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1943 : Execution of the first members of the White Rose On 22 February 1943, three student members of the resistance group the White Rose,Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst, were executed by Nazi Germany. Motto of the White Rose resistance : We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will not leave you in peace!
1967 : Dolly The Sheep On 22 February 1997, Scottish scientist from the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, have announced the successful cloning of a sheep named Dolly, born in July 1996.
1979 : Saint Lucia On February 22, 1979, Saint Lucia, an island in the Caribbean, gained independence from the United Kingdom.
2009 : Slumdog Millionaire On February 22, 2009, the film Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle wins 8 Oscars. The film, shot in India, tells the story of a man from Bombay who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
2011 : Earthquake in Christchurch On February 22, 2011, an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 300 people.

George Washington
It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

George Washington, Primero presidente de los Estados Unidos (1732)
Arthur Schopenhauer, Filósofo alemán (1788)
James Russell Lowell, Poeta americano (1819)
Jules Renard, Escritor francés (1864)
Luis Buñuel, Director de cine español (1900)
Robert Young, Actor americano (1907)
John Mills, Actor Inglés (1908)
Rómulo Betancourt, Presidente venezolano (1908)
Renato Dulbecco, Virólogo italiano Premio Nobel de Medicina (1914)
Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Emperador de África Central (1921)
Giulietta Masina, Actriz italiana (1921)
Ted Kennedy, Político americano (1932)
Horst Köhler, Presidente de Alemania (1943)
Jonathan Demme, Director de cine americano (1944)
Niki Lauda, Piloto austriaco (1949)
Miou-Miou, Actriz francesa (1950)
Julie Walters, Actriz inglesa (1950)
Kyle MacLachlan, Actor americano (1959)
Ed Boon, Programador de juegos de video americano (Mortal Kombat) (1965)
Michael Chang, Jugador de tenis estadounidense (1972)
James Blunt, Músico inglés (1974)
Drew Barrymore, Actriz americana (1975)
Jenny Frost, Cantante inglesa (Atomic Kitten) (1978)
Jennifer Ketcham, Actriz pornográfica (Penny Flame) (1983)
Branislav Ivanović, Futbolista serbio (1984)
Tommy Bowe, Jugador de rugby de Irlanda (1984)

Amerigo Vespucci, Explorador italiano (1512)
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Pintor francés (1875)
George Francis Fitzgerald, Matemático irlandés (1901)
Antonio Machado, Poeta español (1939)
Stefan Zweig, Escritor austriaco (1942)
Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Primer ministro de Quebec (1973)
Florence Ballard, Cantante americana (The Supremes) (1976)
Andy Warhol, Artista americano (1987)
Chuck Jones, Dibujante (2002)

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