Page 5: Historical Events In February - 06

1914  J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69   

1915  Derk Roemers, Dutch politician (Soc-Dem)   

1916  Bill Doggett, rocker   

1916  Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73   

1917  Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist   

1917  Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72.   

1918  Britain grants women (30 and over) the vote.   

1918  Britain grants women (30 and over) vote.   

1918  Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55   

1919  5-day Seattle general strike starts.   

1919  Zsa Zsa Gabor, American actress is born.   

1919  1st day of 5-day Seattle general strike.   

1919  Lindsay Tuckett, cricketer (son of Len, 9 Tests for S Africa 1947-49).   

1919  Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter, dies at 81.   

1920  Saarland administrated by League of Nations.   

1920  James H Scheuer, (Rep-D-NY, 1965-73, 75- ).   

1921  "The Kid," starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan, released   

1922  Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI.   

1922  Patrick McNee, British actor is born   

1922  US, UK, France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation.   

1922  Patrick MacNee, London England, actor (Jonathan Steed-Avengers).   

1923  Maurice Le Roux, composer.   

1923  Edward E Barnard, US astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65.   

1924  Billy Wright, English soccer player   

1926  The National Football League agrees that college players cannot play in the NFL until they graduate.   

1926  NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates.   

1926  Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer   

1927  Smokey Burgess, baseball catcher (Pitts Pirates)   

1927  Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71   

1929  Rudy Vallee recorded "Deep Night"   

1930  Eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17   

1932  Fascist coup in the Memel territory   

1932  Francois Truffaut, French director is born.   

1932  1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport).   

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1461  Dzore drzic: Croatian poet   

1564  Christopher marlowe: English poet/dramatist (dr faustus)   

1577  Beatrice cenci: Italian noblewoman   

1608  Antonio vieira: Portuguese jesuit preacher   

1611  Chongzhen emperor: Emperor of china   

1612  Antoine arnauld: [grand arnauld], french lawyer/theologist   

1637  Toyotomi hideyoshi: Unified japan   

1639  Daniel georg morhof: German writer and scholar   

0743  Hisham ibn 'abd al-malik: 10th moslem caliph,   

0891  Photius: Byzantine theologist/patriarch of constantinople/saint,   

1140  Thurstan: Archbishop of york,   

1378  Death of Jeanne de bourbon: Wife of charles v of france (b. 1338)   

1497  John ockeghem: Flemish singer/composer,   

1515  Aldus manutius: Italian printer   

1585  Death of Edmund plowden: English legal scholar (b. 1518)   

1593  Death of Emperor ogimachi of japan: Emperor ogimachi of japan (b. 1517)