Historical Events In February - 01

1973  Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame on February - 01.   

1974  On this day in history "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV   

1974  Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle on February - 01.   

1975  "Hoppy, Gene & Me" by Roy Rogers peaks at #65 on February - 01.   

1975  "Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater NYC after 5 performances on this day in history.   

1975  Otis Francis Tabler is first open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62   

1976  On February - 01 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV   

1976  On this day in history sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce   

1976  On this day in history edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66   

1977  Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives on this day in history.   

1977  On February - 01 edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72   

1978  Director Roman Polanski skips bail & fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl on this day in history.   

1978  Harriet Tubman is first black woman honored on a US postage stamp on this day in history.   

1979  Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history newspaper heiress Patty Hearst leaves federal prison when her sentence for bank robbery is commuted by President Jimmy Carter.   

1979  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1979  On February - 01 mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60   

1980  Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System on this day in history.   

1980  Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run on this day in history.   

1980  On February - 01 jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72   

1981  On February - 01 australian cricket captain Greg Chappell causes furore when he orders his brother Trevor to bowl underarm to a New Zealand batsman.   

1981  Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in New York NY on this day in history.   

1981  Dutch Antilles census is 231,932 on February - 01.   

1981  On this day in history french government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq   

1981  On this day in history trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final MCG   

1981  On this day in history donald W Douglas, US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88   

1982  On February - 01 amoco Canada and Chevron Standard Ltd. withdraw from $13.5 billion Alsands oil consortium in Alberta .   

1982  On this day in history late Night With David Letterman makes its debut on NBC-TV.   

1982  On this day in history senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)   

1983  New channels first available on cable as pay TV launched in Canada; First Choice, Superchannel and C-Channel allyou got to do is PAY on February - 01.   

1983  USSR performs underground nuclear test on this day in history.   

1983  On February - 01 tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies   

1984  On this day in history china & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations   

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

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

1462  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on February - 01.   

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on this day in history.   

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on February - 01.   

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 February - 01.   

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on this day in history.   

1204  On this day in history 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  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on February - 01.   

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on this day in history.   

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  On February - 01 death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)