Top 10 February 22 Birthdays
Somewhat Honorable Mention: February 22, 1403: King Charles VII of France. He owed his crown to 2 people: Joan of Arc, who turned the Hundred Years' War around, and whom he later abandoned; and King Henry VI of England, his incompetent opponent. Honorable Mention: February 22, 1918: Robert Wadlow. An overactive pituitary gland made him the tallest human being ever measured. By his 22nd birthday in 1940, he was 8 feet, 11 1/2 inches tall, and 439 pounds (but still looked skinny), and showed no signs of having stopped growing. Unfortunately, his huge size made walking difficult, and he had to wear braces, which led to an infection. Antibiotics were still a few years away, and he died. Honorable Mention: February 22, 1918: Don Pardo. He first worked for NBC in 1938. He last worked for them in 2014, just before his death. He was the announcer for Saturday Night Live from 1975 until 2014. On a 1998 episode, there was a flash-forward to the year 2011, when he was...