Historical Events Happened 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 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  H C Hansen appointed premier of Denmark on this day in history.  

1956  Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking on February - 01.  

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  Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66 on February - 01.  

1958  1959 Swiss males vote against voting rights for women on this day in history.  

1958  On February - 01 egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic  

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

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

1959  On February - 01 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  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 this day in history.  

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 February - 01.  

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

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

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

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 February - 01.  

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

1964  Suriname River dammed on February - 01.  

1965  On February - 01 dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam  

1965  Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL on this day in history.  

1965  Martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama on February - 01.  

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

1965  On February - 01 the Hamilton River in Labrador renamed Churchill River in honour of Winston Spencer Churchill  

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

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  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 this day in history birth of gabriel Schutz, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  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  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on this day in history.