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Sunday, 22 February 2026
1942 Steward Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat was torpedoed 
1942 The V-173, a full-scale model of a fighter aircraft with an almost circular wing, made its inaugural flight at the Vought-Sikorsky plant, Stratford, Conn. A military version of this aircraft, the XF5U-1, was constructed later but never flown.
1942 3rd and 5th Romanian army corp surrenders
1943 For the second straight day, British bombers attacked Berlin, recording 1315 civilian deaths. The two-day bombing resulted in a total of over 4000 Berliner deaths. British aircrew deaths from the attacks neared 300
1943 On this day, 200 German soldiers surrounded the house where British agent Michael Trotobas was hiding. Trotobas shot and killed the Gestapo officer who had come to arrest him, then kept firing until he was gunned down himself.
1943 US forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin from Japanese
1943 1st printing of illegal "Warheid".
1943 Ernest Jones, cricketer ("Jonah" Gave WG's beard a close shave), dies.
1944 US 7th army under Gen Patch conquers Straatsburg.
1945 Steve Landesberg actorwas born Barney Miller
1945 Susan Anspach actresswas born Five Easy Pieces, Play It Again, Sam, The Yellow Rose, The Slap Maxwell Story
1945 Most US wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ends
1945 Steve Landesberg actorwas born: Barney Miller
1946 "Gypsy Lady" closes at Century Theater NYC after 79 performances
1946 Fawzi Husseini, Arabic High Director for Palestine, murdered.
1947 French govt of Schumann, forms
1948 Formation of the Australian Regiment, which is recorded as becoming the Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) on 10mar1949
1948 Lens to provide zoom effects patented-FG Back.
1948 Dr Frank G Back (NYC) patents lens to provide zoom effects
1948 Stanner E V Taylor, US director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona), dies at 71.
1949 Gustav Radbruch, German Min of Justice, dies
1950 Howard Swanson's "Short Symphony," premieres.
1951 David Rappaport actorwas born L.A. Law, Peter Gunn, The Wizard, The Bride, Mysteries.
1951 David Rappaport actorwas born : L.A. Law, Peter Gunn, The Wizard, The Bride, Mysteries
1952 Aaro A Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer/poet, dies at 59.
1953 KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast.
1954 For the inaugural time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.
1955 British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia.
1956 Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61.
1958 One of the last drama programs on radio debuted. It was unusual in that it followed the TV show of the same name. Have Gun Will Travel was broadcast on CBS radio and starred John Dehner as Paladin. Richard Boone played Paladin on TV.
1958 Ronald and Nancy Reagan appeared together in the GE Theatre production of A Turkey for the President
1959 "Fiorello!" premiers on Broadway.
1959 "Fiorello!" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 796 performances.
1960 Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched
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