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 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 this day in history.  

1975  On February - 01 "Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater NYC after 5 performances  

1975  On February - 01 otis Francis Tabler is first open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department  

1975  Richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62 on February - 01.  

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

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 February - 01.  

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1977  On this day in history 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  Director Roman Polanski skips bail & fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl on February - 01.  

1978  On February - 01 harriet Tubman is first black woman honored on a US postage stamp  

1979  On this day in history ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile.  

1979  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

1980  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1981  On February - 01 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 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1984  China & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations on this day in history.  

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  

1459  On February - 01 birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)  

1462  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on February - 01.  

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on February - 01.  

1603  On this day in history birth of michael Trumper, composer  

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  On this day in history birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)  

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

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on February - 01.  

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 February - 01.  

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