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  On February - 01 first TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres  

1954  On February - 01 scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire  

1954  Julius P Hoste, Belg minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69 on February - 01.  

1955  On this day in history h C Hansen appointed premier of Denmark  

1956  Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking on this day in history.  

1957  Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam on February - 01.  

1957  The first black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline on February - 01.  

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

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

1958  On February - 01 egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic  

1958  US satellite (Explorer I) launched on this day in history.  

1958  On this day in history clinton Joseph Davisson, dies  

1959  Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit) on this day in history.  

1959  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss  

1959  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins  

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 this day in history.  

1960  On February - 01 extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender  

1961  A full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful on this day in history.  

1961  On February - 01 british minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive  

1961  On this day in history 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  On this day in history "Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances  

1964  Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," first #1 hit & stays #1 for 7 weeks on this day in history.  

1964  On February - 01 indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity  

1964  On this day in history suriname River dammed  

1965  Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam on this day in history.  

1965  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL  

1965  Martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama on February - 01.  

1965  On February - 01 peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news  

1965  The Hamilton River in Labrador renamed Churchill River in honour of Winston Spencer Churchill 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 this day in history.  

1552  On February - 01 birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)  

1603  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer  

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on this day in history.  

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

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 February - 01.  

1248  On February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies  

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

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.