Page 7: Historical Events In February - 04

1958  On this day in history frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46   

1959  On February - 04 israel begins exporting copper ore   

1959  On February - 04 una O'Connor, actress (Banjo, Invisible Man), dies at 78   

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

1961  On this day in history sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure   

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

1962  On February - 04 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles   

1962  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 February - 04 siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at 71   

1965  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 04.   

1965  U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at 33 on February - 04.   

1966  On this day in history all-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133   

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

1967  "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby on this day in history.   

1967  US launches Lunar Orbiter 3 on February - 04.   

1968  On this day in history ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70   

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

1969  On February - 04 yassar Arafat takes over as chairman of PLO   

1969  On this day in history thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63   

1970  On February - 04 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1971  Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard &Mitchell) on February - 04.   

1971  On this day in history british car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt   

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

1971  National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC on this day in history.   

1971  Rolls Royce goes bankrupt after a disastrous contract to supply aero engines to Lockheed Aircraft on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported   

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

1973  On February - 04 reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled   

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1465  On this day in history birth of french van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen   

1524  On this day in history birth of luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580)   

1549  On February - 04 birth of eustache du Caurroy, composer   

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

1581  On this day in history birth of daniel Selich, composer   

1620  On this day in history birth of gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667)   

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

1677  On this day in history birth of johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731)   

0211  On February - 04 lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64   

0708  Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies on this day in history.   

0856  Hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies on February - 04.   

0869  On this day in history death of saint Cyril, Greek missionary to the Slavs (b. 827)   

1189  On this day in history gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies   

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

1503  On February - 04 queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies   

1505  On this day in history joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40