Page 12: Historical Events In February - 01

1973  On February - 01 monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame   

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

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

1975  On this day in history "Hoppy, Gene & Me" by Roy Rogers peaks at #65   

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

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

1975  On February - 01 richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62   

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

1976  On February - 01 sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce   

1976  Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 on February - 01.   

1977  Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives on February - 01.   

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

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

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

1979  Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile on February - 01.   

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  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on February - 01.   

1979  Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60 on February - 01.   

1980  On this day in history sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System   

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

1980  Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1981  Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in New York NY on February - 01.   

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

1981  French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq on this day in history.   

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

1981  On February - 01 donald W Douglas, US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88   

1982  Amoco Canada and Chevron Standard Ltd. withdraw from $13.5 billion Alsands oil consortium in Alberta on this day in history.   

1982  Late Night With David Letterman makes its debut on NBC-TV on February - 01.   

1982  On February - 01 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 this day in history.   

1983  On February - 01 uSSR performs underground nuclear test   

1983  Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies on this day in history.   

1984  China & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations on this day in history.   

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

1459  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on February - 01.   

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

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on February - 01.   

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 February - 01.   

0656  On this day in history sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25   

1204  Death of Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered on this day in history.   

1248  On February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies   

1294  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on this day in history.   

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on February - 01.   

1502  Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies on this day in history.   

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on February - 01.   

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on February - 01.