Historical Events In February - 01

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  On this day in history mackay & Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies  

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 this day in history.  

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 February - 01.  

1964  Suriname River dammed on February - 01.  

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

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1965  Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL on February - 01.  

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

1965  Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news on this day in history.  

1965  On February - 01 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 on this day in history.  

1966  Buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (General), dies at 69 on February - 01.  

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

1967  Ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies on February - 01.  

1968  On this day in history famous photo Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head  

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  On February - 01 vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers  

1968  On this day in history 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  Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert on this day in history.  

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  On February - 01 stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die  

1970  On February - 01 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  On February - 01 the calculator arrives as a scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)  

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

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1261  On February - 01 birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)  

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

1462  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on this day in history.  

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on this day in history.  

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on February - 01.  

1605  On February - 01 birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic  

1633  On this day in history birth of gabriel Schutz, composer  

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on February - 01.  

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  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  On February - 01 olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies  

1542  On February - 01 death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)  

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