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What happened in history on this day: February 1?
On February 1 in ...
- 1893 - Thomas Alva Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
- 1951 - The first telecast of an atomic explosion is aired, a US nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site.
- 1953 - CBS TV debuts General Electric Theater.
- 1953 - CBS TV premieres TV show You Are There hosted by Walter Cronkite.
- 1953 - CBS-TV debuts sitcom Private Secretary.
- 1954 - CBS-TV debuts the daytime drama The Secret Storm.
- 1976 - ABC TV premieres the mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man.
- 1976 - The CBS TV network resumes airing The Sonny and Cher Show 60-minute variety TV show in the USA, despite their real-life divorce.
- 1980 - TV soap opera Love of Life on CBS ends a 28-year run.
- 1982 - NBC-TV debuts Late Night With David Letterman.
- 1983 - Canadian arts pay-TV network C-Channel debuts.
- 1995 - Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air.
Births on February 1
- 1869 - Birth of Johannes F "Frits" Bakker; actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap).
- 1883 - Birth of Jevgeni B Vachtangov; Armenian/Russian actor/director (Eric XIV).
- 1895 - Birth of John Ford in Maine, USA; director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man).
- 1901 - Birth of Clark Gable in Cadiz, Ohio, USA; actor (Gone With the Wind).
- 1910 - Birth of Michael Kanin in Rochester, New York, USA; director/writer/actor (Woman of the Year).
- 1921 - Birth of Peter Sallis; actor (Taste the Blood of Dracula).
- 1926 - Birth of Stuart Whitman in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Captain Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip, Revenge).
- 1937 - Birth of Garrett Morris in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live, Martin, Carwash).
- 1938 - Birth of Sherman Hemsley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (All in the Family, Jeffersons, Amen).
- 1942 - Birth of Bibi Besch in Vienna, Austria; actress (Star Trek 2, The Beast Within).
- 1942 - Birth of Terry Jones in Colwyn Bay, North Wales; actor/comedian (Monty Python).
- 1943 - Birth of Tina Sloan in New York, USA; actress (Lillian - Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow).
- 1944 - Birth of Leo Burmester in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Flo, Chiefs, The Abyss, Odd Jobs).
- 1946 - Birth of Bert Braverman in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Bobby - Vega$, Roy - New Odd Couple).
- 1951 - Birth of Brandis Kemp in Palo Alto, California, USA; actress/comedienne (Fridays).
- 1954 - Birth of Billy Mumy in California, USA; actor (Will Robinson - Lost in Space, Dear Brigitte).
- 1959 - Birth of Anthony LaPaglia in Adelaide, South Australia; actor (Murder One, Criminal Justice, Betsy's Wedding).
- 1961 - Birth of Gabrielle Carteris in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; actress (Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1964 - Birth of Kaitlin Hopkins in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Kelsey - Another World).
- 1964 - Birth of Sharon Bruneau in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Sensuous Muscle).
- 1965 - Birth of Brandon Lee in Emerson, Colorado, USA; actor (Showdown in Little Tokyo).
- 1965 - Birth of Sherilyn Fenn in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (Two Moon Junction, Twin Peaks).
- 1972 - Birth of Brian Krause; actor (December, Sleepwalkers, Return to Blue Lagoon).
- 1974 - Birth of Jennifer Lien; actress (Hannah Moore - Another World).
- 1974 - Birth of Randy Josselyn in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Fever Lake, Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure).
- 1986 - Birth of Lauren Conrad; reality star from Laguna Beach and The Hills, fashion designer, Teen Vogue intern.
Deaths on February 1
- 1922 - William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at age 49.
- 1959 - Madame Sul-To-Wan [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at age 85.
- 1966 - William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at age 71.
- 1975 - Richard Wattis, actor (Dick and the Duchess, Liberace), dies at age 62.
- 1979 - Mort Marshall, actor (Cully - Dumplings), dies at age 60.
- 1980 - Romolo Valli, actor (Boom, La Viaccia), dies at age 54.
- 1981 - Wanda Hendrix, actress (Sierra, Ride the Pink Horse), dies.
- 1988 - Heather O'Rourke, American actress (Poltergeist), dies of intestinal ailment at age 12 (born 1975).
- 1991 - Carol Dempster, actress (Sally of Sawdust, America), dies at age 89.
- 1992 - George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Captains and the Kings), dies at age 70.
- 1994 - Olan Soule, radio voice, character actor (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at age 83 (born 1909).
- 2005 - Death of John Vernon at age 72 following heart surgery; actor (Wojek TV show, Delta House, Matrix, Acapulco HEAT, Batman).
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