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Notable anniversaries in history for today: February 22
- 250th: 1774 - English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of George "Sparky" Anderson in South Dakota, USA; baseball manager (Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Thomas Paul in Chicago, Illinois, USA; bass (New York City Opera 1963-70).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of E J Peaker in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; actress (That's Life).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Jonathan Demme in Baldwin, New York, USA; actor/director (Caged Heat, Swing Shift).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Ranjit Fernando; Sri Lankan cricket wicketkeeper (1975 World Cup).
- 80th: 1944 - US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Gigi Fernandez [Beatriz] in San Juan, Puerto Rico; US tennis star (Olympics-gold-1996, 1988 US Open Doubles).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of James Wlcek in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Trent - Walker Texas Ranger, Linc - As the World Turns).
- 60th: 1964 - Edie Martin, actor (Titfield Thunderbolt), dies at age 84.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Aaron Gavey in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Kyoko Nagatsuka in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan; tennis star (1996 Hobart).
- 50th: 1974 - Ethiopian police shoot at demonstrators.
- 40th: 1984 - David, spent most of his life in a plastic bubble, dies at age 12.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Jessamyn West, American writer (born 1902).
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, a Pakistani religious leader of Allo Mahar Shrif.
- 40th: 1984 - Brothers Anton and Peter Stastny score 8 points each for NHL Québec Nordiques.
- 30th: 1994 - "Papa" John Creach, American jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at age 76 (born 1917).
- 30th: 1994 - Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged with spying for the Soviet Union by the United States Department of Justice.
- 25th: 1999 - Moderate Iraqi Shiite cleric Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr is assassinated.
- 20th: 2004 - Home Box Office airs the final episode of TV show Sex and the City in the US after its six-season run.
- 15th: 2009 - An explosion in a coking coal mine in China kills 74 miners in Shanxi province.
- 15th: 2009 - Canada's Lotto 6/49 lottery top prize of CDN$50.3 million is won by holders of four winning tickets. The prize is the second-biggest jackpot in Canadian lottery history.
- 15th: 2009 - In Los Angeles, California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences holds its Oscar awards ceremony.
- Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Director: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Actress: Kate Winslet for The Reader
- Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz for Wicky Cristina Barcelona
- Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
- Best Actor: Sean Penn for Milk
- Best Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Original Score: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Song: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Screenwriter: Dustin Lance Black for Milk
- Best Foreign-language Film: Departures.
- 15th: 2009 - Toronto-based Laddie Dennis, the first woman to appear on Canadian television, dies at age 88.
- 10th: 2014 - The Ukrainian parliament votes to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from office, replacing him with Oleksandr Turchynov, after days of civil unrest left around 100 people dead in Kiev, Ukraine.
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