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 this day in history.   

1935  On February - 22 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  Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74 on February - 22.   

1939  On February - 22 netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain   

1940  Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island on February - 22.   

1940  On February - 22 german air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578   

1941  On February - 22 arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal   

1941  German assault on El Agheila Libya on this day in history.   

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

1941  On this day in history 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  World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defenses collapses on February - 22.   

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 February - 22.   

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  On this day in history members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany.   

1943  On February - 22 christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies   

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

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

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

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

1945  On February - 22 arab League froms (Cairo)   

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

1949  On this day in history russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies   

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

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 February - 22.   

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

1957  On this day in history 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  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 February - 22 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  Santino Garsi, composer was born on February - 22.   

1573  Gemignano Capilupi, composer was born on February - 22.   

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

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

1071  On February - 22 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 February - 22 johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies   

1111  Death of Roger Borsa, King of Sicily on February - 22.   

1213  On February - 22 wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies   

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