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February 22: Day of the Week
February 22, 2024 was the 53rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 313 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
February 22 Historical Event(s)
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)
1904
The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina, the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
1924
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.
1948
Communist revolution in Czechoslovakia.
1958
Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
1974
Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon.
1983
The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
2002
Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
2011
An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 181 people.
Who were born on February 22?
1705
Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (d. 1735)
1839
Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (d. 1906)
1892
Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet (d. 1950)
1897
Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (d. 1947)
1941
Giorgos Arvanitis, Greek cinematographer
1947
Carol Burns, Australian actress
1950
Miou-Miou, French actress
1968
Elna Reinach, South African tennis player
1976
Faan Rautenbach, South African rugby player
1982
Robert Weiner, Jr., American water polo player
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