Page 7: Historical Events In February - 04

1960  BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member.   

1961  Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure   

1962  Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game   

1962  US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles   

1962  US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt   

1962  "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 113 performances.   

1964  24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax   

1964  FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Oklahoma City OK   

1964  FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Okla City.   

1964  Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at 71   

1965  U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at 33.   

1966  All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); results in the deaths of 133.   

1966  Gilbert H Grosvenor, president Natl Geographic Society, dies at 90.   

1967  "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby   

1967  US launches Lunar Orbiter 3   

1968  Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70   

1969  Beatles appoint Eastman and Eastman, as general counsel to Apple   

1969  Yassar Arafat takes over as chairman of PLO   

1969  Thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63.   

1971  Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard and Mitchell).   

1971  British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt   

1971  Government exhibit under construction collapses, results in the deaths of 65 in Brazil.   

1971  National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC.   

1971  Rolls Royce goes bankrupt after a disastrous contract to supply aero engines to Lockheed Aircraft.   

1972  6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria   

1972  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  Senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported.   

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

1973  Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled   

1974  Benzine rationing ends in Netherlands   

1974  Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his inaugural word, at 2½ months   

1974  Gas rationing ends in Netherlands   

1974  Patricia Hearst (19), daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army.   

1974  Mihail Andricu, composer, dies at 79   

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1465  French van brederode: Leader of hoeksen   

1524  Luis de camões: Portugal's greatest poet.   

1549  Eustache du caurroy: Composer   

1575  Pierre de barulle: French cardinal   

1581  Daniel selich: Composer   

1620  Gustaf bonde: Swedish statesman   

1646  Hans a freiherr von abschatz: Silesian poet   

1677  Johann ludwig bach: German composer   

0211  Lucius septimus severus: Emperor of rome (193-211),   

0708  Death of Sisinnius: Greek-syrian pope (708, 20 days),   

0856  Death of Hrabanus maurus: East france, archbishop of mainz,   

0869  Death of Saint cyril: Greek missionary to the slavs (b. 827)   

1189  Death of Gilbert of sempringham: English monastery founder/saint,   

1222  Death of Willem i: Earl of holland (1203-22),   

1503  Death of Queen elizabeth: Consort of henry vii of england,   

1505  Death of Joan of valois: Queen of france/saint,