Page 11: Historical Events In February - 01

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.   

1966  Buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (General), dies at 69.   

1967  Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million and 60 lives   

1967  Ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies.   

1968  Famous photo Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head   

1968  Former Vice-President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President.   

1968  The government halted further unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, many say it did not work.   

1968  Vince Lombardi steps down as coach of the Green Bay Packers.   

1968  World trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi   

1968  Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 193435), dies at 57   

1969  Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert.   

1969  US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn.   

1969  US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood.   

1970  Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die   

1970  West-Germany and USSR sign gas contract   

1970  Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at 69.   

1971  Canada and China open diplomatic relations; exchange diplomats in both countries, and officially recognize each other's sovereignty.   

1971  Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies   

1972  The calculator arrives as a scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395).   

1972  Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK   

1973  Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame   

1974  "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV   

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1459  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on February - 01.   

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  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  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on February - 01.   

1635  On February - 01 birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)   

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on February - 01.   

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 February - 01.   

1294  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on February - 01.   

1328  On this day in history 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 this day in history.