Page 7: Historical Events In February - 22

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

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

1935  On this day in history airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House   

1936  On February - 22 construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins   

1936  On February - 22 construction on Ypenburg Neth airport begins   

1936  Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1939  On February - 22 netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain   

1940  Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island on February - 22.   

1940  On this day in history german air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578   

1941  Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal on this day in history.   

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

1941  I G Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp on this day in history.   

1941  Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam on February - 22.   

1941  Paul Creston's first Symphony, premieres on this day in history.   

1941  On February - 22 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1943  On February - 22 members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany.   

1943  Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1945  On this day in history arab League froms (Cairo)   

1948  On this day in history arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die   

1949  Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies on February - 22.   

1950  On this day in history brockway & Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed)   

1955  On this day in history british aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail   

1956  Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel" on this day in history.   

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

1957  Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72   

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1040  On this day in history birth of rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105)   

1403  On this day in history birth of charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English   

1403  On February - 22 birth of charles VII of France (d. 1461)   

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

1500  Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.   

1514  On this day in history birth of tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)   

1542  On February - 22 birth of santino Garsi, composer   

1573  Gemignano Capilupi, composer was born on February - 22.   

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

0965  Death of Odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944) on this day in history.   

1071  On February - 22 arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle   

1076  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26] on this day in history.   

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

1111  On this day in history death of roger Borsa, King of Sicily   

1213  Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies on February - 22.   

1371  On February - 22 david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46