Page 12: Historical Events In February - 01

1979  Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves federal prison when her sentence for bank robbery is commuted by President Jimmy Carter.   

1979  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.   

1979  Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60   

1980  Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System.   

1980  Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run.   

1980  Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72.   

1981  Australian cricket captain Greg Chappell leads to furore when he orders his brother Trevor to bowl underarm to a New Zealand batsman.   

1981  Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in New York NY.   

1981  Dutch Antilles census is 231932.   

1981  French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq.   

1981  Trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final MCG.   

1981  Donald W Douglas, US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88   

1982  Amoco Canada and Chevron Standard Ltd. withdraw from $13.5 billion Alsands oil consortium in Alberta.   

1982  Late Night With David Letterman makes its debut on NBC-TV.   

1982  Senegal and Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)   

1983  New channels inaugural available on cable as pay TV launched in Canada; inaugural Choice, Superchannel and C-Channel allyou got to do is PAY   

1983  USSR performs underground nuclear test.   

1983  Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies   

1984  China and Netherlands regain diplomatic relations   

1984  Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203)   

1985  -61ºF (-52ºC), Maybell CO (state record)   

1985  -69ºF (-56ºC), Peter's Sink UT (state record)   

1985  Azharuddin scores 3rd Test century in 3rd Test Cricket (122 vs England).   

1985  US female Figure Skating championship won by Tiffany Chin.   

1986  Dick James, music publisher for the Beatles from 1962-70, dies in London at age 58.   

1986  Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland.   

1986  Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84.   

1987  163 day strike against Deere and Company ends, workers accept wage freeze.   

1987  Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at 82   

1988  Heather O'Rourke, (Poltergeist) star, dies of intestinal ailment at 12.   

1989  Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion   

1989  Princess Diana of England visits New York NY   

1990  CN Rail commences cabooseless train operations.   

1991  35 people die when a USAir jetliner crashes atop a commuter plane at Los Angeles International Airport   

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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  Death of Sigebert iii: King of austrasia,   

1204  Death of 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  Charles iv: The handsome, king of france (1322-28),   

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

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

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