Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
• 1974

  Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• 1974

  The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
• 1979

  Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom.
• 1995

  The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
• 2006

  At least six men stage Britain’s biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or 78€ million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.

• 1612

  George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677)
• 1900

  Seán Ó Faoláin, Irish author (d. 1991)
• 1921

  Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (d. 1994)
• 1922

  Jesús Iglesias, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
• 1923

  Norman Smith (record producer), English singer and record producer (d. 2008)
• 1948

  Dennis Awtrey, American basketball player
• 1965

  Dean Karr, American director and photographer
• 1967

  Alf Poier, Austrian comedian
• 1969

  Joaquín Cortés, Spanish dancer
• 1974

  James Blunt, English musician

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