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  Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle on February - 01.   

1975  On February - 01 "Hoppy, Gene & Me" by Roy Rogers peaks at #65   

1975  "Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater NYC after 5 performances on this day in history.   

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

1975  On February - 01 richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62   

1976  On February - 01 "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 February - 01 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  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  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1979  Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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 February - 01 duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in New York NY   

1981  Dutch Antilles census is 231,932 on February - 01.   

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  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 February - 01.   

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  USSR performs underground nuclear test on this day in history.   

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

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  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  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  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on February - 01.   

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on February - 01.   

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

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on February - 01.   

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 February - 01 olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies   

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

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