Historical Events In February - 22
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1996 Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice on this day in history.
1996 STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit on this day in history.
1998 On this day in history "King & I," closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 781 performances
1998 18th Winter Olympics games close at Nagano Japan on this day in history.
2005 More than 50 people were killed and over 1,00 injured after entire villages werere flattened in an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale in Zarand region of Kerman province in southern Iran on February - 22.
2006 On February - 22 a bomb heavily damages the Al Askari Mosque, a Shiite holy site in Samarra, Iraq.
2006 On this day in history over £53.1 million is stolen during the Securitas depot robbery, the largest ever cash robbery in the United Kingdom.
2006 On this day in history the 1 billionth song is purchased from the Apple iTunes Store.
2007 On February - 22 a Large fire causes 26 fatalities in care center "Regi" which is located in Alsunga, Latvia.
2011 On this day in history uncertainty over Libyan oil output causes crude oil prices to rise 20% over a two-week period following the Arab Spring,[14] causing the 2011 energy crisis.
2011 On February - 22 an earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 181 people
2012 On February - 22 train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 50 and injures hundreds
2013 29 people are killed and 150 are injured by by 3 Syrian army missiles in Aleppo on this day in history.
2014 On this day in history matteo Renzi becomes Prime Minister of Italy
2017 On February - 22 discovery of 7 Earth-sized planets orbiting star Trappist-1 announced in Journal "Nature" - raises possibility of alien life
2017 On this day in history jay-Z becomes 1st rapper to be inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame alongside Max Martin, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
2017 US President Donald Trump overturns Obama directive on Transgender rights to use toilets on this day in history.
2018 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stirs up controversy by declaring he prefers quinoa to rice, the national dish on February - 22.
2019 Robert Kraft , owner of NFL team the New England Patriots, charged with soliciting prostitution, as part of human-trafficking sting operation in Jupiter, Florida on February - 22.
2020 Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo marks his 1,000th senior appearance by scoring in Juventus' 2-1 Serie A win over SPAL; 725 career goals in 836 club games and 164 internationals on this day in history.
2021 Wife of drug cartel boss " El Chapo " Emma Coronel Aispuro arrested in the US on drug trafficking charges and conspiring to free her husband from prison on this day in history.
2021 On February - 22 cOVID-19 pandemic: The United States becomes the first country to surpass 500,000 deaths from the virus.
2021 On this day in history luca Attanasio, the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is murdered near Goma.
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