Historical Events In February - 01

1953  On this day in history dr A de Waal appointed as Netherlands first female assistant Secretary of state  

1953  On February - 01 flooding in Netherlands, kills 1,835  

1954  First TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres on February - 01.  

1954  Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire on this day in history.  

1954  Julius P Hoste, Belg minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1955  H C Hansen appointed premier of Denmark on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking  

1957  Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam on this day in history.  

1957  On this day in history the first black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline  

1957  On this day in history friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66  

1958  1959 Swiss males vote against voting rights for women on February - 01.  

1958  Egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic on this day in history.  

1958  On February - 01 uS satellite (Explorer I) launched  

1958  Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies on February - 01.  

1959  On this day in history texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)  

1959  US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss on February - 01.  

1959  US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins on this day in history.  

1959  On this day in history madame Sul-To-Wan, [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85  

1960  4 students stage first civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth on February - 01.  

1960  Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender on this day in history.  

1961  On February - 01 a full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful  

1961  British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive on this day in history.  

1961  On February - 01 mackay & Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies  

1963  On this day in history neil Young performs his first professional date at a Winnipeg country club, at age 17.  

1963  On this day in history nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes self-governing under Hastings Banda  

1964  "Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances on this day in history.  

1964  On February - 01 beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," first #1 hit & stays #1 for 7 weeks  

1964  Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity on this day in history.  

1964  Suriname River dammed on February - 01.  

1965  On February - 01 dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam  

1965  Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL on February - 01.  

1965  Martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama on this day in history.  

1965  Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news on this day in history.  

1965  The Hamilton River in Labrador renamed Churchill River in honour of Winston Spencer Churchill on February - 01.  

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on February - 01.  

1459  On this day in history birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)  

1462  On February - 01 birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)  

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on February - 01.  

1603  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer  

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on February - 01.  

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  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 February - 01.  

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

1294  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on February - 01.  

1328  On this day in history charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies  

1502  Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies on February - 01.  

1542  On February - 01 death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)  

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on this day in history.