births
February 22, 1944
Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player and painter
Tom Okker
Thomas Samuel Okker, nicknamed "the Flying Dutchman", is a Dutch former tennis player who was active from the mid-1960s until 1980. He won the 1973 French Open Doubles, the 1976 US Open Doubles, and two gold medals at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel. He was ranked among the world's top-ten singles players for seven consecutive years, 1968–74, reaching a career high of world No. 3 in 1974. He also was ranked world No. 1 in doubles in 1979.
February 22
February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 312 days remain until the end of the year.