Historical Events In February - 01

1973  Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame on this day in history.  

1974  "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV on this day in history.  

1974  On February - 01 lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle  

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

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

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

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

1976  On this day in history sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce  

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

1977  Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives on this day in history.  

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

1978  Director Roman Polanski skips bail & fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl on this day in history.  

1978  On February - 01 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  On February - 01 newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves federal prison when her sentence for bank robbery is commuted by President Jimmy Carter.  

1979  On February - 01 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR  

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

1980  On February - 01 sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System  

1980  Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run on February - 01.  

1980  Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

1981  On this day in history duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in New York NY  

1981  On February - 01 dutch Antilles census is 231,932  

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

1981  On this day in history trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final MCG  

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 February - 01.  

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

1982  Senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia) on February - 01.  

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  On this day in history uSSR performs underground nuclear test  

1983  On this day in history tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies  

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  On this day in history 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  Michael Trumper, composer was born on February - 01.  

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

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.  

1635  On February - 01 birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)  

0656  On this day in history 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  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  Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies on this day in history.  

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on this day in history.  

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