Page 6: Historical Events In February - 07

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

1937  On February - 07 elihu Root, US min of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91   

1940  On February - 07 british railroads nationalized   

1940  On this day in history 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 February - 07 frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey Orch record "Everything Happens to Me"   

1942  1st indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8") on February - 07.   

1942  Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, marathoner (Oly-gold-1908), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1943  On February - 07 shoe rationing begins in US (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942)   

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  President Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history uS 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer   

1945  The birth of Pete Postlethwaite, American actor on this day in history.   

1946  On February - 07 filibuster in US Senate kills FEPC bill   

1947  On this day in history arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1950  Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February - 07.   

1950  On February - 07 uS & Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime   

1950  On February - 07 georges Bidault forms French govt   

1954  Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer, dies at 54 on February - 07.   

1956  On this day in history autherine Lucy, first black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled   

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

1957  Rudolph Reti, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1958  Dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced on February - 07.   

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1102  Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169) was born on February - 07.   

1478  On February - 07 birth of thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)   

1478  On this day in history birth of sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)   

1556  On this day in history birth of maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren   

1589  On February - 07 birth of jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician   

1612  Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men) was born on February - 07.   

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 February - 07.   

0590  On February - 07 pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague   

0999  Death of Boleslaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.   

1045  Death of Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009) on February - 07.   

1317  On February - 07 death of robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256)   

1560  Death of Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493) on February - 07.   

1593  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79 on February - 07.   

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

1626  On February - 07 death of william V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)