Fait mathématique: 2226 is the smallest number whose cube contains 4 consecutive 9's.
Culture générale: 2226 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Date historique: February 3rd is the day in 1900 that Governor of Kentucky William Goebel dies of wound sustained in an assassination attempt three days earlier in Frankfort, Kentucky.