Daily Archives: February 1, 2016

Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie chosen to be first UN secretary-general 70 years ago today (Feb 1 1946)


Video: 'TRYGVE LIE BECOME SECRETARY GENERAL TO UNO'

(Friday, February 1, 1946) — Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie was chosen today in London to be the first secretary-general of the United Nations (he would be formally inducted the following day). Continue reading Norwegian statesman Trygve Lie chosen to be first UN secretary-general 70 years ago today (Feb 1 1946)

‘The Court Jester’ opens in New York 60 years ago this hour (Feb 1 1956)


Video: 'The Court Jester' trailer

(Wednesday, February 1, 1956, doors opened at 9:30 a.m. EST)The Court Jester, a musical-comedy film about a traveling actor who is mistaken for a medieval rebel, opened in New York this morning at Paramount Theater (it had been released in Japan on Dec. 24, 1955).

Directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, the film starred Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury and Cecil Parker.