February 22

February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 312 days remaining, 313 in leap years.

Events:

• 1979: Independence of Saint Lucia

Births:

• 1732: George Washington (first U.S. president)
• 1778: [Rembrandt Peale]? (artist)
• 1810: Frederic Chopin (composer)
• 1819: [James Russell Lowell]? (poet, essayist)
• 1944: Jonathan Demme (director)
• 1950: [Julius Erving]? (Basketball Hall of Famer)
• 1950: [Julie Walters]? (actress)
• 1959: Kyle MacLachlan (actor)
• 1975: Drew Barrymore (actress)

Deaths:

• 1875: Sir Charles Lyell, British geologist

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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