Today in History - History - February 1st

1932Bradman makes 299* vs South Africa, runs out partner going for 300th

1587Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

1981Duke Ellington's musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in NYC

1965Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news

1865General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins

2004Super Bowl XXXVIII: New England Patriots beat Carolina Panthers, 32-29 at the Reliant Stadium MVP: Tom Brady, New England, QB

1992Denis Potvin's #5 becomes 1st number retired by NY Islanders

1965Martin Luther King Jr. & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma Ala

1969Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert

1669French King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion

1882Louis St. Laurent, Compton Quebec, (L) 12th Canadian PM (1948-57)

1901Clark Gable, Cadiz Ohio, American actor (Gone With the Wind)

1931Boris Yeltsin, Ural Mts USSR, president of Russian SSR

1902Langston Hughes, Joplin, Missouri, American poet (Weary Blues) and playwright (Mulatto)

1895John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)

1918Muriel Spark, Edinburgh Scotland, novelist (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)

1968Lisa Marie Presley Keough Jackson, Memphis Tenn, daughter of Elvis

1948Rick James (James Ambrose Johnson Jr), Buffalo New York, American funk musician

1840Novelist Alexandre Dumas (37) weds actress Ida Ferrier

1997Retired MLB player Johnny Bench (49) weds stockbroker Elizabeth Benton

1851Mary Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies of a brain tumour at 53

1944Piet Mondrian, abstract painter (Composition in Blue), dies at 71