Page 12: Historical Events In February - 01

1973  On February - 01 monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame   

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

1974  On February - 01 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 February - 01.   

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

1975  On this day in history richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62   

1976  On this day in history "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV   

1976  Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce on February - 01.   

1976  On February - 01 edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66   

1977  On February - 01 heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives   

1977  On February - 01 edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72   

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 February - 01 harriet Tubman is first black woman honored on a US postage stamp   

1979  On February - 01 ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile.   

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 this day in history.   

1979  Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60 on February - 01.   

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  On February - 01 jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72   

1981  Australian cricket captain Greg Chappell causes furore when he orders his brother Trevor to bowl underarm to a New Zealand batsman on February - 01.   

1981  On February - 01 duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in New York NY   

1981  Dutch Antilles census is 231,932 on February - 01.   

1981  French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq on February - 01.   

1981  Trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final MCG on February - 01.   

1981  Donald W Douglas, US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88 on February - 01.   

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

1982  On this day in history late Night With David Letterman makes its debut on NBC-TV.   

1982  On February - 01 senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)   

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

1983  USSR performs underground nuclear test on February - 01.   

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

1984  On this day in history china & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations   

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1261  On this day in history 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  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer   

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on February - 01.   

1633  On February - 01 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 this day in history.   

1204  On February - 01 death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

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

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

1328  On February - 01 charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies   

1502  On February - 01 olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies   

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

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