Page 7: Historical Events In February - 22

1934  On this day in history "It Happened One Night," opens at NY's Radio City Music Hall   

1934  Willem Kes, violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 78 on February - 22.   

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 February - 22 johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74   

1939  Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain on February - 22.   

1940  Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island on February - 22.   

1940  German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578 on February - 22.   

1941  Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal on February - 22.   

1941  On this day in history german assault on El Agheila Libya   

1941  I G Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man," premieres   

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  On this day in history the Bulgarian government signs an agreement with the Germans to allow deportations from Macedonia and Thrace. 11,000 Jews are deported.   

1943  On February - 22 members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany.   

1943  Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies on this day in history.   

1944  US 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem & Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die on February - 22.   

1945  On February - 22 arab League forms (Cairo)   

1945  British troops take Ramree Island, Burma on February - 22.   

1945  Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland on February - 22.   

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

1948  On February - 22 arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die   

1949  Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies on February - 22.   

1950  Brockway & Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed) on February - 22.   

1955  British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail on this day in history.   

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  Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win on February - 22.   

1957  Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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1040  Rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105) was born on February - 22.   

1403  Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English was born on February - 22.   

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  On this day in history birth of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)   

1514  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer   

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

0965  On this day in history death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)   

1071  On this day in history 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  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 February - 22.