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In February 1947, Philby was appointed head of British intelligence for Turkey, and posted to Istanbul with his second wife, Aileen, and their family.
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The strongest recorded earthquakes in the region occurred on 5 April 1959, with its epicentre at Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye and a recorded intensity of 6. 5 at Barcelonnette, and on 17 February 1947, with its epicentre at Prazzo over the Italian border.
* Draft, Report on Communist Expansion, February 28, 1947
The first to be born was the radical Chadian Progressive Party ( PPT ) in February 1947, initially headed by Panamanian born Gabriel Lisette, but from 1959 headed by François Tombalbaye.
* Spouses: Ruth Doreen Crick, née Dodd ( b. 1913, m. 18 February 1940 – 8 May 1947 ), now Mrs. James Stewart Potter ; Odile Crick, née Speed ( b. 11 August 1920, m. 14 August 1949 – 28 July 2004, d. 5 July 2007 )
In February 1947, the British announced that they would end the mandate and withdraw from Palestine and they asked the arbitration of the United Nations.
James Danforth " Dan " Quayle (; born February 4, 1947 )
John Coolidge Adams ( born February 15, 1947 ) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer with strong roots in minimalism.
Legislation was passed that enshrined the right to organize, and membership rapidly rose to 5 million by February, 1947.
* 1947 – Butch Trucks, American drummer ( The Allman Brothers Band and The 31st of February )
Initially Britain had supported the anti-communist factions in those countries, but due to its dire economic condition it decided to pull out and in February 1947 requested the U. S. to continue its efforts.
* Sikhote-Alin – Massive iron meteorite impact event that occurred on February 12, 1947.
Najibullah was born in February 1947 in the city of Kabul, in the Kingdom of Afghanistan.
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He published four influential short stories for The Saturday Evening Post magazine, leading off, in February 1947, with " The Green Hills of Earth ".
On 20 February 2006, Irving was found guilty, and sentenced to three years imprisonment for Holocaust denial, under Austria's 1947 law banning Nazi revivalism and criminalising the " public denial, belittling or justification of National Socialist crimes ".
On February 24, 1886, at the age of thirty-nine, Edison married the 20-year-old Mina Miller ( 1866 – 1947 ) in Akron, Ohio.
* 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 Europe, the winters of early 1947, February 1956, 1962 – 1963, 1981 – 1982 and 2009 – 2010 were abnormally cold.
January and February 1947 are remembered for the worst snowfalls in the UK in the 20th century, with extensive disruption of travel .< ref >
* February 28 – Bugsy Siegel, American gangster ( d. 1947 )
* February 7 – G. H. Hardy, British mathematician ( d. 1947 )
* February 1 – Charles Nordhoff, English-born author ( d. 1947 )
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Philby and Litzi Friedmann married in February 1933, enabling her to escape to the United Kingdom with Philby two months later.
In February 1937, Philby travelled to Seville, Spain.
In February 1934, Philby married Alice ( Litzi ) Friedmann, an Austrian communist whom he had met in Vienna.
After a month's journey through wastes so harsh that even some of the camels died, on 2 February 1932 Philby arrived at a patch of ground about a half a square kilometer in size, littered with chunks of white sandstone, black glass, and chunks of iron meteorite.
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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.
After Thompson came to London to live, he received a letter from Katie, which was dated February 8, 1897.
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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