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  Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House on this day in history.   

1936  Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins on this day in history.   

1936  Construction on Ypenburg Neth airport begins on this day in history.   

1936  Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at 74 on February - 22.   

1939  Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain on February - 22.   

1940  Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island on February - 22.   

1940  German air force sinks 2 German destroyers, killing 578 on this day in history.   

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

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

1941  On February - 22 paul Creston's first Symphony, premieres   

1941  Roy Harris' "Ballad of a Railroad Man," premieres on February - 22.   

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

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  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  Arab League forms (Cairo) on February - 22.   

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

1945  Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland on this day in history.   

1945  On February - 22 arab League froms (Cairo)   

1948  Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die on February - 22.   

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

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 February - 22.   

1957  Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win on February - 22.   

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  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  Tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah) was born on this day in history.   

1542  On February - 22 birth of santino Garsi, composer   

1573  On February - 22 birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer   

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

0965  On February - 22 death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)   

1071  Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle on February - 22.   

1076  On February - 22 death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26]   

1078  Johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies on February - 22.   

1111  Death of Roger Borsa, King of Sicily on this day in history.   

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

1371  On February - 22 david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46