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Events

• 1847 (179 years ago) Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
• 1904 (122 years ago) 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.
• 1958 (68 years ago) Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
• 1974 (52 years ago) 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.
• 1986 (40 years ago) Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
• 2002 (24 years ago) Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
• 2005 (21 years ago) 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.
• 2014 (12 years ago) 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.

Births

• 1732 (294 years ago) George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (died 1799)
• 1788 (238 years ago) Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (died 1860)
• 1857 (169 years ago) Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, philosopher, and academic (died 1894)
• 1857 (169 years ago) Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general, co-founded The Scout Association (died 1941)
• 1900 (126 years ago) Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer (died 1983)
• 1943 (83 years ago) Horst Köhler, Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany (died 2025)
• 1962 (64 years ago) Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (died 2006)
• 1975 (51 years ago) Drew Barrymore, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

Deaths

• 606 (1420 years ago) Sabinian, Pope of the Catholic Church
• 1512 (514 years ago) Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer and explorer (born 1454)
• 1875 (151 years ago) Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (born 1796)
• 1913 (113 years ago) Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (born 1857)
• 1939 (87 years ago) Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (born 1875)
• 1942 (84 years ago) Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (born 1881)
• 1943 (83 years ago) Sophie Scholl, German activist (born 1921)
• 1987 (39 years ago) Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (born 1928)

All 343 events, births and deaths of February 22