Historical Events For February - 01

1953  Dr A de Waal appointed as Netherlands first female assistant Secretary of state on this day in history.  

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

1954  On this day in history first TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres  

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

1954  On this day in history julius P Hoste, Belg minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69  

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

1956  Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking on this day in history.  

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

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

1957  Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66 on February - 01.  

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

1958  On this day in history egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic  

1958  On February - 01 uS satellite (Explorer I) launched  

1958  On February - 01 clinton Joseph Davisson, dies  

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

1959  US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss on this day in history.  

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

1960  On this day in history extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender  

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  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 February - 01.  

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

1964  On February - 01 beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," first #1 hit & stays #1 for 7 weeks  

1964  On February - 01 indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity  

1964  On February - 01 suriname River dammed  

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 this day in history.  

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

1965  On this day in history peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news  

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

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

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 this day in history birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)  

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1248  On February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies  

1294  On this day in history louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies  

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  On February - 01 death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)