Page 7: Historical Events In February - 04

1958  On February - 04 frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46   

1959  On February - 04 israel begins exporting copper ore   

1959  Una O'Connor, actress (Banjo, Invisible Man), dies at 78 on February - 04.   

1960  On this day in history bBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member   

1961  Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure on this day in history.   

1962  Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game on this day in history.   

1962  US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles on this day in history.   

1962  On February - 04 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt   

1962  On February - 04 "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 113 performances   

1964  On February - 04 24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax   

1964  On this day in history fAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Oklahoma City OK   

1964  On this day in history fAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Okla City   

1964  On this day in history siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at 71   

1965  On February - 04 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1965  On February - 04 u C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at 33   

1966  All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133 on this day in history.   

1966  On February - 04 gilbert H Grosvenor, president Natl Geographic Society, dies at 90   

1967  On February - 04 "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby   

1967  US launches Lunar Orbiter 3 on this day in history.   

1968  Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70 on this day in history.   

1969  On February - 04 beatles appoint Eastman &Eastman, as general counsel to Apple   

1969  Yassar Arafat takes over as chairman of PLO on this day in history.   

1969  On February - 04 thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63   

1970  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1971  Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard &Mitchell) on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 04 british car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt   

1971  On this day in history government exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil   

1971  On February - 04 national Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC   

1971  On February - 04 rolls Royce goes bankrupt after a disastrous contract to supply aero engines to Lockheed Aircraft   

1972  On February - 04 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria   

1972  On this day in history in Central Italy a 4.8 earthquate and a series of hundreds of relatively minor shocks near the Italian town of Ancona on the Adriatic coast caused wide-spread panic, some damage, several injuries, and one death   

1972  On February - 04 senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported   

1973  "No, No Nanette" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 861 performances on February - 04.   

1973  Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled on this day in history.   

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1465  French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen was born on this day in history.   

1524  On February - 04 birth of luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580)   

1549  Eustache du Caurroy, composer was born on February - 04.   

1575  On February - 04 birth of pierre de Barulle, French cardinal   

1581  On February - 04 birth of daniel Selich, composer   

1620  On February - 04 birth of gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667)   

1646  Hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, Silesian poet was born on February - 04.   

1677  On February - 04 birth of johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731)   

0211  On this day in history lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64   

0708  Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies on February - 04.   

0856  Hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

0869  Death of Saint Cyril, Greek missionary to the Slavs (b. 827) on this day in history.   

1189  Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies on February - 04.   

1222  On this day in history willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies   

1503  Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies on this day in history.   

1505  Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 on this day in history.