Historical Events In February - 01

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

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

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1977  On this day in history heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives  

1977  On this day in history 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  Harriet Tubman is first black woman honored on a US postage stamp on this day in history.  

1979  Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile on February - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

1980  Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System on February - 01.  

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 February - 01.  

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  Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in New York NY on this day in history.  

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  On February - 01 amoco Canada and Chevron Standard Ltd. withdraw from $13.5 billion Alsands oil consortium in Alberta .  

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

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

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 February - 01 uSSR performs underground nuclear test  

1983  On February - 01 tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies  

1984  China & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations on February - 01.  

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

1605  On this day in history birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic  

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  On February - 01 sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25  

1204  Death of Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered on this day in history.  

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  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  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on February - 01.