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Notable anniversaries in history for today: February 1
- 100th: 1924 - New British Ramsay MacDonald government recognizes USSR.
- 90th: 1934 - Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his own.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Bob Shane; vocalist (Kingston Trio - "Scarlet Ribbons").
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Leo Burmester in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Flo, Chiefs, The Abyss, Odd Jobs).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Tommy Duffy; rocker (Echos).
- 80th: 1944 - Piet Mondrian, abstract painter (Composition in Blue), dies at age 71.
- 80th: 1944 - Supreme Soviet enlarges soviet republics' autonomy.
- 80th: 1944 - US 7th Infantry/25th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein/Roi/Namur.
- 70th: 1954 - CBS-TV debuts the daytime drama The Secret Storm.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Billy Mumy in California, USA; actor (Will Robinson - Lost in Space, Dear Brigitte).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Mike Campbell; guitarist (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "Breakdown").
- 70th: 1954 - Julius P Hoste, Belgian minister/newspaper publisher, dies at age 69.
- 60th: 1964 - Stop the World, I Want to... closes at Shubert Theater in New York City after 556 performances.
- 60th: 1964 - The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" first #1 hit and stays #1 for 7 weeks.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Jani Lane; rocker (Warrant - "Cherry Pie").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Kaitlin Hopkins in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Kelsey - Another World).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Sharon Bruneau in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Sensuous Muscle).
- 60th: 1964 - Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity.
- 60th: 1964 - Suriname River dammed.
- 50th: 1974 - TV show Good Times (spinoff from Maude) premieres on CBS TV.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Jennifer Lien; actress (Hannah Moore - Another World).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Randy Josselyn in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Fever Lake, Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Walter McCarty; NBA forward (Boston Celtics).
- 50th: 1974 - Lynda Ann Healy is abducted in Seattle, Washington (first Ted Bundy murder victim).
- 40th: 1984 - China and Netherlands regain diplomatic relations.
- 40th: 1984 - Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner.
- 40th: 1984 - Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed February 3).
- 40th: 1984 - Medicare comes into effect in Australia.
- 30th: 1994 - Fouad Fram al-Boustani, Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa), dies at age 88.
- 30th: 1994 - Irina Privalova runs world record 50 metre indoor (6.03 seconds).
- 30th: 1994 - Large meteorite falls near Kusaie, Pacific Ocean.
- 30th: 1994 - In Portland, Oregon, Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly pleads guilty to his role in attacking figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. He accepts a plea bargain, admitting to racketeering charges in exchange for testimony against Harding.
- 30th: 1994 - Olan Soule, radio voice, character actor (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at age 83 (born 1909).
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Paul Mellon, American philanthropist (born 1907).
- 20th: 2004 - A hajj stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills 251 pilgrims.
- 20th: 2004 - The New England Patriots win NFL Super Bowl XXXVIII, as Adam Vinatieri kicks the game-winning field goal with four seconds left.
- 15th: 2009 - The Australian Open tennis championships final games are played (day two).
- Mens' singles: Spaniard Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, (7-3), 3-6, 6-2.
- 15th: 2009 - In Tampa, Florida, the NFL's SuperBowl XLII game is played. The Pittsburgh Steelers win their record sixth Super Bowl by defeating the Arizona Cardinals. Santonio Holmes is named the game's most valuable player.
- 15th: 2009 - Zimbabwe currency reform drops twelve zeroes, making Z$1 trillion equal to a new Z$1. Inflation rate in the country is about 5 billion-trillion (21 zeroes).
- 15th: 2009 - Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow is enthroned as the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- 15th: 2009 - Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Iceland.
- 15th: 2009 - In Ireland, round 1 of the FIA World Rally Championship is won by Sébastien Loeb.
- 5th: 2019 - U.S. President Donald Trump confirms that the U.S. will leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1987, citing Russian non-compliance.
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