Page 7: Historical Events In February - 22

1934  "It Happened One Night," opens at NY's Radio City Music Hall on February - 22.   

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  Construction on Ypenburg Neth airport begins on February - 22.   

1936  On February - 22 johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74   

1939  Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain on this day in history.   

1940  On February - 22 finnish troops vacate Koivisto island   

1940  On this day in history german air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578   

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  On this day in history i G Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp   

1941  On February - 22 nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam   

1941  On this day in history paul Creston's first Symphony, premieres   

1941  On this day in history roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man," premieres   

1942  On this day in history world War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defenses collapses.   

1943  HMCS Weyburn strikes a mine near Gibralter and sinks on February - 22.   

1943  Royal Canadian Navy corvette HMCS Weyburn strikes mine and sinks near Gibraltar on this day in history.   

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  Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany on February - 22.   

1943  On this day in history christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies   

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

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

1945  On this day in history british troops take Ramree Island, Burma   

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

1945  On this day in history arab League froms (Cairo)   

1948  On this day in history arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die   

1949  Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies on this day in history.   

1950  On February - 22 brockway & Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed)   

1955  British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail on February - 22.   

1956  Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel" on February - 22.   

1956  1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United on February - 22.   

1957  Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win on this day in history.   

1957  Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72 on February - 22.   

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1040  Rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105) was born on this day in history.   

1403  On February - 22 birth of charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English   

1403  On this day in history 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 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  Gemignano Capilupi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0965  Death of Odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944) on February - 22.   

1071  On this day in history arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle   

1076  On this day in history 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  Death of Roger Borsa, King of Sicily on February - 22.   

1213  Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies on this day in history.   

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