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On This Day In History
Displayed is Monday, February 8
In 1948:
5th Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
In 1947:
Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
In 1946:
B‚la Bart•ks 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in PhilaPremier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties
In 1945:
Allied air attack on Goch/Kleef/Kalkar/Reichswald
In 1944:
1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpinU-762 sunk off Ireland
In 1943:
Red Army recaptures Kursk
In 1942:
Robert Klein was bornStravinskys Danses Concertantes, premieres in Los AngelesCongress advises FDR that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldnt oppose the US war effort
In 1941:
Japanese armored barges cross Strait of Johore to attack SingaporeNSBer Max Blokzijl begins nazi propaganda on Dutch radio
In 1940:
Nick Nolte was bornTed Koppel was bornLewis and Hamiltons musical Two for the Show, premieres in NYCLodtz, 1st large ghetto established by Nazis in Poland
In 1937:
Maxwell Andersons Masque of Kings, premieres in NYC
In 1936:
1st NFL draft, Eagles select Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minn1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs RangersPandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party
In 1935:
1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles) He never plays in NFL
In 1934:
Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, DCGaston Doumergue forms new French govt
In 1933:
-23øF (-31øC), Seminole, Texas (state record)1st flight of all-metal Boeing 247
In 1932:
John Williams was born
In 1931:
James Dean was bornGas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000
In 1930:
Happy Days Are Here Again by Benny Mereoff hits #1
In 1929:
KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
In 1928:
1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, NYScottish inventor J Blaird demonstrates color-TV
In 1927:
Belgian-Swiss treaty signed
In 1926:
German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membershipSean OCaseys Plough and Stars opens at Abbey Theater DublinWalt Disney Studios forms
In 1925:
Jack Lemmon was bornKaufman and Berlins cocoanuts, premieres in NYCMarcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta
In 1924:
Audrey Meadows was born1st coast-to-coast radio hookup
In 1923:
Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120German NSDAP Volkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily
In 1922:
Radio arrives at the White House
In 1921:
Freddie Blassie was bornLana Turner was born
In 1920:
Swiss men vote against womens suffrage
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