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| February 1st |
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| About February 1st is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 333 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (334 in leap years). February 1st is National Freedom Day in the United States and begins Black History Month. Births 1928 - Tom Lantos, former U.S. Congressman, Holocaust survivor 1931 - Boris Yeltsin, 1st freely elected Russian President 1938 - Sherman Hemsley, actor (The Jeffersons) 1944 - Mike Enzi, U.S. Senator (Wyoming) 1948 - Rick James, musician, singer 1965 - Brandon Lee, actor (The Crow) 1968 - Pauly Shore, comedian, actor 1968 - Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley 1971 - Michael C. Hall, actor (Dexter, Six Feet Under) 1976 - Phil Ivey, professional poker player 1986 - Lauren Conrad, media personality (The Real Orange County) Deaths 1922 - William Desmond Taylor, silent film actor 1928 - Hughie Jennings, Hall of Fame baseball player/manager 1958 - Clinton Davisson, physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate 1966 - Buster Keaton, comedian, actor, filmmaker (The General) Events 1790 - The U.S. Supreme Court first meets at the Merchants' Exchange Building in New York City. 1861 - Texas secedes from the Union. 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 1884 - The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. 1893 - The world's first movie studio is completed in West Orange, New Jersey by Thomas Edison. 1960 - Four black college students begin a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, where they had been refused service. 1968 - The famous photograph of the execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem is taken by Eddie Adams. 1978 - Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to sexual charges. 1982 - Late Night with David Letterman premiere on NBC television. 2003 - The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during re-entry, killing all seven astronauts aboard. 2004 - The New England Patriots win their second championship with a 32-29 victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII. 2004 - Janet Jackson has a "wardrobe malfunction" during halftime of Super Bowl XXXVIII. 2005 - The Civil Marriage Act is introduced into the Canadian Parliament which legalized same-sex marriage. 2009 - The Pittsburgh Steelers become the first team to win six Super Bowls with a 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII. |
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