Dean ( August 16, 1926 – February 24, 1997 ) and Florine " Kay " Plato ( December 27, 1938 – January 2, 1988 ) adopted the child in June 1965 and raised her in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County.

On February 22, 2010, a copy of Action Comics # 1 ( June 1938 ) sold at auction from an anonymous seller to an anonymous buyer for $ 1 million, besting the $ 317, 000 record for a comic book set by a different copy, in lesser condition, the previous year.

He relinquished command of his brigade in January 1938, and in February returned to the United Kingdom to take command of the 1st Infantry Division.

Judy Blume ( born Judith Sussman ; February 12, 1938 ) is an American author.

On 4 February 1938, Ribbentrop succeeded Neurath as Foreign Minister.

Ribbentrop was instrumental in February 1938 in persuading Hitler to recognize the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo and to renounce German claims upon her former colonies in the Pacific, which were now held by Japan.

* Eight Orders of Lenin (№ 880-23 February 1935, № 3582-22 February 1938, № 14851-3 February 1941, № 26411-21 February 1945, № 128065-3 February 1951, № 313410-3 February 1956, № 331807-3 February 1961, № 340967-22 February 1968 )

* Jubilee Medal " XX Years of the Workers ' and Peasants ' Red Army " ( 22 February 1938 )

They had two children together, Lev Sedov ( 1906 – 16 February 1938 ) and Sergei Sedov ( 21 March 1908 – 29 October 1937 ), both of whom would predecease their parents.

It was discovered on February 6, 1938, by Yrjö Väisälä.

By 19 February 1938, when the group was picked up by the ice breakers Taimyr and Murman, their station had drifted 2850 km to the eastern coast of Greenland.

The first known piece of television science fiction anywhere in the world was produced by the BBC on February 11, 1938, a thirty-five-minute adaptation of a section of the play R. U. R ..

A typical example was on 21 February 1938.

Adorno sailed for New York on February 16, 1938.

* Yorktown-class aircraft carrier ( 12 May 1938 – 17 February 1947 ), the seventh ship to bear this name, served with unparalleled distinction in World War II, becoming the most-decorated vessel in the history of the U. S. Navy.

In February 1938, Leigh asked that she be allowed to play Scarlett O ' Hara.

* February 15 – Charles Edouard Guillaume, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1938 )

* February 13 – Feodor Chaliapin, Russian bass opera singer ( d. 1938 )

Their journey led them to Jay County, Indiana, and on 10 February 1835 Grisell received a Land Patent at the General Land Office at Fort Wayne, purchasing the land “ for the North East quarter of Section thirty-five, in Township twenty-four of Range twelve ,” which contained.

After a few months in England, restoring his health and defending himself in Parliament, Sir George returned to his command in February 1782, and a running engagement with the French fleet on April 9 led up to his crowning victory at the Battle of the Saintes off Dominica, when on 12 April with thirty-five sail of the line he defeated the Comte de Grasse, who had thirty-three sail.

After twelve years of marriage, Mrs. Van Buren contracted tuberculosis and died on February 5, 1819, at the age of thirty-five.

Ronald Niel Stuart VC DSO RD RNR ( 26 August 1886 – 8 February 1954 ) was a British Merchant Navy commodore and Royal Navy captain who was highly commended following extensive and distinguished service at sea over a period of more than thirty-five years.

The two agreed to join their armies on February 1, 985, in order to take the city of Breisach, but at the last minute, Henry ’ s resolve weakened.

A 60 minute radio documentary Horne A ' Plenty was broadcast on 14 February 1994.

* Steve Scher on Weekday February 23, 2007 KUOW-FM interviews James Bamford on the National Security Agency ( Note: minutes 21 – 24 of 54 minute audio )

He introduced English education in India through his famous minute of February 1835.

On 16 February 2011 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 45 minute play featuring Frida and the play's writer, long term fan and performer Christopher Green.

O ' Ferrall would oversee numerous productions of Shakespeare over the course of 1937 ; a ten minute excerpt from Mark Antony's funeral speech in Julius Caesar, starring Henry Oscar ( 11 February ); a ten minute excerpt from Much Ado About Nothing with Henry Oscar as Benedick and Margaretta Scott as Beatrice ( also 11 February ); a twenty-five minute extract from Macbeth, with Henry Oscar as Macbeth and Margaret Rawlings as Lady Macbeth ( 25 March ); a thirty-minute extract from Twelfth Night, with John Wyse as Orsino and Greer Garson as Olivia ( 14 May ); and a sixty-seven minute extract from Othello starring Baliol Holloway as Othello, D. A.

Other 1937 productions included two screenings of scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream ; a fifteen minute made-for-TV screening directed by Dallas Bower and starring Patricia Hilliard as Titania and D. Hay Petrie as Bottom ( 18 February ), and a twenty-five minute extract from Stephen Thomas ' Regent's Park production, starring Alexander Knox as Oberon and Thea Holme as Titania ( 23 April ).

The series started on 5 February 2011 on BBC Radio 4 with a 90 minute adaptation of The Big Sleep and continued with The Lady in the Lake ( 12 February 2011 ), Farewell My Lovely ( 19 February 2011 ) and Playback ( 26 February 2011 ).

* February 20 – in Boston, Massachusetts, Ireland's 41-year-old Eamonn Coghlan becomes the first man over the age of forty to run a sub-four minute mile when he clocks 3min. 58. 15sec.

He was capped once by the England B team, against Chile on 10 February 1998, in which he scored a 90th minute goal in a 2 – 1 defeat.

When Dutch radio stations began playing the four minute, eight track Beatles segment of the medley, placed in the middle of the original 12 " mix, an edited 7 " single with the Beatles part preceded by " Venus " and The Archies ' " Sugar Sugar " was released and hit the # 1 spot of the Dutch singles charts in February 1981.

In February 2012, an East Finchley resident accused Cllr Coleman of ignoring a petition with 290 signatures from residents in East Finchley requesting a review into 10 minute free parking arrangements in front of a post office.

On 11 February 2009, Yorke scored a 26th minute penalty for his country, but was sent off in the dying seconds of Trinidad and Tobago's opening match of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round against El Salvador ( 2: 2 ) after exchanging heated remarks with Mexican referee Marco Antonio Rodríguez ( the Trini star had voiced his disapproval of the disruptions caused by the home crowd ) and was consequently banned for 4 games due to his use of abusive language.

* In February 2012 a London based Theatre company Improbable performed a string of shows at the Barbican Theatre London, called " The Devil & Mr Punch " which is an adaptation of the Punch & Judy story.

Philadelphia playwright and actor Anthony Lawton's original adaptation of The Great Divorce has been staged several times by Lantern Theater Company, including a weeklong run in February 2012.

To commemorate the centenary of the first performance of The Importance of Being Earnest, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a radio adaptation on 13 February 1995 ; directed by Glyn Dearman, it featured Judi Dench as " Lady Bracknell ", Sir Michael Hordern as " Lane ", Michael Sheen as " Jack Worthing ", Martin Clunes as " Algernon Moncrieff ", John Moffatt as " Rev.

Straczynski announced on February 23, 2007 that he had been hired to write the feature film adaptation of Max Brooks's New York Times-bestselling novel World War Z for Paramount Pictures and Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B.

On February 19, 1960 Wright learned from Reynolds that the New York premiere of the stage adaptation of The Long Dream received such bad reviews that the adapter, Ketti Frings, had decided to cancel further performances.

Leveridge also began to compose music, and in February 1699 all three provided music for an adaptation of Fletcher's The Island Princess, in which Leveridge's performance was widely acclaimed.

The Centre was inaugurated on the 11 February 1979 and was awarded the coveted Europa Nostra Diploma of Merit for the " superb restoration of the Sacra Infermeria and its adaptation for use as a conference centre.

In January and February 1839 an adaptation written and directed by and also starring Nathaniel Bannister was performed for four nights at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia.

A radio adaptation of the film was originally broadcast on February 1, 1937 on Lux Radio Theater.

The adaptation ran from 3 February to 21 May 1960, and was written by Henry Gammidge and illustrated by John McLusky.

In February 2007, she starred as Lovey Howell in Gilligan's Island: The Musical, a musical stage adaptation of the TV show.

It opened on Broadway in February 1951, and a film adaptation was released in 1954.

* A 1970 Broadway musical adaptation entitled Gantry opened and closed on the same night, February 14, 1970.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood, a feature film adaptation of the original first story arc, was released theatrically on February 17, 2007 in Japan.

The Fruits Basket anime adaptation has also been well received, ranking third in Anihabara's list of top televised anime series in Japan for February 2002.

A radio adaptation was presented by Lux Radio Theater on February 14, 1949.

She is also confirmed to star in Carol, an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt, set to shoot in February 2013 in London and New York.

* February 12 – NME reports the Beatles will star in a film adaptation of Richard Condon's novel A Talent for Loving.

In February 2008, Stamos appeared in the television adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun.

In February 2012, NBC gave a series order to Hannibal, a television adaptation of Red Dragon to be written and executive-produced by Bryan Fuller.

* February 21 – The BBC Television Service broadcasts the first ever piece of television science-fiction, a 35-minute adaptation of a segment of the play R. U. R.

In February 2008, Warner was heard as the popular fictional character Hugo Rune in a new 13-part audio adaptation of Robert Rankin's The Brightonomicon released by Hokus Bloke Productions and BBC Audiobooks.

Perhaps the earliest UK panel show is the BBC radio adaptation of Twenty Questions, which debuted on 28 February 1947.