Page 12: Historical Events In February - 01

1973  Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame on February - 01.   

1974  "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV on February - 01.   

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

1975  On this day in history "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  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  Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce on February - 01.   

1976  On this day in history 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  Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72 on February - 01.   

1978  On February - 01 director Roman Polanski skips bail & fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl   

1978  On this day in history harriet Tubman is first black woman honored on a US postage stamp   

1979  On February - 01 ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile.   

1979  Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves federal prison when her sentence for bank robbery is commuted by President Jimmy Carter on this day in history.   

1979  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on February - 01.   

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

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

1980  On February - 01 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  Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in New York NY on February - 01.   

1981  On this day in history dutch Antilles census is 231,932   

1981  On this day in history 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  On this day in history donald W Douglas, US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88   

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 February - 01.   

1982  On this day in history senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)   

1983  On February - 01 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 this day in history.   

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

1984  On this day in history china & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations   

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1261  On February - 01 birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)   

1459  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on February - 01.   

1462  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on this day in history.   

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

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