Friday, February 22, 2013

This was 53rd day of the year and 312 days remained in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 12 Adar 5773
Chinese calendar — the 13th day of the 1st month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

February 22 Birthdays

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1732–1799, First American President.

Arthur Schopenhauer
philosopher (1788)

James Russell Lowell
poet, critic, and editor (1819)

Edna St. Vincent Millay
poet (1892)

Edward Kennedy
U.S. Senator (1932)

Jonathan Demme
director, producer, screenwriter (1944)

Julius Erving
basketball player (1950)

Drew Barrymore
actress (1975)

February 2013

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February 22 in History

1371

Robert II succeeded to the throne of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.

1819

Spain ceded Florida to the United States.

1879

Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first "Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York.

1924

Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.

1935

Airplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.

1980

In a major upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets 4–3 at Lake Placid, N.Y.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.