Historical Events In February - 01

1991  On this day in history 35 people die when a USAir jetliner crashes atop a commuter plane at Los Angeles International Airport.  

1991  Afghanistan/Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die on February - 01.  

1991  Craig McDermott takes 8-97 vs England at the WACA on this day in history.  

1991  On February - 01 president F W de Klerk, says he would repeal all apartheid laws  

1991  On February - 01 south African president F W de Klerk says he would repeal all apartheid laws  

1991  Carol Dempster, actress (Sally of Sawdust, America), dies at 89 on February - 01.  

1992  Uniondale, New York Denis Potvin's #5 becomes first number retired by the New York Islanders on this day in history.  

1993  On February - 01 new York Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman  

1993  On this day in history soyuz TM-16 lands  

1994  On this day in history jeff Gillooly, Tonya Harding's ex-husband, pleads guilty to taking part in an attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan.  

1994  Large meteorite falls near Kusaie, Pacific Ocean on February - 01.  

1995  Amtrak New York-Tampa run ends on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history andy & Grant Flower make 269 stand vs Pakistan, brotherly record  

1995  Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air on February - 01.  

1996  On February - 01 toronto Stock Exchange 300 index breaks through the symbolic 5,000 mark for the first time, our Dow Jones  

1998  On February - 01 "Street Corner Symphony," closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 79 performances  

1998  On February - 01 86th Australian Mens Tennis Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (6-2 6-2 6-2)  

1998  On this day in history australian Mixed Doubles Tennis J Gimelstob & V Williams beat Suk & Sukova (6-2 6-1)  

2000  Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico say they have traced the origin of the AIDS virus to around 1930 on February - 01.  

2006  UAL Corporation, United Airlines' parent company, emerges from bankruptcy after being in that position since dec 9, 2002, the longest such filing in history on this day in history.  

2007  British Prime Minister Tony Blair is questioned for a second time in the 'cash for peerages (Cash for Honours)' probe as a witness on February - 01.  

2009  On this day in history jóhanna Sigurðaóttir is elected as e fir female Prime Minier of Iceland, becoming e fir openly gay Head of ate in e modern world.  

2012  At least 73 people are killed in the Egyptian football riots in Port Said on February - 01.  

2012  On February - 01 at least 79 people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured after a football match in Port Said, Egypt.  

2013  On February - 01 the Nigerian Army bomb a Boko Haram camp, killing 18 people  

2014  14 people are killed after Mount Sinabung erupts in Indonesia on this day in history.  

2017  On February - 01 rex Tillerson confirmed as 69th US Secretary of State  

2017  On this day in history british MPs vote in favour of the European Union Bill, allowing the government to begin Brexit  

2018  The Indian government announces plan to give 500 million people free healthcare on this day in history.  

2018  On this day in history archaeologists announce discovery of thousands of undetected structures in Mayan lowland civilisation, Guatemala, using Lidar, suggests population of 10 million  

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1261  On this day in history birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)  

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

1605  On February - 01 birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic  

1633  On February - 01 birth of gabriel Schutz, composer  

1635  On this day in history 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  On February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies  

1294  On this day in history louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies  

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  On February - 01 death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)  

1563  On February - 01 death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)