22 February

Peter Artedi
22 February 1705 – 27 September 1735
Swedish scientist whose study of fish has earned him the recognition of being the ‘father of Ichthyology’. » more

George Washington
22 February 1732 – 14 December 1799
American, first President of the new Republic. » more

Pierre Janssen
22 February 1824 – 23 December 1907
French astronomer who co-discovered the gas Helium. » more

Heinrich Hertz
22 February 1857 – 1 January 1894
German scientist researched electromagnetic waves (basis of radio and television broadcasting). » more

Robert Baden-Powell
22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941
English army officer who established the Boy Scout organisation. » more

Olave Baden-Powell
22 February 1889 – 25 June 1977
Wife of Robert Baden-Powell, she established the Girl Guides organisation. » more

Michael Bishop
22 February 1936
American scientist who discovered a gene (oncogenes) that can turn a healthy cell into a tumor. Nobel Laureate. » more

Niki Lauda
22 February 1949
Austrian Formula One car racing driver. » more

Today’s National Day
22 February – Saint Lucia

Today’s Quote
You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play.
 … Warren Beatty

Today’s No. 1 Hit
1970 – Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel.

Today’s events
22 February 1632 – Galileo published his book detailing how the earth rotated around the sun (instead of the conventional wisdom of the sun rotating around the earth).
22 February 1876 – Inauguration of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, America.
22 February 1879 – Frank Woolworth opens his first store, in New York.
22 February 1907 – London taxis start using meters for fare calculation.
22 February 1928 – England-Australia solo flight completed by Australian pioneer aviator Bert Hinkler.
22 February 1997 – The world told about the cloned sheep Dolly (Edinburgh, Scotland).