On February 22, 1979, Saint Lucia gained independence from the United Kingdom, becoming a sovereign nation.

Read the Constitution of Saint Lucia.

On February 22, 1965, US Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter died in Washington, DC. Learn more about Felix Frankfurter from Oyez.

Ukraine's Euromaidan Revolution won victory when pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovich was removed from office by the Verkhovna Rada on February 22, 2014. Ukraine's Parliament made the decision to remove the former president after protesters took over multiple presidential buildings. Yanukovich fled to Russia, and Russia would annex the Crimean Peninsula weeks later. Learn more about Euromaidan.