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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• 1853

  Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1855

  The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania)
• 1856

  The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• 1879

  In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and dime Woolworth stores.
• 1909

  The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
• 1944

  World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
• 1972

  The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.
• 1973

  Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
• 1983

  The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
• 1986

  Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.

• 1040

  Rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105)
• 1778

  Rembrandt Peale, American artist (d. 1860)
• 1806

  Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (d. 1875)
• 1824

  Pierre Janssen, French astronomer (d. 1907)
• 1883

  Marguerite Clark, American actress (d. 1940)
• 1907

  Sheldon Leonard, American actor (d. 1997)
• 1950

  Genesis P-Orridge, English musician and performer
• 1971

  Lea Salonga, Filipina actress and singer
• 1973

  Claus Lundekvam, Norwegian footballer
• 1981

  Fredson Camara, Brazilian footballer

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