What Day of the Week

February 22, 2019 is the 53^rd day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 312 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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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• 1371

  Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
• 1632

  Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
• 1797

  The Last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
• 1862

  Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
• 1872

  The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
• 1924

  U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.
• 1957

  Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Ban Me Thuot.
• 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.

• 1612

  George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677)
• 1874

  Bill Klem, American baseball umpire (d. 1951)
• 1880

  Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1956)
• 1887

  Ksawery Tartakower, Polish chess player (d. 1956)
• 1897

  Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (d. 1947)
• 1898

  Thillaiaadi Valliammai, a Tamil satyagrahi from South Africa (d. 1914)
• 1929

  Donald May, American actor
• 1963

  Vijay Singh, Fijian golfer
• 1968

  Elna Reinach, South African tennis player
• 1989

  Anna Sundstrand, Swedish singer (Play)

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