Page 7: Historical Events In February - 22

1934  "It Happened One Night," opens at NY's Radio City Music Hall on this day in history.   

1934  On February - 22 willem Kes, violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 78   

1935  Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins   

1936  Construction on Ypenburg Neth airport begins on February - 22.   

1936  On this day in history johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74   

1939  Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain on February - 22.   

1940  On February - 22 finnish troops vacate Koivisto island   

1940  German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578 on February - 22.   

1941  On this day in history arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal   

1941  On this day in history german assault on El Agheila Libya   

1941  On this day in history i G Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp   

1941  Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1941  On February - 22 paul Creston's first Symphony, premieres   

1941  On this day in history roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man," premieres   

1942  On February - 22 world War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defenses collapses.   

1943  HMCS Weyburn strikes a mine near Gibralter and sinks on February - 22.   

1943  On February - 22 royal Canadian Navy corvette HMCS Weyburn strikes mine and sinks near Gibraltar.   

1943  The Bulgarian government signs an agreement with the Germans to allow deportations from Macedonia and Thrace. 11,000 Jews are deported on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany.   

1943  On this day in history christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies   

1944  On this day in history uS 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem & Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die   

1945  On February - 22 arab League forms (Cairo)   

1945  British troops take Ramree Island, Burma on February - 22.   

1945  On this day in history canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland   

1945  On February - 22 arab League froms (Cairo)   

1948  Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die on February - 22.   

1949  On February - 22 russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies   

1950  Brockway & Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed) on February - 22.   

1955  British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail on February - 22.   

1956  Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel" on February - 22.   

1956  1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United on February - 22.   

1957  On this day in history jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win   

1957  On February - 22 harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72   

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1040  Rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105) was born on this day in history.   

1403  On February - 22 birth of charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English   

1403  Charles VII of France (d. 1461) was born on February - 22.   

1440  On February - 22 birth of ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia   

1500  On February - 22 birth of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)   

1514  Tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah) was born on this day in history.   

1542  Santino Garsi, composer was born on February - 22.   

1573  On February - 22 birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer   

0606  On February - 22 sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies   

0965  On February - 22 death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)   

1071  Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1076  On February - 22 death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26]   

1078  Johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies on this day in history.   

1111  Death of Roger Borsa, King of Sicily on February - 22.   

1213  On this day in history wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies   

1371  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46 on this day in history.