February 22nd, 1979

Born on February 22nd, 1979

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What happened on February 22nd, 1979?

February 22nd, 1979

Saint Lucia gains independence from the United Kingdom.

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What else happened on February 22nd?

February 22nd, 2019

A group broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid and stole several mobile telephones and digital storage devices.

February 22nd, 2012

A train failed to apply its brakes and crashed through a buffer stop at Once railway station in Buenos Aires, resulting in 51 deaths and more than 700 injuries.

February 22nd, 2011

Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people marched in protest in Manama against the deaths of seven people killed by police and army forces during previous protests.

February 22nd, 2006

Seven men staged the largest cash robbery in Britain at a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom.

February 22nd, 1997

Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced the existence of Dolly, a female sheep who was the first mammal to have successfully been cloned from an adult cell.

February 22nd, 1983

The play Moose Murders opened and closed on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, becoming the standard of "awfulness" against which all Broadway failures are judged.

February 22nd, 1980

At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States ice hockey team defeated the Soviet team in an unlikely victory that became known as the Miracle on Ice.

February 22nd, 1959

Lee Petty won the first Daytona 500 NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway (pictured) in Daytona Beach, Florida.

February 22nd, 1944

World War II: U.S. forces carried out a bombing raid on the Nazi-occupied Dutch city of Nijmegen, killing hundreds of civilians by accident.

February 22nd, 1921

The Bogd Khan was reinstalled as emperor after White Russian forces under Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (pictured) drove the Chinese out of Mongolia.

February 22nd, 1909

The sixteen United States Navy battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by Connecticut (pictured), completed a circumnavigation of the globe.

February 22nd, 1876

The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, named after philanthropist Johns Hopkins, opened.

February 22nd, 1371

Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stewart.

February 22nd, 1316

The Catalan forces of Ferdinand of Majorca defeated troops loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut at the Battle of Picotin on the Peloponnese peninsula in modern-day Greece.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 22nd

Born on February 22nd, 1979

45

Brett Emerton

Australian association football player

*February 22nd, 1979, Bankstown

45

Débora Falabella

Brazilian actress

*February 22nd, 1979, Belo Horizonte

45

Lee Na-young

South Korean actress

*February 22nd, 1979, Seoul

45

Tom Higgenson

American singer

*February 22nd, 1979, Villa Park

45

Ty Jones

Professional hockey player

*February 22nd, 1979, Richland

45

Jessica Kiper

American actress and singer

*February 22nd, 1979, Florida

45

Razzy Hammadi

French politician

*February 22nd, 1979, Toulon

45

Christina Hecke

German actress

*February 22nd, 1979, Stuttgart

45

Anne Sarah Schönemann

German actress

*February 22nd, 1979, Essen

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Who's birthday is on February 22nd?

47

Claudia Hiersche

German actress

*February 22nd, 1977, Frankfurt (Oder)

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

29

Lexa

Brazilian singer-songwriter and dancer

*February 22nd, 1995, Rio de Janeiro

59

Claudine Loquen

French painter and sculptor

*February 22nd, 1965, Sainte-Adresse

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

49

Thomas Meggle

German association football player and manager

*February 22nd, 1975, Munich

49

Drew Barrymore

American actress

*February 22nd, 1975, Culver City

55

Joaquín Cortés

Spanish dancer

*February 22nd, 1969, Córdoba

47

Hakan Yakın

Swiss footballer

*February 22nd, 1977, Basel

65

Kyle MacLachlan

American actor

*February 22nd, 1959, Yakima

50

James Blunt

English singer-songwriter

*February 22nd, 1974, Tidworth

21

Ridya Aulia Fatasya

Indonesian badminton player

*February 22nd, 2003, Semarang City

52

Claudia Pechstein

German speed skater

*February 22nd, 1972, Berlin

67

George Washington

President of the United States from 1789 to 1797

*February 22nd, 1732, Westmoreland County †December 14th, 1799, Mount Vernon

44

Jeanette Biedermann

German singer

*February 22nd, 1980, East Berlin

44

Steve Irwin

Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962–2006)

*February 22nd, 1962, Upper Ferntree Gully †September 4th, 2006, Batt Reef

62

Kenneth Williams

British actor and comedian (1926–1988)

*February 22nd, 1926, Islington †April 15th, 1988, London Borough of Camden

53

Lea Salonga

Filipina singer and actress (born 1971)

*February 22nd, 1971, Ermita

77

Axel Strøbye

Danish film actor

*February 22nd, 1928, Frederiksberg †July 12th, 2005, Copenhagen

40

Branislav Ivanović

Serbian association football player

*February 22nd, 1984, Sremska Mitrovica

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Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 22nd

Fixed holidays (Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 22nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on February 22nd, 1979
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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