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What happend on 1. February in History
In our data base we found 360 events happened on 1. February:
• 481: Vandal king Huneric organises a conference between Catholic and Arian bishops at Carthage. [category: Events]
• 1248: Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1207) [category: Deaths]
• 1261: Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) [category: Births]
• 1327: Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. [category: Events]
• 1328: King Charles IV of France (b. 1294) [category: Deaths]
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• 1411: The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). [category: Events]
• 1459: Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) [category: Births]
• 1462: Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) [category: Births]
• 1542: Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (b. 1480) [category: Deaths]
• 1552: Edward Coke, English jurist and MP (d. 1634) [category: Births]
• 1563: Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia [category: Deaths]
• 1590: Lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator [category: Deaths]
• 1635: Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) [category: Births]
• 1648: Elkanah Settle, English poet and playwright (d. 1724) [category: Births]
• 1659: Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d. 1729) [category: Births]
• 1662: The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. [category: Events]
• 1663: Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, Filipino nun (d. 1748) [category: Births]
• 1673: Elizabeth Fones, English-born American pioneer (b. 1610) [category: Deaths]
• 1687: Johann Adam Birkenstock, German composer and violinist (d. 1733) [category: Births]
• 1690: Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (d. 1768) [category: Births]
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• 1691: Pope Alexander VIII (b. 1610) [category: Deaths]
• 1701: Johan Agrell, Swedish-born German composer (d. 1765) [category: Births]
• 1709: Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. [category: Events]
• 1710: Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (d. 1771) [category: Births]
• 1713: The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized. [category: Events]
• 1718: Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury (b. 1660) [category: Deaths]
• 1733: King Augustus II of Poland (b. 1670) [category: Deaths]
• 1734: John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649) [category: Deaths]
• 1743: Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (b. 1657) [category: Deaths]
• 1750: Bakar, Georgian Prince and politician (b. 1699) [category: Deaths]
• 1761: Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1761: Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682) [category: Deaths]
• 1763: Thomas Campbell, Irish theologian (d. 1854) [category: Births]
• 1764: George Duff, English Royal Navy officer (d.1805) [category: Births]
• 1768: Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, Englis cavalry officer (b. 1685) [category: Deaths]
• 1790: In New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1793: William Wildman Shute Barrington, English statesman (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 1796: Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1796: The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York. [category: Events]
• 1801: Émile Littré, French lexicographer (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1814: Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano. [category: Events]
• 1820: George Hendric Houghton, American clergyman (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1832: Archibald Murphey, American politician (b. 1777) [category: Deaths]
• 1835: Slavery is abolished in Mauritius. [category: Events]
• 1841: William Davenport, American magician (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1844: G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1850: Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1851: Durham Stevens, American diplomat (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1851: Mary Shelley, English author (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1859: Victor Herbert, Irish composer (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1861: American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States. [category: Events]
• 1865: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. [category: Events]
• 1871: Hellmer Hermandsen, Norwegian rifle shooter (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1872: Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer. (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1872: Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1873: John Barry, Irish Victoria Cross recipient(d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1873: Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1874: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1876: A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband. [category: Events]
• 1878: Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1878: Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1882: Louis Stephen St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1884: Bradbury Robinson, American football player (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1884: Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1884: The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. [category: Events]
• 1887: Charles Nordhoff, English-born author (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1888: Charles January, American soccer player (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1893: George Henry Sanderson, American politician (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey. [category: Events]
• 1894: James P. Johnson, American composer (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1894: John Ford, American director and producer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1895: Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman and sportsman (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1897: Denise Robins, English romance novelist (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1897: Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul. [category: Events]
• 1898: Leila Denmark, American pediatrician and supercentenarian (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1901: Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1901: Frank Buckles, last surviving American veteran of World War I (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1902: Langston Hughes African-American poet and author (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1902: Therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1903: George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: S. J. Perelman, American humorist (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1905: Emilio G. Segrè, Italian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1906: Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian Chief Justice (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1906: Hildegarde, American actress and singer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1907: Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1907: Günter Eich, German lyricist (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1908: George Pal, Hungarian-born director and producer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1908: Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist, bank governor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1908: King Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon. [category: Events]
• 1909: George Beverly Shea, Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1910: Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan politician (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1915: Stanley Matthews, English footballer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1917: A. K. Hangal, Indian actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1917: Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1918: Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1918: Muriel Spark, Scottish author (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1918: Russia adopts the Gregorian Calendar. [category: Events]
• 1920: Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begins operations. [category: Events]
• 1921: Patricia Robins, English writer [category: Births]
• 1921: Peter Sallis, English actor [category: Births]
• 1921: Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1922: William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Ben Weider, Canadian businessman and author (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1924: Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli football coach and manager (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1924: Richard Hooker, American author (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1924: The United Kingdom recognizes the USSR. [category: Events]
• 1926: Shane Devine, American federal judge (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1927: Jimmy Andrews, Scottish footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1928: Stuart Whitman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1928: Tom Lantos, American politician (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1928: Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Hossain Mohammad Ershad, Bangladeshi politician [category: Births]
• 1930: Mario Beaulieu, Canadian politician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1930: Shahabuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh [category: Births]
• 1931: Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of the Russian Federation (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1931: Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh [category: Births]
• 1932: Jan Ramberg, Swedish law professor and judge [category: Births]
• 1934: Bob Shane, American singer (The Kingston Trio) [category: Births]
• 1936: Azie Taylor Morton, American politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1936: Georgios Kondylis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Antonis Christeas, Greek basketball player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1937: Don Everly, American musician (Everly Brothers) [category: Births]
• 1937: Garrett Morris, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1937: Ray Sawyer, American singer (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) [category: Births]
• 1938: Sherman Hemsley, American comedian and actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1939: Claude François, French singer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1939: Del McCoury, American musician (Del McCoury Band) [category: Births]
• 1939: Fritjof Capra, Austrian physicist [category: Births]
• 1939: Joe Sample, American pianist (The Crusaders) [category: Births]
• 1939: Paul Gillmor, American politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1940: Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1940: Hervé Filion, Canadian harness racer [category: Births]
• 1940: Philip Francis Nowlan, American writer (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek writer (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Jerry Spinelli, American children's author [category: Births]
• 1941: Karl Dall, German television host [category: Births]
• 1942: Muna Wassef, Syrian actress and UN Goodwill ambassador [category: Births]
• 1942: Terry Jones, Welsh actor and writer [category: Births]
• 1942: Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater. [category: Events]
• 1943: Fred Barnes, American pundit, journalist and political commentator [category: Births]
• 1944: Burkhard Ziese, German football manager (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1944: Dick Snyder, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1944: Mike Enzi, American politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Piet Mondriaan, Dutch painter (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Serge Joyal, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Prince Kiril of Bulgaria (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Chris Clark, American singer [category: Births]
• 1946: Elisabeth Sladen, English Actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1946: Gerhard Welz, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1946: The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic. [category: Events]
• 1946: Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General. [category: Events]
• 1947: Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1947: Mike Brant, Israeli singer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1947: Normie Rowe, Australian singer [category: Births]
• 1948: Rick James, American musician and composer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1949: Herbert Stothart, American composer, song writer (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Mike Campbell, American guitarist and producer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) [category: Births]
• 1951: Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1952: Jenő Jandó, Hungarian pianist [category: Births]
• 1952: Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1953: Brendan Batson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1954: Bill Mumy, American actor and musician [category: Births]
• 1954: Chuck Dukowski, American musician (Black Flag) [category: Births]
• 1954: Yvonne de Bray, French actress (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Ernie Camacho, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1956: Brahmanandam, Indian film actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Exene Cervenka, American musician (X) [category: Births]
• 1956: Mike Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1957: Renae Jacobs, American voice actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Felix Wankel's first working prototype (DKM 54) of the Wankel engine runs at the NSU research and development department Versuchsabteilung TX in Germany [category: Events]
• 1958: Jackie Shroff, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Luther Blissett, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1958: Ryo Horikawa, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Egypt and Syria merge to form the United Arab Republic, which lasts until 1961. [category: Events]
• 1959: Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. [category: Events]
• 1961: Daniel Tani, American engineer and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1961: Volker Fried, German field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1962: José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1962: Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese guitarist (Boøwy and Complex) [category: Births]
• 1963: Takashi Murakami, Japanese artist [category: Births]
• 1963: Fleetwood Lindley, American witness (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Jani Lane, American musician and songwriter (Warrant) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1964: Linus Roache, English actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Mario Pelchat, Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1965: Brandon Lee, American actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1965: Princess Stéphanie of Monaco [category: Births]
• 1965: Sherilyn Fenn, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill. [category: Events]
• 1966: Michelle Akers, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1966: Rob Lee, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Vasilis Dimitriadis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Buster Keaton, American actor (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Hedda Hopper, American actress and columnist (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Meg Cabot, American author [category: Births]
• 1967: Patle Shishupal Natthu, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1968: Kent Mercker, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Lisa Marie Presley, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Pauly Shore, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1968: Jacob van der Hoeden, Dutch-Israeli scientist (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces. [category: Events]
• 1968: The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form the ill-fated Penn Central Transportation. [category: Events]
• 1968: Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War. [category: Events]
• 1969: Andrew Breitbart, American publisher and conservative political commentator (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1969: Brian Krause, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Joshua Redman, American musician [category: Births]
• 1969: Patrick Wilson, American musician (Weezer) [category: Births]
• 1970: Malik Sealy, American basketball player (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1970: Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese racing driver [category: Births]
• 1970: Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Ajay Jadeja, Former Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1971: Harald Martin Brattbakk, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Hynden Walch, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Jill Kelly, American pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Michael C. Hall, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Ron Welty, American musician (The Offspring and Steady Ground) [category: Births]
• 1971: Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1972: Yoshi DeHerrera, American TV personality [category: Births]
• 1972: Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. [category: Events]
• 1973: Andrew DeClercq, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Yuri Landman, Dutch experimental luthier [category: Births]
• 1973: Óscar Pérez, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: David Meca, Spanish long distance swimmer [category: Births]
• 1974: Walter McCarty, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1974: A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293. [category: Events]
• 1974: Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory. [category: Events]
• 1975: Big Boi, American musician (Outkast) [category: Births]
• 1975: Katerina Thanou, Greek sprinter [category: Births]
• 1976: Phil Ivey, American poker player [category: Births]
• 1976: George Whipple, American scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Kevin Kilbane, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Robert Traylor, American basketball player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1978: Domenick Davies, Welsh-born German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1978: Tim Harding, Australian singer (Hi-5) [category: Births]
• 1978: Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl. [category: Events]
• 1979: Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Julie Augustyniak, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1979: Rachelle LeFevre, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1979: Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence is commuted by President Jimmy Carter. [category: Events]
• 1979: The Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile. [category: Events]
• 1980: Héctor Luna, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Keitani Graham, Micronesian wrestler (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1980: Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1980: Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Graeme Smith, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1981: Luis Lamá, Angolan footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Rob Austin, English racing driver [category: Births]
• 1981: Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American businessman (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1982: Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia. [category: Events]
• 1983: Andrew VanWyngarden, American musician (MGMT) [category: Births]
• 1983: Iveta Benešová, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1983: Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1983: Kevin Martin, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Lee Thompson Young, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Dean Shiels, Northern Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Jodi Gordon, Australian actress and model [category: Births]
• 1985: Karine Sergerie, Canadian Taekwondo world champion [category: Births]
• 1985: Rachael Scdoris, American dog musher [category: Births]
• 1986: Lauren Conrad, American reality TV personality [category: Births]
• 1986: Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, Nobel laureate (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Heather Morris, American actress and dancer [category: Births]
• 1987: Montario Hardesty, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Wu Jingyu, Chinese taekwondo practitioner [category: Births]
• 1987: Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Brett Anderson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Mark Healey, English computer games developer [category: Births]
• 1988: Heather O'Rourke, American actress (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Elaine de Kooning, American artist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. [category: Events]
• 1990: Laura Marling, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1991: Luca Caldirola, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Carol Dempster, American actress (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the death of 34 persons, and the injury of 30 others. [category: Events]
• 1992: Jean Hamburger, French surgeon and essayist (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1993: Gary Bettman becomes the NHL's first commissioner [category: Events]
• 1994: Anna-Lena Friedsam, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1994: Skylar Laine, American singer [category: Births]
• 1995: Richey James Edwards, lyricist and guitarist (Manic Street Preachers) (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress. [category: Events]
• 1997: Herb Caen, American columnist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral. [category: Events]
• 1999: Barış Manço, Turkish musician (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Paul Mellon, American philanthropist (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: André D'Allemagne, Canadian political observer and essayist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Putrajaya, the Malaysian administrative city, is declared a Federal Territory. [category: Events]
• 2002: Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Daniel Pearl, American Journalist, South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors. [category: Events]
• 2003: David Brown, American astronaut (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Ilan Ramon, Israeli astronaut (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Kalpana Chawla, American astronaut (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Laurel Clark, American astronaut (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Michael P. Anderson, American astronaut (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Mongo Santamaria, Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Rick Husband, American astronaut (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Willie McCool, American astronaut (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. [category: Events]
• 2004: May O'Donnell, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. [category: Events]
• 2004: Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines. [category: Events]
• 2005: John Vernon, Canadian actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers. [category: Events]
• 2006: Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Dick Bass, American football player (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Ahmad Abu Laban, Danish Muslim leader (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Ray Berres, American baseball player (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Seri Wangnaitham, Thai choreographer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Whitney Balliett, American jazz critic (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Beto Carrero, Brazilian businessman and entertainer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Justin Mentell, American artist and actor (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Derek Rawcliffe,English clergyman and author (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Douglas Haig,(actor) (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Knut Risan, Norwegian actor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Les Stubbs, English fotballer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Don Cornelius, American TV host (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mike Kelley, American visual artist (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet, Nobel laureate (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• _: Air Force Day (Nicaragua) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery (Mauritius) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Astina (Syrian Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Brigid, patron saint of Ireland [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which National Wear Red Day can fall, while February 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday in February (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Federal Territory Day (Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, Malaysia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Heroes Day (Rwanda) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Imbolc (Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, and Neopagans in the Northern hemisphere) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lammas (Neopagans in the Southern hemisphere) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lughnasadh (Neopagans in the Southern hemisphere) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Memorial Day of the Republic (Hungary) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Freedom Day (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Quebec Winter Festival, celebrated until February 17 (Quebec City) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The start of Black History Month (United States and Canada) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The start of LGBT History Month (United Kingdom) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The start of National Bird-Feeding Month (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]