Page 6: Historical Events In February - 07

1936  On February - 07 a flag is authorized for Vice President   

1937  Elihu Root, US min of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91 on February - 07.   

1940  British railroads nationalized on this day in history.   

1940  Walt Disney's 2nd feature-length movie, "Pinocchio," premieres (New York NY) on this day in history.   

1940  Francis Ford, cricketer (5 Tests for Engld v Australia 1894-95), dies on this day in history.   

1941  Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey Orchestra record "Everything Happens to Me" on February - 07.   

1941  Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey Orch record "Everything Happens to Me" on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history 1st indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8")   

1942  Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, marathoner (Oly-gold-1908), dies at 56 on February - 07.   

1943  Shoe rationing begins in US (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942) on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history the birth of Gareth Hunt, British actor   

1944  Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records on February - 07.   

1944  On February - 07 the Nazis launch a counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy, during WWII.   

1945  General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila on this day in history.   

1945  President Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court on February - 07.   

1945  On this day in history the birth of Pete Postlethwaite, American actor.2006 An aging Egyptian passenger ferry carrying more than 1,400 people sinks in the Red Sea off the Saudi coast.   

1945  On February - 07 uS 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer   

1945  The birth of Pete Postlethwaite, American actor on this day in history.   

1946  Filibuster in US Senate kills FEPC bill on this day in history.   

1947  Arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine on this day in history.   

1948  "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 performances on February - 07.   

1948  On this day in history u.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Army chief of staff, and is succeeded by General Omar Bradley.   

1948  On February - 07 "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 perfs   

1948  On February - 07 "Red" McKenzie, blues-jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies   

1949  Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees) on February - 07.   

1950  Georges Bidault forms French government on this day in history.   

1950  Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs on this day in history.   

1950  US & Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime on this day in history.   

1950  Georges Bidault forms French govt on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer, dies at 54   

1956  Autherine Lucy, first black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled on February - 07.   

1956  On February - 07 autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to U of Alabama, is expelled   

1957  Rudolph Reti, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced   

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1102  Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169) was born on this day in history.   

1478  Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia) was born on February - 07.   

1478  Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535) was born on February - 07.   

1556  Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren was born on February - 07.   

1589  On this day in history birth of jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician   

1612  On February - 07 birth of thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)   

1655  On this day in history birth of jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)   

1688  On February - 07 birth of maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange   

0590  On this day in history pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague   

0999  Death of Boleslaus II of Bohemia on February - 07.   

1045  Death of Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009) on this day in history.   

1317  Death of Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256) on this day in history.   

1560  Death of Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493) on February - 07.   

1593  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79 on February - 07.   

1609  Ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies on this day in history.   

1626  Death of William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) on February - 07.