Historical Events In February - 01

1973  On this day in history monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame   

1974  "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle   

1975  "Hoppy, Gene & Me" by Roy Rogers peaks at #65 on February - 01.   

1975  On this day in history "Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater NYC after 5 performances   

1975  Otis Francis Tabler is first open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department on February - 01.   

1975  On February - 01 richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62   

1976  "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV on this day in history.   

1976  Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce on this day in history.   

1976  Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1977  On February - 01 heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives   

1977  On this day in history edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72   

1978  Director Roman Polanski skips bail & fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl on this day in history.   

1978  Harriet Tubman is first black woman honored on a US postage stamp on February - 01.   

1979  On February - 01 ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile.   

1979  Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves federal prison when her sentence for bank robbery is commuted by President Jimmy Carter on this day in history.   

1979  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1979  On February - 01 mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60   

1980  On February - 01 sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System   

1980  Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run on February - 01.   

1980  On February - 01 jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72   

1981  Australian cricket captain Greg Chappell causes furore when he orders his brother Trevor to bowl underarm to a New Zealand batsman on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in New York NY   

1981  Dutch Antilles census is 231,932 on this day in history.   

1981  French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq on February - 01.   

1981  On February - 01 trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final MCG   

1981  Donald W Douglas, US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88 on February - 01.   

1982  On this day in history amoco Canada and Chevron Standard Ltd. withdraw from $13.5 billion Alsands oil consortium in Alberta .   

1982  On February - 01 late Night With David Letterman makes its debut on NBC-TV.   

1982  On February - 01 senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)   

1983  New channels first available on cable as pay TV launched in Canada; First Choice, Superchannel and C-Channel allyou got to do is PAY on February - 01.   

1983  USSR performs underground nuclear test on this day in history.   

1983  Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies on February - 01.   

1984  On February - 01 china & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations   

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1261  On this day in history birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)   

1459  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on February - 01.   

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

1552  On February - 01 birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)   

1603  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer   

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on February - 01.   

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on February - 01.   

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

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on February - 01.   

1204  Death of Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered on this day in history.   

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on this day in history.   

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

1328  On February - 01 charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies   

1502  Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies on this day in history.   

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on February - 01.   

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