Historical Events In February - 01

1961  On this day in history a full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful   

1961  On February - 01 british minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive   

1961  On February - 01 mackay & Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies   

1963  On this day in history neil Young performs his first professional date at a Winnipeg country club, at age 17.   

1963  On February - 01 nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes self-governing under Hastings Banda   

1964  On this day in history "Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances   

1964  On this day in history beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," first #1 hit & stays #1 for 7 weeks   

1964  On this day in history indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity   

1964  Suriname River dammed on this day in history.   

1965  Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam on February - 01.   

1965  Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL on February - 01.   

1965  Martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news   

1965  On this day in history the Hamilton River in Labrador renamed Churchill River in honour of Winston Spencer Churchill   

1966  On February - 01 buster Keaton, famous comic film star, dies at age 69.   

1966  Buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (General), dies at 69 on February - 01.   

1967  Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million & 60 lives on February - 01.   

1967  Ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies on February - 01.   

1968  Famous photo Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head on February - 01.   

1968  Former Vice-President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President on February - 01.   

1968  On February - 01 the government halted further unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, many say it did not work   

1968  On February - 01 vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers   

1968  On February - 01 world trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi   

1968  On February - 01 lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57   

1969  Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert on February - 01.   

1969  On February - 01 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn   

1969  On February - 01 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood   

1970  Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die on this day in history.   

1970  On February - 01 west-Germany & USSR sign gas contract   

1970  Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1971  Canada and China open diplomatic relations; exchange diplomats in both countries, and officially recognize each other's sovereignty on February - 01.   

1971  Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history the calculator arrives as a scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)   

1972  Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK on this day in history.   

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1459  On this day in history birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)   

1462  On this day in history birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)   

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on February - 01.   

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on February - 01.   

1605  On this day in history birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic   

1633  On February - 01 birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on February - 01.   

0656  On this day in history sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25   

1204  Death of Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered on February - 01.   

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on February - 01.   

1294  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on this day in history.   

1328  On this day in history charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies   

1502  On this day in history olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies   

1542  On February - 01 death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)   

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on February - 01.