Page 7: Historical Events In February - 22

1934  On February - 22 "It Happened One Night," opens at NY's Radio City Music Hall   

1934  Willem Kes, violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1935  On February - 22 airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House   

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

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

1936  Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74 on February - 22.   

1939  On this day in history netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain   

1940  Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island on this day in history.   

1940  German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578 on this day in history.   

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

1941  On February - 22 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 February - 22.   

1941  Roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man," premieres on this day in history.   

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

1943  On this day in history hMCS Weyburn strikes a mine near Gibralter and sinks   

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

1943  On February - 22 the Bulgarian government signs an agreement with the Germans to allow deportations from Macedonia and Thrace. 11,000 Jews are deported.   

1943  Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany on February - 22.   

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

1944  On February - 22 uS 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem & Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die   

1945  Arab League forms (Cairo) on this day in history.   

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

1945  On February - 22 canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland   

1945  On February - 22 arab League froms (Cairo)   

1948  On February - 22 arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die   

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

1950  On February - 22 brockway & Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed)   

1955  British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1957  Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win on February - 22.   

1957  Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1403  Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 22.   

1514  On February - 22 birth of tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)   

1542  Santino Garsi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer   

0606  Sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies on this day in history.   

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 February - 22.   

1111  Death of Roger Borsa, King of Sicily on this day in history.   

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.