Historical Events In February - 01

1973  Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame on February - 01.   

1974  "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV on February - 01.   

1974  On this day in history lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle   

1975  "Hoppy, Gene & Me" by Roy Rogers peaks at #65 on February - 01.   

1975  "Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater NYC after 5 performances on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history otis Francis Tabler is first open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department   

1975  On February - 01 richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62   

1976  On February - 01 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV   

1976  On February - 01 sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce   

1976  Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives   

1977  Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1978  On February - 01 director Roman Polanski skips bail & fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl   

1978  On this day in history harriet Tubman is first black woman honored on a US postage stamp   

1979  Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile on February - 01.   

1979  Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves federal prison when her sentence for bank robbery is commuted by President Jimmy Carter on February - 01.   

1979  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on February - 01.   

1979  Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1980  Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run   

1980  Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72 on February - 01.   

1981  Australian cricket captain Greg Chappell causes furore when he orders his brother Trevor to bowl underarm to a New Zealand batsman on this day in history.   

1981  Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in New York NY on this day in history.   

1981  Dutch Antilles census is 231,932 on this day in history.   

1981  French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq on this day in history.   

1981  On February - 01 trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final MCG   

1981  Donald W Douglas, US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1982  On February - 01 amoco Canada and Chevron Standard Ltd. withdraw from $13.5 billion Alsands oil consortium in Alberta .   

1982  On February - 01 late Night With David Letterman makes its debut on NBC-TV.   

1982  Senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia) on this day in history.   

1983  New channels first available on cable as pay TV launched in Canada; First Choice, Superchannel and C-Channel allyou got to do is PAY on this day in history.   

1983  USSR performs underground nuclear test on February - 01.   

1983  Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies on February - 01.   

1984  On February - 01 china & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations   

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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  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on February - 01.   

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

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

1605  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1204  Death of Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered on this day in history.   

1248  On February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies   

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

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on this day in history.   

1502  On February - 01 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  On February - 01 death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)