Page 5: Historical Events In November - 05
Monday, 16 February 2026
1935 Maryland Court of Appeals orders U of M to admit (black) Donald Murray. 

1935 Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly. 

1935 Dick Davalos, Bronx, actor (Jeff-The Americans). 

1935 Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis, dies at 71 

1936 French writer Andre Gide criticizes Soviet regime. 

1937 Hitler informs his military leader of his intentions of going to war 

1937 Harris Yulin, American actor. 

1938 Ottawa Roughriders score on 5-man, 4-lateral, 65-yard punt return 

1938 Chris Robinson, Fla, actor (Stanley, General Hospital, Another World) 

1940 Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected to a record third term as President. 

1940 In this year, President FDR (D) claims unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R) 

1940 Dutch submarine departs Dundee 

1941 Art Garfunkel, American Singer is born. 

1941 Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor 

1942 Theatrical agent George M. Cohan dies 

1942 Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris 

1942 George M Cohan, composer, dies at 64. 

1943 -6] Vatican bombed. 

1943 Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies at 62. 

1944 Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren 

1945 Colombia joins the United Nations. 

1946 John F Kennedy (D-MA) elected to House of Representatives 

1946 John F Kennedy (D-Mass) elected to House of Representatives 

1946 Sigismond Stojowski, composer, dies at 77 

1950 Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record. 

1950 Jacobus J E Hondius, Dutch classicist/graphic artist, dies at 53. 

1951 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 

1951 Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancers/pegagoge, dies at 72. 

1953 Paul Searls saws a 32" log in 86.4 seconds 

1953 Nobel prize for physics awarded/appended on Frederik Zernicke 

1955 New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria) 

1955 Mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd quickest hat trick (44 seconds). 

1956 Britain and France land forces in Egypt. 

1956 Art Tatum, black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles. 

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