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In February 1941, Swansea was bombed by the Luftwaffe in a " three nights ' blitz ".
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* Alfonso XIII ( 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941 ).
Alfonso XIII ( Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Austria-Lorena ; 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941 ) was King of Spain from 1886 until 1931.
President Roosevelt authorized the Bronze Star Medal by Executive Order 9419 dated 4 February 1944, retroactive to 7 December 1941.
The name Angola was finally immortalized by Mestre Pastinha at February 23, 1941, when he opened the Centro Esportivo de capoeira Angola ( CECA ).
At the 18th Party Conference ( 15 – 20 February 1941 ) it was concluded that the abolition of the Central Committee Department on Industry had led to the neglect of industry.
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* 1941 – Lee Redmond, owner of the longest fingernails until February 10, 2009
Eleven eventually appeared and Orwell's The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius was the first and was published on 19 February 1941.
Naval Air Station Guantanamo Bay was officially established February 1, 1941.
In World War II, Prime Minister Winston Churchill appointed Labour politician Tom Johnston as Secretary of State for Scotland in February 1941 ; he controlled Scottish affairs until the war ended.
Katherine Hillyer's article was published nationally on February 20, 1941, and included a picture of the vehicle with the caption:
On February 1941 Johnston Atoll was designated as a Naval Defensive Sea Area and Airspace Reservation.
* 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 )
Nevertheless this civilian transport was adapted to the long-range reconnaissance and anti-shipping roles and, between August 1940 and February 1941, Fw 200s sank 85 vessels for a claimed total of 363, 000 Grt.
In February 1941, Beria became Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, and in June, following Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, he became a member of the State Defense Committee ( GKO ).
By the third week in February 1941, 680, 000 German troops were stationed on the Romanian-Soviet border.
February and Swansea
* February 19 – February 22 – WWII: Three Nights ' Blitz over Swansea, South Wales: Over these 3 nights of intensive bombing, which last a total of 13 hours and 48 minutes, Swansea's town centre is almost completely obliterated by the 896 high explosive bombs employed by the Luftwaffe.
On 7 February 2007, a letter bomb was sent to the DVLA in Swansea and injured four people.
In February 2011, plans were announced to transform the University of Wales into a new super-university by merging the University of Wales Institute Cardiff, Swansea Metropolitan University and Trinity Saint David.
Despite promising performances during the first half of the 1977 / 78 season, Harry Griffiths resigned as Swansea City's manager in February 1978, doubting his own ability to take the club any further.
Lord Swansea married, on 15 April 1847, to Jessie Dalrymple Goddard ( c. 1825-28 February 1848 ), the daughter of Ambrose Goddard, of the Lawn, Swindon.
* Ernest Ambrose Vivian, 2nd Baron Swansea ( 11 February 1848-17 July 1922 ); died unmarried
Early in the 1995 – 96 season, manager Roy Evans loaned him out to Barnsley and Norwich ( where he scored once in the League Cup against Birmingham City ), and in February 1996, he left Liverpool to take over as player-manager of Swansea City.
He became manager of Swansea City in February 1996 but was sacked in October 1997 along with his assistant, Billy Ayre.
Edward Ernest Hughes ( 7 February 1877 – 23 December 1953 ), the first professor of history at University College, Swansea, was born in Tywyn, the son of a local policeman.
Later in the year, Luminar was put into administration and although all the clubs hosting Jongleurs nights avoided the first wave of closures, Swansea, Basildon, Birmingham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Norwich were all closed by February 2012.
On February 24, 2009, Dempsey scored the first FA Cup goal of his career in a 2 – 1 home win over Swansea City in the fifth-round.
Sir Samuel was born on 1 February 1928 in Swansea, the son of Richard and Mary Jane Edwards.
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He scored his first league goal for Stoke in a 2 – 0 home win against Swansea City on 26 February 2012 in a man of the match performance.
Luke Moore ( born 13 February 1986 in Birmingham ) is an English football striker who currently plays for Swansea City.
He scored his first goal for Argyle in his fourth appearance, on 16 February 2010 against Swansea City.
:: 24 February Wales 4-1 Ireland ( in Swansea )
Ricketts made such an impact in his first season with Swansea that John Toshack handed him his first Welsh cap on 9 February 2005 in a match against Hungary.
When his loan spell ended, he played in the their Football League Trophy semi final win over Swansea City in February 2008 and scored the final penalty in a 5-4 penalty shootout that sent them to Wembley for the final.
In November 1972, he became manager of Swansea City, resigning in February 1975 to join Crewe Alexandra where he remained until 1978.
However, on 15 February 2007 Swansea parted company with Jackett by mutual consent after almost three years in charge.
Chinaglia made his senior debut for Swansea in October 1964 at Rotherham United, with his League debut following in February.
He made his debut for the club in a 0-0 draw against Coventry City and scored his first goal for Swansea in a 1 – 0 win at former club Crystal Palace on 9 February 2010.
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The final issue of the Englishman, No. 57 for February 15, ran to some length and was printed as a separate pamphlet, entitled The Englishman: Being the Close of the Paper So-called.
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The queen agreed on December 17, a warrant was signed on January 27, and the Exchequer paid Quiney his expenses on February 27, 1598/9.
Blackman was to be in New York by February 2, because they were sailing at 12:01 next morning.
February's volume was 1 per cent above January's for the first pickup since last October, although it's still 1.5 per cent off from February 1960.
When I looked up the actual date of his birth and found it to be March 15th, I realized that Roy was born under the right zodiacal sign for a watercolorist: the water sign of Pisces ( February 18 thru March 20 ).
This medication was continued until February, 1958.
In 1932 Dorset received its own exchange, which made business easier for the Manchester office, but it was not until February 1953 that area service was extended to include Manchester and Dorset.
The latter now furnishes the area with electricity distributed from a modern sub-station at Manchester Depot which was put into operation February 19, 1930 and was improved in January 1942 by the installation of larger transformers.
This trade was subject to a tariff of 7.5 per cent after February 1835, but much was smuggled into Assiniboia with the result that the duty was reduced by 1841 to 4 per cent on the initiative of the London committee.
It was a vivid, sharp February morning that Johnnie first made his appearance in my back yard, bringing some stuff Dad had ordered.
Abraham Lincoln ( February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 ) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, the second child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Lincoln ( née Hanks ), in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky ( now LaRue County ).
" Willie " Lincoln was born on December 21, 1850, and died on February 20, 1862.
On February 23, 1861, he arrived in disguise in Washington, D. C., which was placed under substantial military guard.
The 84th Academy Awards, honoring films in 2011, was held at the Dolby Theatre on February 26, 2012.
Gen. Beauregard arrived at Johnston's headquarters at Bowling Green on February 4, 1862 and was given overall command of Polk's force at the western end of Johnston's line at Columbus, Kentucky.
Andy Warhol ( August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987 ) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.
April was the second month of the Roman calendar, before January and February were added by King Numa Pompilius about 700 BC.
( Despite common belief, he did not take a day from February ; see the debunked theory on month lengths ) According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.
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