Historical Events Happened In February - 01

1953  On this day in history dr A de Waal appointed as Netherlands first female assistant Secretary of state  

1953  Flooding in Netherlands, kills 1,835 on this day in history.  

1954  First TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres on February - 01.  

1954  Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire on this day in history.  

1954  Julius P Hoste, Belg minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1955  On February - 01 h C Hansen appointed premier of Denmark  

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

1957  Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam on February - 01.  

1957  On this day in history the first black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline  

1957  Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

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 February - 01.  

1959  Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit) on this day in history.  

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

1959  US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins on February - 01.  

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

1960  On this day in history 4 students stage first civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth  

1960  Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender on February - 01.  

1961  On February - 01 a full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful  

1961  British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1964  "Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances on February - 01.  

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

1964  Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity on February - 01.  

1964  On February - 01 suriname River dammed  

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

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

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

1459  On February - 01 birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)  

1462  On February - 01 birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)  

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

1603  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer  

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on this day in history.  

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

1635  On this day in history birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)  

0656  On February - 01 sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25  

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 this day in history.  

1328  On February - 01 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 this day in history death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)  

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