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Historical events & facts — February 22
What happened on February 22?
On February 22, 1732, George Washington was born in Pope's Creek, Virginia — first President of the United States of America (1789-1797) and commander in chief of the revolutionary army that defeated Great Britain in the War of Independence. Washington refused to be king, established the precedent of two-term limits and is considered the "Father of the Nation".
On February 22, 1997, Scotland's Roslin Institute announced it had successfully cloned an adult sheep using the nucleus of a mammary gland cell. The sheep, named Dolly, was the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, revolutionising biology and sparking an intense global debate on the ethics of cloning and the possibility of cloning human beings.
On February 22, 2011, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi delivered a rambling speech from Tripoli promising to fight rebels house by house. After 42 years in power, his regime was crumbling before the advance of rebel forces backed by NATO. Gaddafi was captured and lynched on October 20, 2011 in Sirte, his hometown, ending his dictatorship.
Notable birthdays — February 22
Famous people born on February 22
Adolphe Quetelet
Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician, and sociologist who founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences. His name is sometimes spelled with an accent as Quételet.
Frank P. Ramsey
Frank Plumpton Ramsey was a British philosopher, mathematician, and economist who made major contributions to all three fields before his death at the age of 26. He was a close friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein and, as an undergraduate, translated Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus into English. He was also influential in persuading Wittgenstein to return to philosophy and Cambridge.
Paul Dooley
Paul Dooley is an American character actor, television writer and comedian. He is known for his roles in Breaking Away, Popeye, Strange Brew, Sixteen Candles, Cars and various Christopher Guest mockumentaries. He co-created the PBS children's show The Electric Company.
Tom Van Arsdale
Thomas Arthur Van Arsdale is an American former professional basketball player. The 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) guard and small forward played 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons, Cincinnati Royals/Kansas City–Omaha Kings, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks, and Phoenix Suns. In 1966, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team.
Tom Okker
Thomas Samuel Okker, nicknamed "the Flying Dutchman", is a Dutch former tennis player who was active from the mid-1960s until 1980. He won the 1973 French Open Doubles, the 1976 US Open Doubles, and two gold medals at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel. He was ranked among the world's top-ten singles players for seven consecutive years, 1968–74, reaching a career high of world No. 3 in 1974.
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