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KIU TRIVIA: February 22 in the Present and Past

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What’s Happening Today?

Be Humble Day, Be humble is a day to practice humility. It is not a day to talk about oneself, but a day to listen to others, appreciate their accomplishments, and learn from them. It is a day for acknowledging one's imperfections and faults and understanding that improvements can be made. In short, it is a day to be humble.

National Wildlife Day, National Wildlife Day was founded in 2005, to bring awareness to the number of endangered animals nationally, as well as globally, that need to be preserved and rescued from their demise each year, and also to acknowledge zoos and outstanding animal sanctuaries and organizations globally for their work to preserve animals and educate the population, especially children, about conservation. The day was made by Colleen Paige.

World Thinking Day, The day was originally known as Thinking Day, but it was changed to World Thinking Day in 1999. It began in 1926, at the Fourth Girl Scout International Conference, which took place at Camp Edith Macy (now the Edith Macy Conference Center) in New York State. There, delegates said there was a need for an international day for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts that would think about the spread of the groups and about others in the groups around the world, and that would give "sisters" thanks and appreciation. They decided it would take place on February 22 because Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the first Boy Scout movement, and Lady Olave Baden-Powell, his wife and a World Chief Guide, were born on that date.

What Happened Today?

In 1986, The People Power Revolution begins in The Philippines. The nonviolent campaign resulted in the fall of President Ferdinand Marcos and the restoration of the country's democracy.

In 1995, The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified. The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Science and Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force. The CORONA satellites were used for photographic surveillance of the Soviet Union (USSR), China, and other areas beginning in June 1959 and ending in May 1972.

In 2014, President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine was impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.

 

BIRTHDAYS

1     1960, John Chrysestom Muyingo is a Ugandan educator and politician. He is the State Minister for Higher Education in the Ugandan Cabinet.

           1732, George Washington, American general, politician, 1st President of the United States

3.     1987 – Sergio Romeo, Argentinian footballer

SOURCE; Wikipedia, Checkiday and Bornglorius.com