On This Day February 22nd

 OTD

February 22nd is the Fifty-third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 312 days remain until the end of the year.


Events

1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of February 14–20 demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

1371 – Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.

1632 – Ferdinando II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.

1770 – British customs officer Ebenezer Richardson fires blindly into a crowd during a protest in North End, Boston, fatally wounding 11-year-old Christopher Seider, the first American fatality of the American Revolution.

1819 – By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sold Florida for five million U.S. dollars to the United States.

1847 – Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.

1879 – In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many five-and-dime Woolworth stores.

1904 – The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands were subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.

1959 – Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.

1973 – Cold War: The two countries agree to establish liaison offices following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China.

1980 – Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.

1997 – In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announced that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned.


Birthdays

1040 – Rashi, French rabbi and author (d. 1105)

1732 – George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (d. 1799)

1918 – Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (d. 2014)

1934 – Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)

1950 – Julius Erving, American basketball player,

 and sportscaster.

1968 – Jeri Ryan, American model and actress.

 

Holiday Spotlight

TEX AVERY DAY

Frederick Bean Tex Avery was born in Taylor, Texas, on February 26, 1908. Avery graduated from North Dallas School in 1926. He was interested in becoming a newspaper cartoonist but took a three-month course that he did not complete. He married his girlfriend, Patricia, in 1935, and she was a Universal Studios employee then.

Avery started his career in 1928 in Los Angeles. After spending a few months working menial jobs, he worked at Winkler Pictures as an inker. The studio did not last long, but during this time, he worked on the animated short film “Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.” He joined Universal Studio Cartoons (Walter Lantz Productions) as an inker but rapidly worked up and ended up as an animator by 1930. He worked under Bill Nolan, who gave Avery enough space to be creative. By 1935, Avery left Walter Lantz Productions, convinced Mr. Leon Schlesinger, a Warner Bros. producer, that he was an experienced director and got a job at Warner Bros. In the following years, he created his masterpieces and developed less realistic cartoon characters like Porky Pig, which deviated from the realism commonly used by studios like Disney.

Avery used innovative and daring ideas and techniques that changed cartoons. He had a great career and created characters that we still see today. His hometown of Taylor, Texas, even declared February 22 a local holiday to honor his contributions. And even if the day isn’t a holiday for you, take the time to watch some “Looney Tunes” and praise the genius that was Tex Avery.

 

Others Include.

e Humble Day

Discover Girl Day

European Day for Victims of Crime

Founders Day - (World Organization of the Scout Movement)

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

National Cook a Sweet Potato Day

National Margarita Day

National Wildlife Day

Recreational Sports & Fitness Day

Single Tasking Day

Tex Avery Day

The Great American Spit Out

Walking the Dog Day

Washington's Birthday

Woolworth's Day

World Thinking Day

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