Birthdates Which Occur on February 1:
1552 Edward Coke Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)
1603 Michael Trumper composer
1605 Isaac Aboab de Fonseca Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic
1633 Gabriel Schutz composer
1659 Jacob Roggeveen Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)
1669 Miguel Lopez composer
1690 Francesco Maria Veracini composer
1710 Konrad E Ackermann German actor
1757 John P Kemble England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)
1763 Thomas Campbell founder (Church of Disciples in America)
1789 Hippolyte-Andr‚-Baptiste Chelard composer
1791 Charles J Sax Belgian music instrument builder
1801 Adolf Fredrik Lindblad composer
and Thomas Cole US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School)
1805 Auguste Blanqui France, revolutionary (workers' leader)
1807 Henri Klimrath French lawyer (M‚moire sur lesson Olim)
and William Bowen Campbell Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1810 Charles Lenox Remond Salem Mass, famous black
1819 Henry Lawrence Eustis Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
1821 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg composer
1827 Alphonse de Rothschild French banker
1829 John Potts Slough Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1833 Henry McNeal Turner black methodist bishop
1839 James A Herne [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)
1841 William H H Davenport Buffalo, stage medium
1844 Granville Stanley Hall US, psychologist
1848 Adh‚mar Esmein French lawyer
1859 Victor August Herbert Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)
1869 Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap)
1873 Clara Butt Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope & Glory)
1874 Hugo von Hofmannsthal Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist
1875 Eddie Pola composer (Lullabye of Broadway)
1877 Thomas Frederick Dunhill composer
1879 Sydney Baynes composer
1880 Antonio Guarnieri composer
and Francesco Balilla Pratella composer
1881 Jose Ignacio Quinton composer
1882 Louis St Laurent Compton Quebec, (L) 12th Canadian PM (1948-57)
1883 Jevgeni B Vachtangov Armenian/Russian actor/director (Eric XIV)
1884 Yevgeny Zamyatin Russia, novelist/playwright (We)
1885 Camille Chautemps premier France
1887 Dirk Roosenburg Dutch architect
1889 Gertrude Caton-Thompson British archaeologist (Zimbabwe, So Arabia)
1891 James Price Johnson composer
1892 K Rudolf Mengelberg composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall)
1895 John Ford Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)
1896 Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza general/pres of Nicaragua (1937-56)
1897 Denise Robins London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss)
19-- Bill Leydon Chicago Ill, TV host (Musical Chairs)
and Brandis Kemp Palo Alto Calif, comedienne (Fridays)
and Don Amendolia Glassboro NJ, actor (Dino-Mama Malone)
and Elle Rio XXX actress (Cheating, Love Probe, Man Hunt)
and Jeff Coldwater XXX actor (Buttwiser, Toying Around)
and Leo Burmester Louisville Ky, actor (Flo, Chiefs, Abbys, Odd Jobs)
and Randy Josselyn actor (Rodney-Family Matters)
1900 Stephen Potter humorist
1901 Clark Gable Cadiz OH, actor (Gone With the Wind)
1902 Carlo Borbolla composer
and Langston Hughes poet/translator (Weary Blues)
1903 Georg Rendl Austria miner/beekeeper/writer (The Bees Novel)
1904 S J Perelman Brooklyn, author/humorist (Around the World in 80 Days)
1905 Emilio Segre
and Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg
1906 Hildegarde Adell Wisc, night club vocalist (I'll Be Seeing You)
and Pierre Cardevielle French composer/conductor (Amants Captifs)
1907 Camargo Guarnieri Brazil, composer/conductor
and Gnter Eich German literary (Underground Highway, Girls of Viterbo)
and John Canaday art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios)
and S ndor Veress Hungarian pianist/composer
1908 Albie Booth collegiate Hall of Fame football star (Yale)
and Edward Staempfli composer
1909 Douglas Hall Governor (Somaliland Protectorate)
and Helen Chandler Charleston SC, actress (Christopher Strong, Dracula)
1910 H Stanley Cayzer
and Michael Kanin Rochester NY, director/writer/actor (Woman of the Year)
1914 Hans Zlig Swiss dancer
1915 Stanley Matthews 1st British soccer player to be knighted
1916 Gordon Hobday Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire
1918 Maurice Laing life president (John Laing)
and Muriel Spark Scotland, novelist (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
1920 Kenneth Bond former vice-chairman
and Pierre Jonqu‚res d'Oriola France, equest jumper (Oly-gold-1952, 64)
1921 Peter Sallis actor (Tast the Blood of Dracula)
1926 Douglas Johnson historian
and Peter Crill Bailiff of Jersey
and Stuart Whitman SF Calif, actor (Capt Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip)
1927 Galway Kinnell Providence RI, author (Body Rags, Book of Nightmares)
1928 Eric Evans Dean (St Paul's)
and Sam Edwards physicist
and Tom Lantos (Rep-D-CA, 1981- )
and Ursula Mamlok composer
1930 Peter Tapsell British MP
1931 Barrel [ABM] Frinking, teacher/member of Dutch 2nd chamber (CVP)
and Boris Yeltsin Ural Mts USSR, president of Russian SSR
and Madeline Berthod Switzerland, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1956)
and Mark Richmond CEO (Science & Engineering Research Council)
and Ton [ABM] Frinking Dutch politician (CDA) 2nd Chamber
1932 John Hart Denver Colo, newsman (CBS News Retrospective, NBC News)
and John Nott British MP
1933 Reynolds Price US writer
1934 Bob Shane vocalist (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons)
1935 Ruth Clarke Moderator (General Assembly of the United Reform Church)
and Vladimir V Aksyonov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 22, T-2)
1936 G H Blake Principal (Collingwood College, Durham U)
1937 Don Everly Brownie Ky, vocalist (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie)
and Dr Hook [Ray Sawyer], Ala, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You're in Love)
and Garrett Morris New Orleans La, actor (SNL, Martin, Carwash)
1938 Jacky Cupit golfer (Rookie of Year 1961)
and Jimmy Carl Black rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
and Sherman Hemsley Phila, actor (All in the Family, Jeffersons, Amen)
1939 Paul E Gillmor (Rep-R-Ohio)
1940 Bibi Besch Vienna Austria, actress (Star Trek 2, Beast Within)
and Herve Filion sulky driver (1969 Canadian Sports Hall of Fame)
1941 Anatoliy Firssov USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
and Franco Nones Italy, 30K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1968)
and Robert Walmsley British Vice-Admiral
1942 Terry Jones Colwyn Bay North Wales, comedian (Monty Python)
1943 Josceline Dimbleby cookery writer
and Lord Mountevans
and Tina Sloan NY, actress (Lillian-Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow)
1944 Tommy Duffy rocker (Echos)
1945 Ole Buck composer
1946 Bart Braverman LA Calif, actor (Bobby-Vega$, Roy-New Odd Couple)
1947 Adam Ingram British MP
1948 Jennifer Adams superintendent (Central Royal Parks)
1951 Andrew Smith British MP
1952 Rick James [James Johnson], rock/soul/funk vocalist (Super Freak)
1953 Andy Mill skier/husband of Chris Everet
and C A Barnett headmaster (Whitgift School)
1954 Billy Mumy Calif, actor (Will Robinson-Lost in Space, Dear Brigitte)
and Mike Campbell guitarist (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-Breakdown)
1955 Kate Ashbrook general secretary (Open Spaces Society)
and Virginia Elliot three-day eventer
1957 Donna Adamek Duarte Calif, bowler (BWAA Woman of Year 1978-81)
1959 Anthony LaPlagia actor (Criminal Justice, Betsy's Wedding)
1961 Gabrielle Carteris actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
1963 Jani Lane heavy metal drummer (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
1964 Kaitlin Hopkins NYC, actress (Kelsey-Another World)
1965 Brandon Lee Emerson Colo, actor (Showdown in Little Tokyo)
and Sherilyn Fenn Detroit Mich, actress (2 Moon Junction, Twin Peaks)
and Stephanie Marie Elisabeth de Grimaldi Monte Carlo Monaco, Princess
1966 Donna Edmondson Greensboro NC, playmate of year (Nov, 1986)
1967 Laura E Dern LA Calif, actress (Blue Velvet, Mask, Smooth Talk)
1968 Javier Sanchez Spain, tennis star
and Lisa Marie Presley Keough Jackson Memphis Tenn, daughter of Elvis
1970 Pauly Shore comedian (Encino Man)
1972 Brian Krause actor (December, Sleepwalkers, Return to Blue Lagoon)
1973 Elena Makarova Moscow Russia, tennis star
and Mart˜n Reuser soccer player (Ajax)
and Michael Joyce Santa Monica CA, tennis star (1989 USTA Natl Boys' 18)
1974 Lisa Marie Scott Pensacola FL, playmate (Feb, 1994)
Deaths Which Occured February 1:
656 Sigebert III king of Austrasia, dies at about 25
1204 Alexius IV Angelus regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered
1248 Hendrik II duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies
1294 Louis II the Austere/Strict, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies
1328 Charles IV the handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies
1502 Olivier de la Marche Flemish writer/poet/governor
1542 Hieronymus Aleander [Gir¢lamo Aleandro], Ital diplomat, dies at 61
1650 Rene Descartes philosopher, dies
1666 Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies
1669 Abandoned child Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers buried at 31
1691 Alexander VIII [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80
George Ethereyou English songwriter (Love in a Tub), dies at 56
1694 John L baron van Elderen 63rd bishop of Luik (1688-94), dies at 73
1733 August II the strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62
1743 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni composer, dies at 85
1747 Jacobus E J Capitein slave/clergyman/merchant, dies
1795 Giacomo Insanguine composer, dies at 66
1818 Giuseppi Gazzaniga composer, dies at 74
1824 Maria Theresia von Paradis composer, dies at 64
1832 Ecco Epkema classic linguist (Fries/Oudfries), dies at 71
1838 Abraham de Ferry gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71
1839 Giuseppe Valadier Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76
1851 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53
1869 Frederik W Conrad hydraulic engineer, dies at 68
1871 Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov composer, dies at 51
1873 Matthew Maury hydrographer, dies
1875 William Sterndale Bennett composer, dies at 58
1877 Joseph-Leon Gatayes composer, dies at 71
1878 George Cruikshank English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85
1883 Pavel Melnikov Russian historian/author, dies
1889 Joseph Gungl composer, dies at 78
1902 Salomon Jaoassohn composer, dies at 70
1903 George G Stokes British/naturalist/pres Royal Society, dies
1904 Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm historian/writer, dies at 76
1905 Oswald Aschenbach German painter, dies at 77
1908 Carlos I King of Portugal (1889-1908), killed by mob
1910 Otto Julius Bierbaum German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44
1916 Anton Simon composer, dies at 65
1922 William Desmond Taylor director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49
1929 August Otto Halm composer, dies at 59
1944 Martin Lunssens composer, dies at 72
Piet Mondrian abstract painter (Composition in Blue), dies at 71
1945 Johan Huizinga culture historian (Homo ludens), dies
1949 Herbert Stothart composer, dies at 63
1950 Harry Blomberg Swedish author (Jacobs Dr”m), dies at 56
1954 Julius P Hoste Belg minister/daily newspaper publisher, dies at 69
1957 Friedrich von Paul German fieldmarshal, dies at 66
1958 Clinton Joseph Davisson dies
1959 Madame Sul-To-Wan [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85
1966 Buster Keaton [Joseph Francis], US comic (general), dies
Hedda Hopper [Elda Furry], US gossip columnist, dies at 75
Nicholas Piantanida sets balloon flight record & dies in descent
William Harrigan actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at 71
1967 Langston Hughes poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th birthday
1968 Lawson Little amateur golfer (US & Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57
1970 Blaz Arnic composer, dies at 69
1974 Lynda Ann Healy 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle
1975 Richard Wattis actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62
1976 Edgar Pangborn sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66
Werner C Heisenberg German physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies
1977 Edmond [Moore] Hamilton US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72
1979 Mort Marshall actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60
1980 Jack Bailey TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72
Romolo Valli actor (Boom, La Viaccia), dies at 54
1981 Donald W Douglas US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88
Ernst Pepping composer, dies at 79
Nils Geirr Tveitt composer, dies at 72
Wanda Hendrix actress (Sierra, Ride the Pink Horse), dies
1983 Tullio Campagnolo Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies
1986 Alva Myrdal Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84
Dick James Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58
1987 Erin Westmore makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at 82
1988 Heather O'Rourke (Poltergeist) star, dies at 12 of intestinal ailment
Reinder Zwolsman businessman, dies at 75
1991 Carol Dempster actress (Sally of Sawdust, America), dies at 89
H J van Ommeren-Averink Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CPN), dies
James G MacDonald voice of Mickey Mouse, dies of heart failure at 84
Phil Watson NHL coach (NY Rangers), dies
1992 George Berkeley actor, dies at 70
1994 Fouad Fram al-Boustani Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa), dies at 88
Olan Soule radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83
1995 George Abbot director (Damn Yankees), dies at 107
Michael Caesar pope of pot, dies of liver cancer at 52
Holidays Which Occur February 1:
Malaysia Federal Territory Holiday (1974)
Nicaragua Air Force Day
US National Freedom Day
Religious Observances on February 1:
RC Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, martyr
RC Severus, bishop of Ravenna
RC Sigibert III, king of France
107 old RC Commemoration of St Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, martyr
525 RC Commemoration of St Brigid of Kildar, Irish nun
Things to Remember for February 1:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
National Freedom Day
People's Day
[Hawaii] Pepeluali
18 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
Highlights in History Which Occur February 1:
772 Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1539 Emperor Karel & King Fran‡ois I sign anti-English treaty
1587 English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence
1662 Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders for Chinese pirates
1669 French king Louis XIV limits freedom of religion
1709 Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez
1717 Henri D'Aguesseau appointed 1st chancellor of France
1720 Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty
1732 Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions
1742 Sardinia & Austria sign alliance
1783 William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex
1788 1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet
1789 Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
1790 Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)
1793 France declares war on England & Netherlands
and Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, NY, for oiled silk & linen
1809 Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system
1810 1st insurance co managed by blacks (American Insurance Co of Phila)
and Seville, Spain surrenders to French
and US Population: 7,239,881, Black population: 1,377,808 (19%)
1814 Lord Byron's "Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on day of publication
and Volcano Mayon on Luzon Philippines erupts killing 1,200
1840 Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated
1846 Th‚phile Gautier publishes "Hashish Club" about his initiation
1860 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of NYC
1861 Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands
and Texas becomes 7th state to secede
1862 Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of Republic"
1864 -Feb 8th] Battle of Yazoo River, MS
and 2nd German-Danish war begins
and Austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleesw˜k/Holstein
1865 13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day)
and General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins
and JS Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Ct, admitted to bar
1867 Bricklayers start working 8-hour days
1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in
House of Reps (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
1881 US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri authorized
1883 French lt-col Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger
1884 1st edition of Oxford English Dictionary, publishes
1892 Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion
thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite
1893 Opera "Manon Lescaut," premieres in Turin
and Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ)
1896 Opera "La Boheme," premieres in Turin
1898 1st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Co
1902 China's emperor Tzoe-hsi forbids binding woman's feet
and Hermann Sudermanns "Es lebe das Leben," premieres in Berlin
1905 Hague soccer team ADO froms
and Hungarian premier Tisza resigns
1906 1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas
and English min of Frgn affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured
1909 US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens
1910 1st British labour exchange opens
and Dragoumis govt forms in Greece
1914 NY Giants & Chic White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt
and Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed
and Tanganyika Railway opens
1916 H Thiele discovers asteroid #1847 Stobbe
1917 Admiral Tirpitz proclaims limitless submarine war
1918 Franz Leh rs opera "Wo die Lerche singt," premieres in Budapest
and Kern, Bolton & Wodehouse's musical premieres in NYC
and Russia adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Feb 14)
1920 1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul Minn)
and Soccer team Quick Boys forms
1923 Allied ultimatum on Lithuanian occupation of Memel
and Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini
and No‰l Coward's "Young Idea," premieres in London
1924 Amsterdam's Netherlands Press Museum opens
and New British MacDonald govt recognizes USSR
and Soccer team VSV Tonido forms in Voorburg
and Soviet Union formally recognized by Britain
1925 1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontk„mpferbund in Berlin
1926 Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR
and Land at Broadway & Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch
1929 1st clean & jerk of 400 lbs (182 kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402« lbs
1930 Arnold Sch”nbergs opera premieres in Frankfurt
1933 Colonial govt arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname
and Dutch bishops forbid membership in non-catholic unions
and German Parliament disolves, Gen Ludendorf predicts catastrophe
1934 Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his
1935 James T Farrell finishes his "Studs Lonigan" trilogy
1937 Stapleton, Staten Island becomes a customs-free port
1940 Russia begins new offensive against Finland
1942 2nd Norwegian government of Quisling forms
1943 German occupiers make Vidkun Quisling Norwegian premier
and Mussert forms pro Nazi shadow cabinet (Neth)
1944 US 7th Infantry/25th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein/Roi/Namur
and Upper state Soviet enlarges autonomous soviet republic
1945 US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie
1946 Republic of Hungary proclaimed, Zolt n Tildy as communist president
and Trygve Lie, a Norwegian socialist, becomes 1st Sec-Gen of UN
1947 Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian govt of christian-democrats
and Dmitri Sjostakovitsj named professor at conservatory of Leningrad
and NV United Dutch Fokker's Aircraft established
1948 Federation Malaysia forms from 9 sultanates
and Palestine Post building in Jerusalem bombed
1949 200" (5.08-m) Hale telescope 1st used [See June 3, 1948]
1950 USSR condemns Emperor Hirohito of war crimes
and Urko Kekkonen elected president of Finland
1951 -50øF (-46øC), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record)
and 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated
and 1st telecast of atomic explosion
and Alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed
and UN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1952 General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia
and SN Behrman's "Jane," premieres in NYC
1953 "General Electric Theater" premieres on CBS TV; Reagan later hosts
and "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television
and Dr A de Waal appointed as Neth 1st female asst sect of state
and Flooding in Netherlands, kills 1,835
and WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 1st TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres
and Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire
and Soccer team The County froms in Doetinchem
1955 HC Hansen appointed premier of Denmark
1956 Haagsch Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking
and WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline
and G˜sbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam
1958 1st US satellite (Explorer I) launched
and Egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic
and WFTV TV channel 9 in Orlando, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 Lowell Observatory discovers asteroid #2847
and Swiss males vote against voting rights for women
and Texas Instruments gets patent on IC, Integrated Circuit
and WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1960 4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth
and Black college students sit-in at segregated lunch counter in NC
and Extremely-rightward rebellion in Algeria
and Sit-in at FW Woolworth-cafeteria in Greensboro, NC
1961 1st full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful
and British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive
1963 Nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes self-governing
1964 Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," 1st #1 hit & stays #1 for 7 weeks
and Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity
and Suriname River dammed
1965 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienoordbrug
and Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma Ala
1967 Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million & 60 lives
and WCLP TV channel 18 in Chatsworth, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of Green Bay Packers
and World trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi
Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a
and Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to head
1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert
and WPGH TV channel 53 in Pittsburgh, PA (IND) begins broadcasting
1970 Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die
and WMAA TV channel 29 in Jackson, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
and West-Germany & USSR sign gas contract
1972 1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)
and Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK
1974 "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV
1975 1st successful Wash Cap penalty shot, Ken Lockett vs Vancouver Canucks
and Lorne Henning scores on 3rd Islander penalty shot
1976 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV
and Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce
1977 Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives
and Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball
1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 yrs in exile
and Patricia Hearst is released from a SF prison for bank robbery
and USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System
and Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run
1981 11th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 21-7
and Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in NYC
and Dutch Antilles census is 231,932
and French govt accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq
1982 Senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)
1983 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1984 China & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations
and Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner
and Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203)
1985 -61øF (-52øC), Maybell, Colorado (state record)
and -69øF (-56øC), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record)
1986 KHJ-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KRTH
and Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switz
1987 163 day strike against Deere & Co ends, workers accept wage freeze
and 38,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago at Detroit
1989 Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion
and Princess Diane of England visits NYC
1991 Afghanistan/Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
and President F W de Klerk, says he would repeal all apartheid laws
and US Air & Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32
1992 Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract ($4.7 mil)
and Denis Potvin's #5 becomes 1st number retired by NY Islanders
1993 Soyuz TM-16 lands
1994 Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.03 sec)
and Large meteorite falls near Kusaie, Pacific Ocean
1995 Amtrak NY-Tampa run ends
and Amy van Dikes swims woman's world record 50 m butterfly (26.73)
and Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air
1967 Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million of
property, taking 60 lives. (Australia)
1970 Stalled commuter train rammed by a high-speed express at
Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 139, injuring 179.
Your Special Reminders for February 1:
1920 -2øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1989 67øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 32nd day of the year with 333 days left (Numerology = 3)
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