Daily Calendar for February 22nd, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

Every Year

• Independence Day (Saint Lucia)

1510s

• Died 1512: Amerigo Vespucci (explorer)

1630s

• 1630: Popcorn was first introduced to English colonists by Native Americans

1730s

• Born 1732: George Washington (1st U.S. president)

1770s

• Born 1778: Rembrandt Peale (artist)

1810s

• 1819: "Florida Purchase" treaty signed

1870s

• 1879: The F.W. Woolworth discount store chain started in Utica, New York

1880s

• 1881: Ancient Egyptian obelisk that had been erected in Central Park was officially presented to New York City

1890s

• Born 1892: Edna St. Vincent Millay (poet)

1900s

• 1902: A fist fight broke out on the Senate floor between Senator John McLaurin and Senator Ben Tillman

1910s

• Died 1913: Mexican President Francisco I. Madero was assassinated

1920s

• 1924: Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast speech from the White House

1930s

• Born 1932: Edward Moore Kennedy (politician)

• Born 1934: George "Sparky" Anderson (baseball manager)

1960s

• Born 1962: Steve Irwin (herpetologist and host of The Crocodile Hunter)

• Born 1966: Rachel Dratch (actress)

1970s

• Born 1975: Drew Barrymore (actress)

1990s

• Died 1995: Ed Flanders (actor)

2000s

• Died 2002: Chuck Jones (Warner Bros. animator, created Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck)

• Died 2002: Jonas Savimbi (Angola's rebel leader)

• 2005: 10-pound 14-ounce 'aweoweo caught, Penguin Bank, O'ahu, Hawaii

• 2005: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Zarand in Iran

• Died 2007: Dennis Johnson (basketball player)

2010s

• 2011: A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand

• 2014: Babe Ruth's 1923 World Series pocket watch sold for $717,000 at auction

• 2014: Baseball bat that belonged to "Shoeless" Joe Jackson sold for $958,000 at auction