Page 12: Historical Events In February - 01

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

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  "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  Richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62 on February - 01.   

1976  On this day in history "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV   

1976  On this day in history sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce   

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

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  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

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

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 this day in history.   

1980  Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

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  Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies on this day in history.   

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  On February - 01 birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)   

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on February - 01.