Historical Events In February - 22
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 this day in history airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House
1936 Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins on this day in history.
1936 On February - 22 construction on Ypenburg Neth airport begins
1936 On this day in history johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74
1939 On February - 22 netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain
1940 On this day in history 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 I G Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp on February - 22.
1941 On February - 22 nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam
1941 Paul Creston's first Symphony, premieres on February - 22.
1941 Roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man," premieres on this day in history.
1942 On February - 22 world War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defenses collapses.
1943 On February - 22 hMCS Weyburn strikes a mine near Gibralter and sinks
1943 Royal Canadian Navy corvette HMCS Weyburn strikes mine and sinks near Gibraltar on this day in history.
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 Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies on this day in history.
1944 On this day in history uS 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem & Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die
1945 On this day in history arab League forms (Cairo)
1945 British troops take Ramree Island, Burma on February - 22.
1945 On this day in history 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 February - 22 russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies
1950 Brockway & Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed) on this day in history.
1955 On this day in history british aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail
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 this day in history.
1957 Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win on this day in history.
1957 On this day in history harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72
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