Page 6: Historical Events In February - 09

1935  US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson.   

1935  US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee   

1935  Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61   

1936  Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57.   

1938  Truby King, pioneer of mothercraft, dies.   

1939  Belgian Spaak government falls.   

1939  Belgian Spaak govt falls.   

1940  Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title   

1941  British troops conquer El Agheila   

1942  Daylight Savings War Time comes into force in US   

1942  Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes.   

1943  FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry.   

1943  German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes," 1200 in Vught Camp   

1943  Nazis arrest Dutch sons of rich parents.   

1943  Joe Pesci, American actor is born.   

1943  The southwest Pacific island of Guadalcanal is liberated by American forces, as the U.S. defeats Japan in this epic WWII battle   

1943  ... Reydons, wife of General Reydons, shot to death by resistance.   

1944  U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland.   

1945  Germany destroys Ruhrdammen.   

1945  Mia Farrow, American film actress is born   

1945  -Feb 10] Germany destroys Ruhrdammen   

1945  George J L Maduro, resistance fighter (Madurodam), dies in Dachau   

1946  Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms   

1947  Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia PA.   

1947  Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Phila.   

1948  WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1948  Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65   

1949  Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60.   

1950  Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Dept infested with 205 communists   

1950  Senator Joseph McCarthy says the US State Department is infested with communists   

1950  Sen Joseph McCarthy charges State Dept infested with 205 communists.   

1951  The Royal Commission on Transportation, the Turgeon Commission produces its report.   

1951  St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45   

1952  Norman Douglas, essayist/novelist, dies.   

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

1555  Death of 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  Death of Marquis of santa cruz: Spanish admiral,   

1617  Hans christoph haiden: Composer,