Historical Events In February - 01

1973  On this day in history monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame  

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 February - 01.  

1975  Otis Francis Tabler is first open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department on February - 01.  

1975  Richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

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

1976  Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 on February - 01.  

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

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

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 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR  

1979  On February - 01 mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60  

1980  On this day in history sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System  

1980  On February - 01 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  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  Dutch Antilles census is 231,932 on this day in history.  

1981  On February - 01 french government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq  

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

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

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

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  On February - 01 uSSR performs underground nuclear test  

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  On February - 01 birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)  

1552  On this day in history birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)  

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on this day in history.  

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies  

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

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on this day in history.