Page 6: Historical Events In April - 09
Sunday, 15 February 2026
1927 Italy and US anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti given death sentences 

1928 Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil" 

1928 Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena 

1929 Canadian Ambassador Vincent Massey 1887-1967 protests against sinking of Canadian schooner I'm Alone; crew released; case of rum-runner to go to arbitration. 

1931 "White Horse Inn" opens in London 

1931 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1180 Rita. 

1931 Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period. 

1931 Paul Antonin Vidal, composer, dies at 67. 

1932 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep NY Rangers in 3 games. 

1933 Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor is born 

1933 Sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer, dies at 55 

1935 Works Progress Administration approved by Congress. 

1935 Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games 

1938 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #1715 Salli. 

1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75000 at Lincoln Memorial. 

1939 Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer, dies at 89 

1940 German forces invade Denmark and Norway during World War 2 

1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II 

1940 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2639 Planman 

1940 German cruiser Blucher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1000 die. 

1940 Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies. 

1941 Commissioning of USS North Carolina, which carried 9 16-inch guns 

1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame. 

1942 Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japs at Bataan 

1942 HMS HERMES sunk in the Indian Ocean off south east coast of Ceylon by Japanese carrier dive-bombers 

1943 Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau 

1943 Re-establishment of Commodore rank in the U.S. Navy 

1944 In this year, Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae. 

1944 Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59. 

1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, results in the deaths of 360 

1945 Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier. 

1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged. 

1946 League of Nations assembles for last time. 

1946 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1. 

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