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  Edzard i cirksena: The great, earl of east-friesia (1494-1528)   

1468  Johann werner: German mathematician   

1483  Zahir al-din mohammed babur shah: Prince/founder mogols-dynasty   

1487  Henry ii of bavaria: Bishop of utrecht/worms/freising   

1513  Domenico maria ferrabosco: Italian composer   

1515  Frederick iii: The pious, elect of the palts   

1533  Christianus adrichomius: Dutch priest/writer (vita jesu christi)   

1546  Johann pistorius: German theologist/historian   

0270  Death of St. valentine marking valentines day (some sources say 269: Others 273)   

0869  Death of Cyrillus: Greek apostle of slaves,   

1317  Marguerite of france: Queen of edward i of england (b. 1282)   

1400  Death of Richard ii: King of england (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at pontefract castle   

1405  Death of Timur/tamerlan "lenk": [crippled], mongols monarch,   

1528  Edzard i the great: Count of austria-e frisia (1494-1528),   

1571  Death of Benvenuto cellini: Ital sculptor/writer (perseus),   

1676  Abraham bosse: French engraver and artist