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Ben Sasse, American politician and college administrator
Ben Sasse| Year | Name / Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1076 | February 22 | Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. |
| 1316 | Battle of Picotin | The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand. |
| 1371 | Robert II of Scotland | Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty. |
| 1495 | Charles VIII of France | King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne. |
| 1632 | Ferdinando II de' Medici | Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. |
| 1651 | St. Peter's flood | St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people. |
| 1744 | War of the Austrian Succession | War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended. |
| 1770 | North End, Boston | British customs officer Ebenezer Richardson fires blindly into a crowd during a protest in North End, Boston, fatally wounding 11-year-old Christopher Seider; the first American fatality of the American Revolution. |
| 1797 | Battle of Fishguard | The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales. |
| 1819 | Adams–Onís Treaty | By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars. |
| 1847 | Mexican–American War | Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops. |
| 1848 | French Revolution of 1848 | The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins. |
| 1856 | Republican Party (United States) | The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh. |
| 1862 | American Civil War | American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861. |
| 1872 | Prohibition Party | The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee. |
| 1879 | Utica, New York | In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores. |
| 1881 | Cleopatra's Needle (New York City) | Cleopatra's Needle, a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected in Central Park, New York. |
| 1889 | President of the United States | President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states. |
| 1899 | Philippine Revolutionary Army | Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans. |
| 1904 | South Orkney Islands | The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908. |
| 1909 | Battleship | The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world. |
| 1921 | Roman von Ungern-Sternberg | After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.[citation needed] |
| 1942 | World War II | World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable. |
| 1943 | White Rose | World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany. |
| 1943 | Yankee Clipper (flying boat) | Yankee Clipper crashes while landing on the Tagus in Lisbon, killing 24. |
| 1944 | Bombing of Nijmegen | World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone. |
| 1944 | Red Army | World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog. |
| 1946 | X Article | The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow. |
| 1957 | Ngo Dinh Diem | Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột. |
| 1958 | Egypt | Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic. |
| 1959 | Lee Petty | Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500. |
| 1972 | Official Irish Republican Army | The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others. |
| 1973 | Cold War | Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices. |
| 1974 | Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh. |
| 1974 | Samuel Byck | Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but commits suicide after being wounded by police. |
| 1979 | Saint Lucia | Saint Lucia gains independence from the United Kingdom. |
| 1980 | Miracle on Ice | Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3. |
| 1983 | Broadway theatre | The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. |
| 1986 | People Power Revolution | Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines. |
| 1994 | Aldrich Ames | Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union. |
| 1995 | CORONA (satellite) | The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified. |
| 1997 | Roslin, Midlothian | In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned. |
| 2002 | Angola | Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush. |
| 2005 | 2005 Zarand earthquake | The 6.4 Mw Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured. |
| 2006 | UTC+03:00 | At approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time, explosions occurred at the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, caused the escalation of sectarian tensions in Iraq into a full-scale civil war. |
| 2006 | Securitas depot robbery | The Securitas depot robbery was the UK's largest heist. Almost £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) was stolen from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent. |
| 2011 | 2011 Christchurch earthquake | New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake, the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, kills 185 people. |
| 2011 | 2011 Bahraini uprising | Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests. |
| 2012 | 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster | A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others. |
| 2014 | Viktor Yanukovych | President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion. |
| 2015 | Sinking of ML Mostofa-3 | A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people. |
| 2018 | 2018 United States embassy attack in Podgorica | A man throws a grenade at the U.S. embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt. |
| 2022 | Twosday | Twosday, the name given to Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22:22, occurs. |
