Page 7: Historical Events In February - 22
Friday, 31 January 2025
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 this day in history.
1936 On February - 22 construction on Ypenburg Neth airport begins
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 February - 22.
1940 German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578 on February - 22.
1941 On this day in history arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal
1941 German assault on El Agheila Libya on this day in history.
1941 On February - 22 i G Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1941 On this day in history nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam
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 HMCS Weyburn strikes a mine near Gibralter and sinks on this day in history.
1943 Royal Canadian Navy corvette HMCS Weyburn strikes mine and sinks near Gibraltar on February - 22.
1943 The Bulgarian government signs an agreement with the Germans to allow deportations from Macedonia and Thrace. 11,000 Jews are deported on this day in history.
1943 Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany on this day in history.
1943 On this day in history christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies
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 British troops take Ramree Island, Burma on February - 22.
1945 On February - 22 canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland
1945 Arab League froms (Cairo) on February - 22.
1948 Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die on February - 22.
1949 On this day in history russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies
1950 On February - 22 brockway & Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed)
1955 On February - 22 british aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail
1956 Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel" on February - 22.
1956 On February - 22 1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United
1957 On February - 22 jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win
1957 On this day in history harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72
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