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1935  Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House   

1936  Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins   

1936  Construction on Ypenburg Neth airport begins   

1936  Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74.   

1939  Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain   

1940  Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island.   

1940  German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578   

1941  Arthur T "Bomber" Harris is recorded as becoming British Air Marshal.   

1941  German assault on El Agheila Libya   

1941  I G Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp   

1941  Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam.   

1941  Paul Creston's inaugural Symphony, premieres   

1941  Roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man," premieres   

1942  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   

1943  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. 11000 Jews are deported.   

1943  Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany   

1943  Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies.   

1944  US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem and Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die.   

1945  Arab League forms (Cairo)   

1945  British troops take Ramree Island, Burma   

1945  Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland   

1945  Arab League froms (Cairo).   

1948  Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die.   

1949  Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies.   

1950  Brockway and Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed)   

1955  British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail   

1956  Elvis Presley's inaugural hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel".   

1956  1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United   

1957  Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3500th win   

1957  Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72.   

1958  Egypt and Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR).   

1958  Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes   

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1040  Rashi: French rabbi   

1403  Charles vii: King of france (1422-61), drove out english   

1403  Charles vii of france: Charles vii of france (d. 1461)   

1440  Ladislaus v posthumus: King of hungary/bohemia   

1500  Cardinal rodolfo pio da carpi: Italian humanist   

1514  Tahmasp i: Shah of persia (1524-76)/author (tazkire-i shah)   

1542  Santino garsi: Composer   

1573  Gemignano capilupi: Composer   

0606  Death of Sabinian: Italian pope (604-06),   

0965  Death of Odo: Duke of burgundy (b. 944)   

1071  Death of Arnulf iii: Earl of flanders/hainault (arnulf i),   

1076  Godfried iii: With the hump, duke of lower lorraine, murdered [or feb 26]   

1078  Johannes van fecamp: Italian mystic writer,   

1111  Death of Roger borsa: King of sicily   

1213  Death of Wibert of gembloers: Benediction/writer/abbot of gembloers,   

1371  David ii bruce: King of scotland (1331..71),