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Santo Domingo.- The ephemeris of the 22nd of February, are marked by important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history.
- World Encephalitis Day. It is an anniversary celebrated on February 22nd since 2014.
- European Day for Victims of Crime. It is an anniversary celebrated on February 22nd that promotes the fight against any form of violence, crime and discrimination, as well as support and protection for victims.
- European Equal Pay Day. It is an anniversary celebrated on February 22nd since 2011.
- Scout Thinking Day. It is an anniversary celebrated on February 22nd in commemoration of the birth of Lord Baden Powell, founder of the scout movement, and his wife Lady Olave, who was world chief guide.
- Argentina: Argentine Antarctica Day. It is an anniversary celebrated on February 22nd that commemorates the inauguration of the Meteorological Observatory on Laurie Island since 1904, which later became the Orcadas Base. With its creation began Argentina's uninterrupted presence in Antarctica.
- Mexico: Agronomist Engineer Day. It is an anniversary celebrated on February 22nd because in Mexico the first university dedicated to agriculture was founded, the National School of Agriculture, today known as the Autonomous University of Chapingo.
National: February 22nd Anniversaries
- 1498. Admiral Christopher Columbus established a majorat in favor of his son Diego Colón.
- 1533. The Royal Audience asks for opinions among the inhabitants of the city of Santo Domingo, about what should be done to be successful in the peace negotiations with Cacique Enriquillo (Guacanagarí).
- 1602. The kings of Spain appoint Antonio Osorio Governor, Captain General and President of the Royal Audience of La Española.
- 1863. General Santiago Rodríguez rose up in the community of Sabaneta, sending a column to San José de las Matas, also this same day the locals of Montecristi revolted.
- 1930. Rafael Estrella Ureña, Elías Brache and Desiderio Arias lead in Santiago a civic movement opposing the regime of Horacio Vásquez, receiving the support of the head of the Army, General Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina.
- 1940. The National Congress knows and approves a bill that declares, from August 16, 1930, the Era of Trujillo, the date of the governmental period that the dictator Rafael Trujillo Molina.
- 1944. The international Airport “General Andrews” is inaugurated in the country in honor of U.S. Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews, killed in battle in Europe in World War II.
- 1962. The so-called “Emergency Law” is promulgated, by means of which the Council of State could deport people who were considered “dangerous for national tranquility and hinder the electoral process”.
- - The young intellectuals Hugo Tolentino Dipp, Marcio Mejía Guzmán, Diego Bordas, Francisco Henríquez Vásquez and José Feris Iglesias are arrested and the first Council of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo is installed.
- 1978. President Joaquín Balaguer begins his political promotion with a view to obtaining the fourth consecutive period, despite reflecting visual problems that he never admitted.
- 1993. The former constitutionalist combatants Evelio Hernández, Norge Botello and Vice Admiral Manuel Ramón Monte Arache meet to deny Hamlet Hermann, about the alleged betrayal of these to Francisco Caamaño Deñó, upon his arrival at the head of a guerrilla group in February 1972.
- 2011. The former president of Honduras, in asylum in the country, Manuel Zelaya, attributes the coup d'état against him to the relationship of friendship he maintains with the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, because the United States threatened him for it, as well as that the Americans manage the economy, the army, international relations and the fuels of their nation.
- 2015. The journalist and diplomat Cesar Medina reveals that security agencies and international agencies are investigating the background of the complaint made by drug trafficker Quirino E. Paulino Castillo, to determine if it is part of a plan that would involve his physical elimination to tarnish former President Leonel Fernández and remove him from the presidential race.
- 2018. The federal judge of the state of Florida, Kenneth A. Marra, sentences ophthalmologist of Dominican origin Salomón Melgen to 17 years in prison plus three years of supervised release, for 67 charges related to fraud against the US public health system (Medicare) of 42 million dollars.
- 2021. The Public Ministry raids the headquarters of the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic from the early hours of the morning, from where two trucks full of documents are extracted, whose directors are investigated, along with other officials, for the alleged commission of several crimes of administrative corruption, including obstruction of justice and money laundering.
- 2022. The Constitutional Court annuls numeral 7 of article 44 of law 33-18, of parties, groupings and political movements, which prohibits political propaganda through advertising messages on radio and television during the pre-election campaign, considering that “exceeds its character of necessity” and violates articles 40.15 and 49 of the Constitution.
International: February 22nd Anniversaries
- 1495. Charles VIII and the French are expelled from Naples.
- 1819. The treaty by which Spain cedes Florida to the United States is signed.
- 1910. The landing of American "marines" takes place in the Nicaraguan port of Corinto, to "induce" the resignation of the Madriz department.
- 1913. Mexican President Francisco Madero, after being deposed by a revolt led by General Victoriano Huerta, is assassinated by the rebels.
- 1960. The President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower, begins a fourteen-day tour of Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, during which he intends to strengthen economic cooperation between his country and Latin America.
- 1974. Pakistan recognizes Bangladesh.
- 1988. In Mexico, hooded unknowns assassinate journalist Manuel Burgueño.
- 2000. ETA assassinates in Vitoria the socialist spokesman in the Basque Parliament, Fernando Buesa Blanco, and his escort.
- 2010. The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela, Álvaro Uribe and Hugo Chávez, have a strong exchange of words during the Summit of Unity of Latin America and the Caribbean, of presidents and heads of state of the region held in Cancun, Mexico.
- -The German airline Lufthansa canceled hundreds of flights today due to a four-day pilot strike, which is the largest in the history of aviation in Germany and will cost the company 100 million euros (136 million dollars).
- 2013. Colombian government and the FARC accuse each other of bogging down the peace process taking place in Havana, Cuba.
- 2014. Mexican Marines and police officers captured the founder of the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquín - El Chapo- Guzman, inside an apartment complex in Mazatlán.
- -The President of Ukraine, Víktor Yanukovych, flees to an unknown location and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is released.
- 2016. The National Remembrance Institute of Poland publishes part of the documents that supposedly demonstrate that Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President Lech Walesa collaborated with the communist secret police in exchange for money, before assuming the leadership of the Solidarity union.
- 2018. The Haitian government decreed the suspension for two months of the activities of the British NGO Oxfam, after the revelation of abuses committed by some of its employees, who hired prostitutes after the earthquake that devastated the country in 2010.
- 2020. The Chinese authorities try to send a message of calm by assuring that they have the COVID-19 epidemic under control, given the fewer appearances in these last days of new cases of the disease, which has already left more than 2,200 dead in the country.
- 2021. WHO approves two emergency versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, which paves the way for the distribution of hundreds of millions of doses to disadvantaged countries previously deprived of immunization.
- - NASA releases the first audio from the planet Mars, a slight sound of wind captured by the Perseverance rover, along with a video of the mission's arrival on the red planet.
- 2022. US President Joe Biden announces the imposition of the first round of economic sanctions against Russia, with the aim of isolating Moscow from the Western financial system.
- 2023. The Attorney General of Ecuador, Diana Salazar, reports that former President Lenín Moreno, his wife, a daughter, his two brothers, sisters-in-law and 30 other people for alleged bribes received in exchange for benefiting the construction of a hydroelectric plant, while asking the National Court of Justice to set a date and time for the hearing of formulation of charges.
Births: February 22nd Anniversaries
- 1403: Charles VII, French aristocrat, King of France between 1422 and 1461
- 1732: George Washington, first President and hero of the Independence of the United States.
- 1788: Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher.
- 1843: Viscount of Taunay, aristocrat, writer, military engineer, sociologist, historian and Brazilian politician.
- 1857: Robert Baden-Powell, lieutenant general of the British army, founder of the Scout youth movement, the largest in the world.
- 1857: Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist.
- 1908: Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician and journalist, president of Venezuela between 1959 and 1964.
- 1915: Thelma Frías Montalvo, daughter of the marriage of Dhimas Frías and Consuelo Montalvo, who, being very young, dedicated herself to teaching and politics, being elected senator in the elections of December 20, 1962 on the PRD ballot.
- 1921: Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African emperor.
- 1932: Ted Kennedy, American politician.
- 1941: Hipólito Mejía, Dominican agronomist engineer, president of the Dominican Republic between 2000 and 2004.
- 1943: Horst Köhler, German economist and politician, President of Germany between 2004 and 2010.
- 1975: Drew Barrymore, American actress.
Deaths: February 22nd Anniversaries
- 1512: Amerigo Vespucci, the explorer and navigator who came to the conclusion that the lands discovered by the Spanish were not part of Asia, but a new continent.
- 1760: Anna Magdalena Bach, German soprano and composer, wife of Johann Sebastian Bach.
- 2002: Jonas Savimbi, Angolan counter-revolutionary (b. 1934), leader of UNITA; fallen in combat.
