Historical Events In February - 01

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

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

1974  Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle on this day in history.  

1975  On this day in history "Hoppy, Gene & Me" by Roy Rogers peaks at #65  

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

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 this day in history.  

1976  Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 on February - 01.  

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1977  On February - 01 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  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  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 this day in history.  

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 February - 01 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR  

1979  On this day in history mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60  

1980  On February - 01 sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System  

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 this day in history.  

1981  On February - 01 australian cricket captain Greg Chappell causes furore when he orders his brother Trevor to bowl underarm to a New Zealand batsman.  

1981  On February - 01 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  On this day in history 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  Senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia) on this day in history.  

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  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 February - 01.  

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  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer  

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

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1294  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on this day in history.  

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 February - 01.  

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.