February 22 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2015 — A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people. ↗
• 2014 — 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... ↗
• 2012 — A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others. ↗
• 2011 — New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake strikes Christchurch, killing 185 people. ↗
• 2011 — Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces... ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1994 — Rachael Leahcar, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1992 — Alexander Merkel, Kazakhstani-German footballer
• 1990 — Luca Profeta, Italian footballer
• 1989 — Anna Sundstrand, Swedish singer, dancer, and actress
• 1989 — Franco Vázquez, Argentinian footballer