Historical Events For 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  On this day in history first TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres  

1954  On this day in history scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire  

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 February - 01.  

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

1957  On this day in history gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam  

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

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

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

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

1958  US satellite (Explorer I) launched on February - 01.  

1958  On this day in history clinton Joseph Davisson, dies  

1959  Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit) on February - 01.  

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

1959  On February - 01 uS male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins  

1959  On February - 01 madame Sul-To-Wan, [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1964  On this day in history "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  Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity on this day in history.  

1964  Suriname River dammed on February - 01.  

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

1965  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL  

1965  On February - 01 martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama  

1965  On February - 01 peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news  

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

1552  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on February - 01.  

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  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on February - 01.  

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