Page 5: Historical Events In February - 09

1914  Bill "Rhymes with Wreck" Veeck, baseball club owner.   

1916  Britain's military service act enforced (conscription)   

1916  Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer, dies at 90.   

1917  Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies.   

1918  Army chaplain school organized at Fort Monroe VA.   

1918  Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Va   

1918  Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30.   

1920  International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard.   

1921  B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service).   

1922  Italian government of Bonomi falls   

1922  Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii.   

1922  Italian govt of Bonomi falls.   

1922  James C "Jim" Laker, Bradford England, cricket off spinner.   

1923  Soviet Aeroflot airlines established   

1923  Soviet Aeroflot airlines forms   

1923  Brendan Behan, Dublin Ireland, author/poet (Hostage)   

1924  Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR.   

1924  George Guest, British organist   

1924  Nils Kj'r, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at 53.   

1925  German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France   

1925  Haifa Technion (Israel), opens   

1926  Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta GA schools.   

1926  Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools.   

1929  USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Romania sign Litvinov Pact   

1932  America enter Olympics 2-man bobsled competition for inaugural time   

1932  US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing NY).   

1932  America enter Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time.   

1932  Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered   

1933  -63ºF (-53ºC), Moran WY (state record)   

1933  -63°F (-53°C), Moran, Wyoming (state record)   

1934  -14.3ºF (-25.8ºC), coldest day in New York City NY.   

1934  -51ºF (-46ºC), Vanderbilt MI (state record)   

1934  Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Romania).   

1934  -14.3°F (-25.7°C), coldest day in New York City.   

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1404  Constantine xi dragases: Last byzantine emperor   

1441  Ali sjir neva'i [fani]: Turkish poet/author (mahbub al-kulub)   

1533  Shimazu yoshihisa: Japanese samurai   

1578  Giambattista andreini: Italian playwright/actor (l'adamo)   

1579  John meursius: [van meurs], dutch historian   

1602  Franciscus van de enden: Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of spinoza   

1607  Abraham megerle: Composer   

1645  Johann aegidius bach: German violistian   

1011  Bernard i: Duke of saxony   

1199  Death of Minamoto no yoritomo: Japanese shogun (b. 1147)   

1450  Agnès sorel: Mistress of king charles vii of france (b. 1421)   

1555  John hooper: Deprived bishop of gloucester, burnt for heresy   

1567  Death of Henry stuart: Earl of darnley/consort of mary queen of scots, murdered   

1583  Death of Jeseph sanalbo: Jewish convert in rome, burned at stake   

1588  Marquis of santa cruz: Spanish admiral,   

1617  Death of Hans christoph haiden: Composer,