February 1

February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 333 days remaining, (334 in leap years). ==Events== *1662 - The China pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. *1713 - The ''Kalabalik'' or ''Tumult in Tighina'' results from the Ottoman Empire sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized. *1788 - Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patent the steamboat. *1790 - In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time. *1793 - France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. *1796 - The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Niagara, Ontario to Toronto, Ontario. *1814 - Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people; most devastating eruption of Mayon Volcano. *1861 - American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States. *1862 - Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic is published for the first time (Atlantic Monthly). *1880 - First edition of theatrical newspaper ''The Stage'' is published. *1884 - Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. *1893 - Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first film studio (West Orange, New Jersey). *1896 - The opera La boh�me premieres (Turin). *1908 - King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Lu�s Filipe, Duke of Braganza are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon. *1913 - New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens as the world's largest train station. *1918 - Russia adopts the Gregorian Calendar. *1919 - The first Miss America is crowned (New York City). *1920 - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begin operations. *1924 - United Kingdom recognizes Soviet Union. *1929 - Frenchman Charles Rigoulet is the first weightlifting to lift over 400 pounds (181 kg) in the "clean and jerk" method. *1943 - World War II: Vidkun Quisling appointed List of Prime Ministers of Norway by the Nazi occupiers. *1946 - Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General. *1958 - Merger of Egypt and Syria to form the United Arab Republic, which lasted until 1961. *1960 - Four black students stage a sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. *1968 - Vietnam War: Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem is executed by Nguyen Ngoc Loan a South Vietnamese National Police Chief. The execution was videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams and helped sway public opinion anti-war. *1974 - In S�o Paulo, Brazil, a fire in a 25-story office building kills 189 and injures 293. Kuala Lumpur declared a Federal Territory. *1978 - Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl. *1979 - Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence was commuted by President of the United States Jimmy Carter. *1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back into Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile. *1982 - Senegal and The Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia. *1992 - The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal Disaster case. *1994 - In Portland, Oregon Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly pleads guilty for his role in attacking figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. *1995 - Manic Street Preachers lyricist Richey James Edwards goes missing from the Embasy Hotel in London, UK. *1996 - Communications Decency Act is passed by the Congress of the United States *1999 - North Dakota Public Radio is launched. *2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster over Texas upon reentry killing all seven astronauts onboard. *2004 - At least 244 people trampled to death in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. ==Births== *1690 - Francesco Maria Veracini, composer (d. 1768) *1761 - Christian Hendrik Persoon, mycologist (d. 1836) *1844 - G. Stanley Hall, psychologist (d. 1844) *1859 - Victor Herbert, composer (d. 1924) *1874 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (d. 1929) *1882 - Louis Stephen St. Laurent, twelfth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1973) *1887 - Charles Nordhoff, author (d. 1947) *1894 - John Ford (film director), director, producer (d. 1973) *1894 - James P. Johnson, pianist, composer (d. 1955) *1901 - Clark Gable, actor (d. 1960) *1902 - Langston Hughes writer (d. 1967) *1904 - S. J. Perelman, humorist, author (d. 1979) *1906 - Hildegarde, actress, singer *1907 - Guenter Eich, lyricist (d. 1972) *1908 - George P�l, director, producer (d. 1980) *1909 - George Beverly Shea, Canadian singer *1915 - Stanley Matthews, English football player *1918 - Dame Muriel Spark, author *1922 - Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (d. 2004) *1925 - Alfred Grosser, political scientist and publicist *1928 (or 1929) - Stuart Whitman, American actor *1931 - Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia *1935 - Dieter Kuehn, writer *1937 - Don Everly, musician *1937 - Garrett Morris, comedian *1938 - Sherman Hemsley, comedian, actor *1940 - Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (d. 1996) *1942 - Terry Jones, actor, writer (''Monty Python's Flying Circus'') *1946 - Bart Braverman, American actor *1947 - Jessica Savitch, journalist (d. 1983) *1948 - Rick James, American musician, composer (d. 2004) *1948 - Elisabeth Sladen, British actress *1954 - Bill Mumy, actor, musician *1956 - Exene Cervenka, musician (X (US band)) *1962 - Tomoyasu Hotei, J-Rock guitarist *1965 - Sherilyn Fenn, actress *1965 - Brandon Lee, actor (d. 1993) *1965 - Princess St�phanie of Monaco *1965 - Sherilyn Fenn, American actress *1966 - Michelle Akers, American soccer player *1968 - Lisa Marie Presley, actress *1968 - Pauly Shore, comedian *1969 - Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine footballer *1969 - Joshua Redman, American jazz musician *1971 - Jill Kelly, erotic actress *1971 - Yoshi DeHerrera, former 'Mad Modder' on ''The Screen Savers'' *1971 - Zlatko Zahovic, Slovenian football player *1975 - Big Boi, American musician (Outkast) *1978 - Julie Roberts, country music singer ==Deaths== *1328 - King Charles IV of France (b. 1294) *1563 - Menas of Ethiopia, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) *1691 - Pope Alexander VIII (b. 1610) *1793 - William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717) *1851 - Mary Shelley, English author (b. 1797) *1893 - George Henry Sanderson, Politician, List of Mayors of San Francisco from 1891 through 1893 (b. 1824) *1908 - King Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863) *1928 - Hughie Jennings, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1869) *1944 - Piet Mondriaan, Dutch painter (b. 1872) *1957 - Friedrich Paulus, German general *1966 - Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist (b. 1885) *1966 - Buster Keaton, American actor (b. 1895) *1976 - Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics *1980 - Jack Bailey, American television announcer *1981 - Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (b. 1908) *1981 - Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American aircraft manufacturer *1988 - Heather O'Rourke, actress (b. 1975) *1989 - Elaine de Kooning, American artist (b. 1819) *1997 - Herb Caen, American newspaper columnist (b. 1916) *1997 - Marjorie Reynolds, American actress *1999 - Paul Mellon, American philanthropist *2002 - Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, writer (b. 1925) *2002 - Irish McCalla, American actress, model *2003 - The crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia, astronauts: Michael P. Anderson (b. 1959), David M. Brown (b. 1956), Kalpana Chawla (b. 1961), Laurel Clark (b. 1961), Rick D. Husband (b. 1957), William McCool (b. 1961), Ilan Ramon (b. 1954) *2003 - Mongo Santamaria, percussionist, band leader, Latin jazz musician *2005 - John Vernon, Canadian actor ==Holidays and observances== *St. Brigid of Kildare -one of the three patron saints of Ireland, the others being St. Patrick and Columba. *Imbolc - the first day of Spring in Ireland (Irish Calendar), one of the eight solar holidays in the Wheel of the Year. *2003 - Chinese New Year - Year of the ram (sheep). == Fiction == * In Roald Dahl's ''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,'' the fictional character Willy Wonka gives an unprecedented tour of his chocolate factory on February 1 (year unspecified). == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/1 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/2/1 Today in History: February 1] ---- January 31 - February 2 - January 1 - March 1 -- Historical anniversaries Days

February 1

--User:Maveric149 22:52, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:February 1 selected anniversaries - Template talk:February 1 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:February_1_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- 2004 At least 244 people were killed in a stampede during the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, after two million pilgrims flocked to Jamarat Bridge in Mena to throw stones at pillars representing the devil. ---- "2019 - Predicted date of possible collision of 2002 NT7 with Earth." Alarmist long-shot prediction. Any agreement that it should be removed from the list of events? User:Everyking 02:19, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC) ---- Oh come on, Janet Jacksons boob showing on TV is a significant event in history? I'm removing it but if anyone thinks otherwise feel free to revert it back : Well it certainly woke up the Federal Communications Commission here in the US. --User:Diberri | User talk:Diberri 22:30, Feb 10, 2005 (UTC)

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