February 22

  • 1973 Elizabeth Bowen (73), essayist, short-story writer and novelist, notably author of the best-selling The heat of the day (1949), died.
  • 1972 In the wake of Bloody Sunday in Derry, the Official IRA bombed the officers’ mess of the Parachute Regiment in Aldershot, killing five female canteen workers, a gardener and a Catholic chaplain.
  • 1973 Elizabeth Bowen (83), novelist and short-story writer whose work included the best-seller The heat of the day (1949), died.