Historical Events In February - 01

1953  On February - 01 dr A de Waal appointed as Netherlands first female assistant Secretary of state  

1953  On February - 01 flooding in Netherlands, kills 1,835  

1954  First TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres on this day in history.  

1954  On February - 01 scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire  

1954  Julius P Hoste, Belg minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69 on February - 01.  

1955  H C Hansen appointed premier of Denmark on February - 01.  

1956  On February - 01 hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking  

1957  Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam on this day in history.  

1957  On February - 01 the first black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline  

1957  On this day in history friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66  

1958  On February - 01 1959 Swiss males vote against voting rights for women  

1958  Egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic on February - 01.  

1958  On this day in history uS satellite (Explorer I) launched  

1958  Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies on this day in history.  

1959  On this day in history texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)  

1959  On February - 01 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss  

1959  US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins on this day in history.  

1959  On this day in history madame Sul-To-Wan, [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85  

1960  4 students stage first civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth on February - 01.  

1960  Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender on this day in history.  

1961  A full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful on February - 01.  

1961  On this day in history british minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive  

1961  Mackay & Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies on this day in history.  

1963  Neil Young performs his first professional date at a Winnipeg country club, at age 17 on February - 01.  

1963  Nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes self-governing under Hastings Banda on this day in history.  

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

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

1964  On February - 01 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 this day in history.  

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

1965  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama  

1965  Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news on this day in history.  

1965  The Hamilton River in Labrador renamed Churchill River in honour of Winston Spencer Churchill on February - 01.  

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

1459  On February - 01 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1248  On this day in history hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies  

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

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on this day in history.  

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

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on this day in history.  

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