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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_22" title="February 22">February 22</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday" title="Ash Wednesday">Ash Wednesday</a></b> (Western Christianity, 2023)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1316" title="1316">1316</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Catalonia" title="Principality of Catalonia">Catalan</a> forces of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_of_Majorca" title="Ferdinand of Majorca">Ferdinand of Majorca</a> defeated troops loyal to Princess <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Hainaut" title="Matilda of Hainaut">Matilda of Hainaut</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Picotin" title="Battle of Picotin">Battle of Picotin</a></b> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnese" title="Peloponnese">Peloponnese</a> peninsula in modern-day Greece.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909" title="1909">1909</a> – The sixteen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> battleships of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_White_Fleet" title="Great White Fleet">Great White Fleet</a>, led by <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Connecticut_(BB-18)" title="USS Connecticut (BB-18)"><i>Connecticut</i></a></b>, completed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumnavigation" title="Circumnavigation">circumnavigation</a> of the globe.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a> – Scientists at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roslin_Institute" title="Roslin Institute">Roslin Institute</a> in Scotland announced the existence of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep)" title="Dolly (sheep)">Dolly</a></b>, a female sheep who was the first mammal to have successfully been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloning" title="Cloning">cloned</a> from an adult cell.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a> – Seven men staged the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securitas_depot_robbery" title="Securitas depot robbery">largest cash robbery in Britain</a></b> at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securitas_AB" title="Securitas AB">Securitas</a> depot in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonbridge" title="Tonbridge">Tonbridge</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, United Kingdom.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Bebel" title="August Bebel">August Bebel</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1840); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saufatu_Sopoanga" title="Saufatu Sopoanga">Saufatu Sopoanga</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1952); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Jones" title="Chuck Jones">Chuck Jones</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2002)</p>
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