Page 10: Historical Events In February - 01

1953  Flooding in Netherlands, results in the deaths of 1835.   

1954  inaugural TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres.   

1954  Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire   

1954  Julius P Hoste, Belg minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69.   

1955  H C Hansen appointed premier of Denmark.   

1956  Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking.   

1957  Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam.   

1957  The inaugural black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline   

1957  Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66.   

1958  1959 Swiss males vote against voting rights for women.   

1958  Egypt and Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic.   

1958  US satellite (Explorer I) launched.   

1958  Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies.   

1959  Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)   

1959  US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss.   

1959  US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins   

1959  Madame Sul-To-Wan, [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85   

1960  4 students stage inaugural civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth.   

1960  Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender   

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

1961  British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive.   

1961  Mackay and Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies   

1963  Neil Young performs his inaugural professional date at a Winnipeg country club, at age 17   

1963  Nyasaland (now Malawi) is recorded as becoming self-governing under Hastings Banda.   

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

1964  Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," inaugural #1 hit and stays #1 for 7 weeks   

1964  Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity   

1964  Suriname River dammed.   

1965  Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam.   

1965  Martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL.   

1965  Martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama.   

1965  Peter Jennings, 26, is recorded as becoming anchor of ABC's nightly news   

1965  The Hamilton River in Labrador renamed Churchill River in honour of Winston Spencer Churchill   

1966  Buster Keaton, famous comic film star, dies at age 69.   

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1261  Walter de stapledon: English bishop   

1459  Conrad celtes: German scholar   

1462  Johannes trithemius: German cryptographer   

1552  Edward coke: Mileham norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)   

1603  Michael trumper: Composer   

1605  Isaac aboab de fonseca: Portuguese/neth rabbi/mystic   

1633  Gabriel schutz: Composer   

1635  Marquard gude: German archaeologist   

0656  Sigebert iii: King of austrasia,   

1204  Alexius iv angelus: Regent of byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

1248  Death of Hendrik ii: Duke of brabant (1235-48),   

1294  Louis ii: The stern, ruler of upper-bayern,   

1328  Death of Charles iv: The handsome, king of france (1322-28),   

1502  Olivier de la marche: Flemish writer/poet/governor,   

1542  Death of Girolamo aleandro: Italian catholic cardinal (b. 1480)   

1563  Death of Menas: Emperor of ethiopia (died of fever)