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What Happened On 22nd February 1944 In History

February 22nd (1944) was a Tuesday. It's the 50th day of the year (51st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 315 days left to the end of the year.

Historical Events for 22nd February, 1944

  • » World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.

Famous Birthdays on February 22 in 1944

  • » Jonathan Demme, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • » Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (d. 2003)
  • » Christopher Meyer, English diplomat
  • » Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player

February 22nd Famous Deaths for 1944

  • » Kasturba Gandhi, Indian wife of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1869)

February 22nd Holidays in History

  • » Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance:
  • » World Thinking Day (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)
  • » Scientology holidays known as Celebrity Day (Church of Scientology)
  • » Christian Calendar of saints e.g Feast Day:
  • » Baradates
  • » Eric Liddell (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • » Cathedra Petri or Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter (Roman Catholic Church)
  • » Margaret of Cortona
  • » February 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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