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  Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins on February - 22.  

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

1940  On this day in history finnish troops vacate Koivisto island  

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

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

1941  German assault on El Agheila Libya on February - 22.  

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

1941  On February - 22 nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam  

1941  On this day in history paul Creston's first Symphony, premieres  

1941  On February - 22 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 on February - 22.  

1943  On February - 22 hMCS Weyburn strikes a mine near Gibralter and sinks  

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

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

1945  Arab League forms (Cairo) on February - 22.  

1945  On February - 22 british troops take Ramree Island, Burma  

1945  Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1950  Brockway & Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed) on this day in history.  

1955  On February - 22 british aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail  

1956  On February - 22 elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel"  

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 February - 22.  

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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  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 February - 22.  

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

1573  Gemignano Capilupi, composer was born on this day in history.  

0606  Sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies on February - 22.  

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 February - 22.  

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