Page 6: Historical Events In February - 14

1936  US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson   

1936  US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee   

1937  Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62   

1939  In this year, Victor Fleming formally adopts in place of George Cukor as director of Gone With the Wind   

1940  British merchant vessel fleet is armed   

1941  1000000th vehicle traverses the New York Midtown Tunnel.   

1941  German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya.   

1941  1000000th vehicle traverses the NY Midtown Tunnel   

1942  Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra   

1942  Rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens   

1943  German offensive through de Faid-pass Tunisia.   

1943  Soviets recapture Rostov   

1943  David Hilbert, German mathematician (Hilbert Space), dies at 81   

1944  Anti-Japanese revolt on Java   

1944  Alan Parker, British director is born   

1944  Carl Bernstein, American journalist (Watergate) is born   

1945  8th Air Force bombs Dresden   

1945  Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru join the United Nations   

1946  The Bank of England goes public.   

1946  Bank of England nationalized.   

1949  Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30000 houses.   

1949  inaugural session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem   

1949  1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel).   

1950  Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg.   

1950  USSR and China sign peace treaty.   

1950  Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at 80.   

1951  Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta and takes middleweight title.   

1952  6th Winter Olympics games opens in Oslo, Norway.   

1952  6th Olympic winter games open at Oslo, Norway   

1954  Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press"   

1954  In this year, Beverly Hanson claims LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open   

1955  WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (NBC) begins.   

1955  Charles Cuvillier, composer, dies at 77.   

1956  20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow   

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1462  On February - 14 birth of edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528)   

1468  On this day in history birth of johann Werner, German mathematician (d. 1522)   

1483  On February - 14 birth of zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty   

1487  On this day in history birth of henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising   

1513  On this day in history birth of domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer   

1515  On February - 14 birth of frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts   

1533  On February - 14 birth of christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi)   

1546  On this day in history birth of johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian   

0270  On February - 14 death of st. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273).   

0869  On this day in history cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies   

1317  On February - 14 death of marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)   

1400  On this day in history death of richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle   

1405  On this day in history timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68   

1528  Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1571  Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1676  Death of Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist on February - 14.