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  Flooding in Netherlands, kills 1,835 on February - 01.  

1954  First TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres on this day in history.  

1954  Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire on February - 01.  

1954  On this day in history julius P Hoste, Belg minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69  

1955  On February - 01 h C Hansen appointed premier of Denmark  

1956  Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking on February - 01.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1958  On this day in history uS satellite (Explorer I) launched  

1958  Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies on February - 01.  

1959  On February - 01 texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)  

1959  On February - 01 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss  

1959  On February - 01 uS male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins  

1959  On February - 01 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 this day in history extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender  

1961  On this day in history a full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful  

1961  British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive on February - 01.  

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

1963  Neil Young performs his first professional date at a Winnipeg country club, at age 17 on February - 01.  

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  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  On February - 01 martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL  

1965  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama  

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  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on February - 01.  

1462  On this day in history birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)  

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  On this day in history birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)  

0656  On February - 01 sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25  

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  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 this day in history olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies  

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

1563  On this day in history death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)