Daily Calendar for Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Died
- Amerigo Vespucci (explorer) β
- Francisco I. Madero (Mexican President; was assassinated) β
- Ed Flanders (actor) β
- Jonas Savimbi (Angola’s rebel leader) β
- Chuck Jones (Warner Bros. animator, created Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck) β
- Dennis Johnson (basketball player) β
Born
- George Washington (1st U.S. president) β
- Rembrandt Peale (artist) β
- Edna St. Vincent Millay (poet) β
- Edward Moore "Teddy" Kennedy (politician) β
- George "Sparky" Anderson (baseball manager) β
- Steve Irwin (herpetologist and host of The Crocodile Hunter) β
- Rachel Dratch (actress) β
- Drew Barrymore (actress) β
Events
- Popcorn was first introduced to English colonists by Native Americansβ
- Florida Purchase treaty signedβ
- The F.W. Woolworth discount store chain started in Utica, New Yorkβ
- Ancient Egyptian obelisk that had been erected in Central Park was officially presented to New York Cityβ
- A fist fight broke out on the Senate floor between Senator John McLaurin and Senator Ben Tillmanβ
- Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast speech from the White Houseβ
- A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Zarand in Iranβ
- 10-pound 14-ounce βaweoweo caught, Penguin Bank, O’ahu, Hawaiiβ
- A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealandβ
- Babe Ruth’s 1923 World Series pocket watch sold for $717,000 at auctionβ
- Baseball bat that belonged to Shoeless Joe Jackson sold for $958,000 at auctionβ
Weather
- The Susquehanna River ice bridge at Havre de Grace, Maryland, began to break up after 40 days of useβ
- 11 inches of snow fell in Blue Lick, Missouriβ
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