Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/February/February 22
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- 1840 - Birth of Social democratic politician August Bebel
- 1857 - Birth of physicist Heinrich Hertz (pictured), discoverer of electromagnetic radiation
- 1902 - Birth of physicist Fritz Strassmann, co-discoverer of nuclear fission
- 1943 - White Rose resistance fighters Christoph Probst and Hans and Sophie Scholl are tried and executed
- 1972 - Birth of speed skater Claudia Pechstein, winner of five olympic gold medals