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  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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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  Ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia was born on February - 22.   

1500  On February - 22 birth of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)   

1514  On February - 22 birth of tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)   

1542  On February - 22 birth of santino Garsi, composer   

1573  On this day in history birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer   

0606  On February - 22 sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1076  Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26] on February - 22.   

1078  On this day in history johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies   

1111  Death of Roger Borsa, King of Sicily on this day in history.   

1213  On this day in history wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies   

1371  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46 on this day in history.