**Miscellaneous/Birthdays - February 22 1732 - George Washington 1st U.S. President [1789-1797]; “I cannot tell a lie...” ; died Dec. 14, 1799 1778 - Rembrandt Peale artist: painted hundreds of portraits, member of the famous Peale family of artists; died Oct 4, 1860 1810 - Frederic Francois Chopin composer: of more than 200 compositions for solo piano; died Oct 17, 1849 1819 - James Russell Lowell essayist, poet: A Fable for Critics, The Biglow Papers, The Vision of Sir Launfal, Commemoration Ode, The Cathedral; first editor of Atlantic Monthly, co-editor: North American Review; founded The Pioneer literary magazine; died Aug 12, 1891 1857 - Robert Baden-Powell founder: British Boy Scout Association; died Jan 8, 1941; see February 8 1907 - Robert (George) Young Emmy Award-winning actor: Father Knows Best, [1958], Marcus Welby M.D. [1970], The Bride Wore Red, Crossfire, Honolulu, Northwest Passage; died July 21, 1998 1907 - Sheldon Leonard (Bershad) actor: It’s a Wonderful Life, Guys and Dolls; Emmy Award-winning Director: The Danny Thomas Show [1957, 1961], and Executive Producer: My World and Welcome to It [1970]; died Jan 10, 1997 1908 - Sir John Mills actor: Frankenstein, A Tale of Two Cities, Around the World in 80 Days, Gandhi, Oklahoma Crude, Ryan’s Daughter, King Rat, The Swiss Family Robinson, War and Peace, Great Expectations, Goodbye Mr. Chips, The Ghost Camera; father of actresses Juliet and Hayley Mills; died April 23, 2005 1917 - Charles O. (Oscar) Finley baseball owner: KC Athletics, Oakland Athletics: last team to win three consecutive World Series [1972-1974]; “He pinched pennies and built winners.”; died Feb 20, 1996 1918 - Sid (Sidney) Abel hockey: NHL: Detroit Red Wings [NHL MVP: 1949], Chicago Blackhawks; died Feb 8, 2000 1918 - Robert Wadlow tallest recorded man; died July 15, 1940; see Gentle Giant Day [above] 1926 - Bud Yorkin Emmy Award-winning Director: An Evening with Fred Astaire [1959] and The Jack Benny Specials [1960] 1928 - Paul Dooley actor: The Underneath, Flashback, Last Rites, Sixteen Candles, Endangered Species, Paternity, Slap Shot, Breaking Away, The Player 1932 - Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy U.S. Senator from Massachusetts [1962-2009]; brother of 35th U.S. President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy; died Aug 25, 2009 1934 - Sparky (George Lee) Anderson baseball: Philadelphia Phillies; manager: Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers; died Nov 4, 2010 1936 - Ernie K-Doe (Ernest Kador Jr.) singer/songwriter: Mother-In-Law; died July 5, 2001 1940 - Chet Walker basketball: Chicago Bulls 1944 - Jonathan Demme Academy Award-winning director: Silence of the Lambs; Philadelphia, Married to the Mob, Swimming to Cambodia, Swing Shift, Melvin and Howard, Last Embrace, Caged Heat; playwright: Fighting Mad, Caged Heat, Hot Box, Angels Hard as They Come 1944 - Tom Okker tennis: Men’s Professional Tour record holder for most doubles titles in a career [78] 1945 - Oliver (Swofford) singer: Jean, Good Morning Starshine; died Feb 12, 2000 1949 - Niki (Andreas Nikolaus) Lauda Grand Prix Hall of Fame auto racer: victories: Spain, Holland [1974]; Monaco, Belgium, Sweden, France, USA [1975]; Brazil, S. Africa, Belgium, Monaco, Britain [1976]; S. Africa, Germany, Holland [1977]; Sweden, Italy [1978]; USA, Britain [1982]; S. African, France, Britain, Austria, Italy [1984]; Holland [1985] 1950 - Julius Erving II Basketball Hall of Famer: Univ of Massachusetts, ABA: Virginia Squires [1971-1973], NY Nets [1973-1976], NBA: Philadelphia 76ers [Dr. J.: 1976-1987], the third pro player to score more than 30,000 career points [after Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]; executive: Orlando Magic 1950 - Miou-Miou (Sylvette Héry) actress: Little Indian Big City, Going Places, Entre Nous, La Lectrice 1950 - Julie Walters actress: Just like a Woman, The Summer House, Mack the Knife, Pick Up Your Ears, Educating Rita 1956 - Amy Alcott golf champion: U.S. Open [1980], Nabisco Dinah Shore [1983, 1988, 1991], Du Maurier Classic [1979] 1959 - Kyle MacLachlan actor: Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, The Flintstones, Dune, In Justice 1975 - Drew Barrymore actress: Bad Girls, Irreconcilable Differences, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Altered States, Wayne’s World 2, Batman Forever, Scream, The Wedding Singer, Charlie’s Angels, Riding in Cars with Boys, 50 First Dates; autobiography [at age 14]: Little Lost Girl; daughter of actor/director John Barrymore Jr.; granddaughter of actor John Barrymore Sr.; great-niece of actors Ethel Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore
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