Page 11: Historical Events In February - 01

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 this day in history.   

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

1963  On February - 01 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  "Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," first #1 hit & stays #1 for 7 weeks   

1964  On this day in history 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 February - 01.   

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

1966  On this day in history buster Keaton, famous comic film star, dies at age 69.   

1966  On February - 01 buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (General), dies at 69   

1967  On February - 01 severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million & 60 lives   

1967  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

1968  On February - 01 former Vice-President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President   

1968  On February - 01 the government halted further unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, many say it did not work   

1968  Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers on this day in history.   

1968  On February - 01 world trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi   

1968  On February - 01 lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57   

1969  On February - 01 jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert   

1969  On February - 01 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn   

1969  US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood on this day in history.   

1970  Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die on February - 01.   

1970  On this day in history west-Germany & USSR sign gas contract   

1970  On February - 01 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 on this day in history.   

1971  Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies on this day in history.   

1972  The calculator arrives as a scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395) on February - 01.   

1972  On this day in history wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK   

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

1459  On February - 01 birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)   

1462  On February - 01 birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)   

1552  On February - 01 birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)   

1603  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer   

1605  On this day in history birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic   

1633  On February - 01 birth of gabriel Schutz, composer   

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 01.   

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on this day in history.   

1294  On February - 01 louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies   

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on February - 01.   

1502  Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies on February - 01.   

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on February - 01.   

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on February - 01.