Page 7: Historical Events In February - 22

1934  On February - 22 "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 this day in history airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House   

1936  On this day in history construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins   

1936  On this day in history construction on Ypenburg Neth airport begins   

1936  On this day in history johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74   

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

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 this day in history.   

1941  German assault on El Agheila Libya on February - 22.   

1941  On February - 22 i G Farben decides building Buna-Werke in Auschwitz Concentration Camp   

1941  Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam on February - 22.   

1941  Paul Creston's first Symphony, premieres on this day in history.   

1941  Roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man," premieres on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history hMCS Weyburn strikes a mine near Gibralter and sinks   

1943  On February - 22 royal Canadian Navy corvette HMCS Weyburn strikes mine and sinks near Gibraltar.   

1943  The Bulgarian government signs an agreement with the Germans to allow deportations from Macedonia and Thrace. 11,000 Jews are deported on February - 22.   

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

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

1944  On this day in history uS 8th Air Force bombs Enschede, Arnhem & Nijmegen by mistake/800+ die   

1945  On February - 22 arab League forms (Cairo)   

1945  On February - 22 british troops take Ramree Island, Burma   

1945  On this day in history canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland   

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

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

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

1956  On February - 22 elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel"   

1956  1st British soccer match at Kunstlicht: Portsmouth vs Newcastle United on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105)   

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

1403  Charles VII of France (d. 1461) was born on this day in history.   

1440  On this day in history birth of ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia   

1500  Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564) was born on February - 22.   

1514  On this day in history birth of tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)   

1542  Santino Garsi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0606  On this day in history sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies   

0965  Death of Odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944) on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history death of roger Borsa, King of Sicily   

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 February - 22.