Historical Events For February - 01

1940  Russia begins new offensive against Finland on February - 01.  

1941  On February - 01 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn  

1941  US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner on February - 01.  

1942  On this day in history 2nd Norwegian government of Quisling forms  

1943  On February - 01 german occupiers make Vidkun Quisling Norwegian premier  

1943  On this day in history mussert forms pro Nazi shadow cabinet (Netherlands)  

1944  First Japanese territory invaded at Kwajalein on this day in history.  

1944  Supreme Soviet enlarges soviet republics' autonomy on this day in history.  

1944  On this day in history martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72  

1945  US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie on February - 01.  

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1945  Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72 on February - 01.  

1946  Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie is selected as the first secretary-general of the United Nations on February - 01.  

1946  On February - 01 republic of Hungary proclaimed, Zolt n Tildy as communist president  

1946  Hans Betghe, writer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1947  On February - 01 aleide de Gasperi forms Italian government of Christian-democrats & communists  

1947  On February - 01 dmitri Shostakovitch named professor at conservatory of Leningrad  

1947  NV United Dutch Fokker's Aircraft established on February - 01.  

1948  On this day in history federation Malaysia forms from 9 sultanates  

1948  On February - 01 palestine Post building in Jerusalem bombed  

1949  200" (5.08-meter) Hale telescope first used on this day in history.  

1949  RCA releases first single record ever (45 rpm) on this day in history.  

1949  On February - 01 herbert Stothart, composer, dies at 63  

1950  On this day in history urko Kekkonen elected president of Finland  

1950  On this day in history uSSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes  

1951  -50ºF (-46ºC), Gavilan NM (state record) on this day in history.  

1951  On this day in history alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed  

1951  On this day in history first telecast of atomic explosion  

1951  The first X-ray moving picture process demonstrated on February - 01.  

1951  On this day in history uN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea  

1951  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 01.  

1952  General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia on February - 01.  

1952  On this day in history the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria) is formed.  

1953  On February - 01 "General Electric Theater" premieres on CBS TV; Reagan later hosts  

1953  "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television great show for it's time on this day in history.  

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on February - 01.  

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

1462  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on February - 01.  

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

1603  On this day in history birth of michael Trumper, composer  

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

1633  On this day in history birth of gabriel Schutz, composer  

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

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on this day in history.  

1204  On February - 01 death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered  

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 February - 01.  

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on February - 01.  

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

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

1563  On this day in history death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)