February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 312 days remaining until the end of the year (313 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).
+ 1856 – The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh.
+ 1879 – In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
+ 1924 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio address from the White House.
+ 1959 – Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
( Births )
+ 1732 – George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (d. 1799)
+ 1907 – Robert Young, American actor (d. 1998)
+ 1932 – Ted Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2009)
+ 1934 – Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)