Page 6: Historical Events In February - 07

1936  On February - 07 a flag is authorized for Vice President   

1937  Elihu Root, US min of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history british railroads nationalized   

1940  On February - 07 walt Disney's 2nd feature-length movie, "Pinocchio," premieres (New York NY)   

1940  Francis Ford, cricketer (5 Tests for Engld v Australia 1894-95), dies on this day in history.   

1941  Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra record "Everything Happens to Me" on February - 07.   

1941  On this day in history frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey Orch record "Everything Happens to Me"   

1942  On this day in history 1st indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8")   

1942  On February - 07 dorando di Desiderio Pietri, marathoner (Oly-gold-1908), dies at 56   

1943  Shoe rationing begins in US (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942) on February - 07.   

1943  The birth of Gareth Hunt, British actor on this day in history.   

1944  Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records on this day in history.   

1944  The Nazis launch a counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy, during WWII on this day in history.   

1945  General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila on this day in history.   

1945  On February - 07 president Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court   

1945  The birth of Pete Postlethwaite, American actor.2006 An aging Egyptian passenger ferry carrying more than 1,400 people sinks in the Red Sea off the Saudi coast on February - 07.   

1945  On February - 07 uS 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer   

1945  On this day in history the birth of Pete Postlethwaite, American actor.   

1946  Filibuster in US Senate kills FEPC bill on February - 07.   

1947  Arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine on February - 07.   

1948  On February - 07 "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 performances   

1948  U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Army chief of staff, and is succeeded by General Omar Bradley on February - 07.   

1948  "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 perfs on this day in history.   

1948  "Red" McKenzie, blues-jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)   

1950  Georges Bidault forms French government on February - 07.   

1950  On February - 07 senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs   

1950  On this day in history uS & Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime   

1950  Georges Bidault forms French govt on February - 07.   

1954  Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1956  Autherine Lucy, first black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled on February - 07.   

1956  Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to U of Alabama, is expelled on February - 07.   

1957  On this day in history rudolph Reti, composer, dies at 71   

1958  Dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced on this day in history.   

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1102  On this day in history birth of empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)   

1478  On this day in history birth of thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)   

1478  Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535) was born on this day in history.   

1556  Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren was born on this day in history.   

1589  Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician was born on February - 07.   

1612  Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history birth of jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)   

1688  Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange was born on this day in history.   

0590  Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague on February - 07.   

0999  On this day in history death of boleslaus II of Bohemia   

1045  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)   

1317  Death of Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256) on this day in history.   

1560  Death of Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493) on this day in history.   

1593  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1609  On February - 07 ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies   

1626  Death of William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) on this day in history.