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  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  On February - 22 construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins   

1936  On February - 22 construction on Ypenburg Neth airport begins   

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

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

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

1940  On February - 22 german air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578   

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

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

1941  On February - 22 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  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 this day in history 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 February - 22.   

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

1943  Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies on February - 22.   

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  On this day in history british troops take Ramree Island, Burma   

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

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

1948  Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die on this day in history.   

1949  Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies on this day in history.   

1950  On February - 22 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  On this day in history jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win   

1957  Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72 on February - 22.   

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

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 this day in history 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 February - 22 birth of tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)   

1542  On this day in history birth of santino Garsi, composer   

1573  On February - 22 birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer   

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

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

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

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

1078  On February - 22 johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies   

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

1213  Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies on this day in history.   

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