Historical Events In February - 01

1961  On February - 01 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  On February - 01 neil Young performs his first professional date at a Winnipeg country club, at age 17.   

1963  On February - 01 nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes self-governing under Hastings Banda   

1964  On February - 01 "Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances   

1964  On this day in history beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," first #1 hit & stays #1 for 7 weeks   

1964  On February - 01 indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity   

1964  On this day in history suriname River dammed   

1965  Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL   

1965  Martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history 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 February - 01.   

1966  Buster Keaton, famous comic film star, dies at age 69 on February - 01.   

1966  On February - 01 buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (General), dies at 69   

1967  On February - 01 severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million & 60 lives   

1967  On February - 01 ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies   

1968  Famous photo Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head on February - 01.   

1968  Former Vice-President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President on February - 01.   

1968  The government halted further unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, many say it did not work on this day in history.   

1968  Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers on this day in history.   

1968  World trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi on this day in history.   

1968  Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1969  Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert on February - 01.   

1969  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn   

1969  US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood on February - 01.   

1970  On February - 01 stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die   

1970  On this day in history west-Germany & USSR sign gas contract   

1970  Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at 69 on February - 01.   

1971  On February - 01 canada and China open diplomatic relations; exchange diplomats in both countries, and officially recognize each other's sovereignty   

1971  Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies on February - 01.   

1972  On February - 01 the calculator arrives as a scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)   

1972  On February - 01 wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK   

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1261  On February - 01 birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)   

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

1462  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)   

1603  On this day in history birth of michael Trumper, composer   

1605  On February - 01 birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic   

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on February - 01.   

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on this day in history.   

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on February - 01.   

1204  On this day in history death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered   

1248  On February - 01 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  On February - 01 olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies   

1542  On this day in history death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)   

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on this day in history.