Historical Events
- Austrian alpine skier Matthias Mayer narrowly retains his Olympic Super-G title from American Ryan Cochran-Siegle at the Beijing Winter Games; Mayer's 3rd Olympic gold medal
Adele's BRIT Wins
BRIT Awards: Adele wins best artist, song and album of the year
- Horn of Africa with 13 million people now facing humanitarian crisis amid drought where the rainy season has failed three years in a row, according to UN World Food Program [1]
Famous Deaths
- (Arthur) Bamber Gascoigne, English television presenter (University Challenge, 1962-87), and author, dies at 87
- Gerald Williams, American MLB baseball outfielder, 1992-2005 (NY Yankees, and 5 other teams), dies of cancer at 55
- Luc Montagnier, French virologist (Nobel Prize 2008, discovered HIV), dies at 89 [1]
Died in 2022 2022 Highlights
About February 8, 2022
Day of the Week: Tuesday
How Long Ago? 2 years, 2 months and 22 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Generation Alpha
Chinese Zodiac: Tiger
Star Sign: Aquarius
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#1 Song: We Don't Talk About Bruno - Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & Encanto Cast
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