February 22
People born on this day are Pisces.
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Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
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The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
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In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
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Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
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At approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time, explosions occurred at the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, caused the escalation of sectarian tensions in Iraq into a full-scale civil war.
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The Securitas depot robbery was the UK's largest heist. Almost £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) was stolen from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
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New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake, the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, kills 185 people.
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Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
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A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.
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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.
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A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.
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A man throws a grenade at the U.S. embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt.
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1999Harry Brook, English cricketer
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1997Jerome Robinson, American basketball player
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1997Ilya Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player
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1996Kia Nurse, Canadian basketball player
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1995Devonte' Graham, American basketball player
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1994Nam Joo-hyuk, South Korean model and actor
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1994Elfrid Payton, American basketball player
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1992Dixon Machado, Venezuelan baseball player
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1991Khalil Mack, American football player
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1989Franco Vázquez, Argentine footballer
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1988Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter
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1987Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model
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