1. In 1824, the Arkansas Territorial Legislature passed a bill to establish Arkansas College in Fayetteville. The college later became the University of Arkansas.

2. On February 22, 1862, Union troops under the command of General Samuel Curtis defeated Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn at the Battle of Pea Ridge in northwest Arkansas. It was one of the largest Civil War battles fought west of the Mississippi River.

3. William J. Clinton, who later became the 42nd President of the United States, was born in Hope, Arkansas on February 22, 1946.

4. The Arkansas State Capitol building in Little Rock was dedicated on February 22, 1915. It houses the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary of State, among others.

5. In 1962, Governor Orval Faubus declared a state of emergency in order to prevent the integration of Little Rock Central High School. The school had been the site of a major civil rights battle in 1957, and Faubus's action was widely criticized. The crisis helped to galvanize support for the civil rights movement in the United States.