Historical Events In February - 22

1996  On February - 22 actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice   

1996  STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit on this day in history.   

1998  On February - 22 "King & I," closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 781 performances   

1998  18th Winter Olympics games close at Nagano Japan on February - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

2006  A bomb heavily damages the Al Askari Mosque, a Shiite holy site in Samarra, Iraq on this day in history.   

2006  Over £53.1 million is stolen during the Securitas depot robbery, the largest ever cash robbery in the United Kingdom on this day in history.   

2006  On February - 22 the 1 billionth song is purchased from the Apple iTunes Store.   

2007  A Large fire causes 26 fatalities in care center "Regi" which is located in Alsunga, Latvia on this day in history.   

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  Train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 50 and injures hundreds on February - 22.   

2013  On February - 22 29 people are killed and 150 are injured by by 3 Syrian army missiles in Aleppo   

2014  Matteo Renzi becomes Prime Minister of Italy on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history uS President Donald Trump overturns Obama directive on Transgender rights to use toilets   

2018  On this day in history malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stirs up controversy by declaring he prefers quinoa to rice, the national dish   

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  On this day in history 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   

2021  On February - 22 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   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The United States becomes the first country to surpass 500,000 deaths from the virus on this day in history.   

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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1040  Rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105) was born on February - 22.   

1403  On February - 22 birth of charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English   

1403  On February - 22 birth of charles VII of France (d. 1461)   

1440  On this day in history birth of ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia   

1500  On February - 22 birth of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)   

1514  On February - 22 birth of tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)   

1542  On February - 22 birth of santino Garsi, composer   

1573  Gemignano Capilupi, composer was born on this day in history.   

0606  On this day in history sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies   

0965  On this day in history death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)   

1071  On February - 22 arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle   

1076  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26] on this day in history.   

1078  Johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies on February - 22.   

1111  On February - 22 death of roger Borsa, King of Sicily   

1213  Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies on February - 22.   

1371  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46 on this day in history.