Page 6: Historical Events In February - 14

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  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.   

1956  Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union   

1956  Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference   

1957  Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites.   

1958  Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan forms.   

1959  $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York NY   

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

0869  Death of Cyrillus: Greek apostle of slaves,   

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

1400  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