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Events in February 2022 5
1929 – 2022Lata Mangeshkar (1929-2022)Died 6 February 2022, aged 92Indian playback singer whose voice carried Hindi cinema for seven decades and who recorded in thirty-six languages.
1932 – 2022Luc Montagnier (1932-2022)Died 8 February 2022, aged 89French virologist who shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for identifying HIV.
1964 – 2022Mark Lanegan (1964-2022)Died 22 February 2022, aged 57American singer of Screaming Trees and a solo career of unusual depth, one of the defining voices of the Seattle scene.
20222022 Winter OlympicsXXIV Winter Games - BeijingBeijing became the first city to host both Summer and Winter games. Winner: Norway.
2022Russia invades UkraineLargest European war since WWIIRussia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the largest military attack in Europe since World War II. Ukrainian forces mounted fierce resistance.