Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/February/February 22


 * 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