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What happened in history on this day: February 1?
On February 1 in ...
- 1788 - First US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet.
- 1790 - US Supreme Court convenes for the first time (New York City, New York).
- 1793 - Patent granted to Ralph Hodgson of New York, for oiled silk and linen.
- 1816 - The postal rate increase of December 23, 1814 is repealed, effective March 31.
- 1840 - Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, first in US, is incorporated.
- 1842 - City Despatch Post in New York City, USA issues 3-cent postage stamp for use on letters it carries.
- 1864 - Battle of Yazoo River, Mississippi.
- 1865 - US Constitution 13th Amendment approved (National Freedom Day).
- 1865 - USA Army General Tecumseh Sherman's march through South Carolina begins.
- 1867 - US bricklayers start working 8-hour days.
- 1881 - US Assay Office in Saint Louis, Missouri, is authorized.
- 1887 - Harvey Wilcox of Kansas subdivides 120 acres of land he owns in Southern California and starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood).
- 1898 - First auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Company.
- 1906 - First federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas.
- 1909 - US Assay Office open in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 1913 - New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens as the world's largest train station.
- 1914 - Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] Censors is appointed.
- 1920 - First commercial armored car introduced (Saint Paul, Minnesota).
- 1920 - Carter Glass ends his term as Treasury Secretary.
- 1926 - Land at Broadway and Wall Street sells at a record $7 per square inch.
- 1935 - First "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol, Washington, D.C.
- 1937 - Stapleton, Staten Island, New York becomes a customs-free port.
- 1944 - US 7th Infantry/25th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein/Roi/Namur.
- 1945 - US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie.
- 1949 - 200-inch (5.08-metre) Hale telescope first used.
- 1951 - -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Gavilan, New Mexico, USA (state record).
- 1960 - Four students stage first civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworths store.
- 1961 - First full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful.
- 1965 - Martin Luther King Junior and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama.
- 1968 - Former US Vice-President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President.
- 1972 - First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced (US$395).
- 1974 - Lynda Ann Healy is abducted in Seattle, Washington (first Ted Bundy murder victim).
- 1975 - Otis Francis Tabler is first open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the US Defense Department.
- 1977 - Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives.
- 1979 - Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence is commuted by U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
- 1985 - -61 degrees F (-52 degrees C), Maybell, Colorado (state record).
- 1985 - -69 degrees F (-56 degrees C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record).
- 1987 - 163 day strike against Deere and Company ends, workers accept wage freeze.
- 1987 - Terry Williams of Los Gatos, California wins US$5 million at Harrah's Reno playing the MegaBuck slot machine, after spending US$47.
- 1990 - Nintendo ships the Super Mario Bros. 3 video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US.
- 1991 - A USAir Boeing 737-300, Flight 1493 collides with a Skywest Fairchild Metroliner, Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport killing 34.
- 1992 - 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, and orders the Indian government to press for an extradition from the United States.
- 1993 - New York Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman.
- 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.
- 1995 - Amtrak New York-Tampa run ends.
- 1998 - The United States Senate passes Resolution 71, urging U.S. President Bill Clinton to "take all necessary and appropriate actions to respond to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
- 2003 - American Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas upon re-entry, killing all seven astronauts onboard: Michael P. Anderson (born 1959), David M. Brown (born 1956), Kalpana Chawla (born 1961), Laurel Clark (born 1961), Rick Husband (born 1957), William McCool (born 1961), Ilan Ramon (Israeli, born 1954).
- 2006 - UAL Corporation, United Airlines' parent company, emerges from bankruptcy after being in that position since December 9, 2002, the longest such filing in history.
- 2006 - In Calgary, Alberta, Canada, an exceptionally bright meteor is seen streaking across the sky, lasting for several seconds before breaking up into fragments. It is estimated that remnants of the meteorite land about 400 km south of Calgary, in Montana, USA.
- 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.
- 2010 - US President Barack Obama announces a US$3.8 trillion budget plan for 2011, forecasting the US deficit would rise to a record US$1.56 trillion this year.
- 2010 - US President Barack Obama cancels the Constellation project designed to take humans to the Moon by 2020.
- 2019 - U.S. President Donald Trump confirms that the U.S. will leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1987, citing Russian non-compliance.
Births on February 1
- 1895 - Birth of John Ford in Maine, USA; director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man).
- 1901 - Birth of Clark Gable in Cadiz, Ohio, USA; actor (Gone With the Wind).
- 1904 - Birth of S J Perelman in Brooklyn, New York, USA; author/humorist (Around the World in 80 Days).
- 1906 - Birth of Hildegarde Adell in Wisconsin, USA; night club singer ("I'll Be Seeing You").
- 1909 - Birth of Helen Chandler in Charleston, South Carolina, USA; actress (Christopher Strong, Dracula).
- 1910 - Birth of Michael Kanin in Rochester, New York, USA; director/writer/actor (Woman of the Year).
- 1926 - Birth of Stuart Whitman in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Captain Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip, Revenge).
- 1927 - Birth of Galway Kinnell in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; author (Body Rags, Book of Nightmares).
- 1932 - Birth of John Hart in Denver, Colorado, USA; newsman (CBS News Retrospective, NBC News).
- 1937 - Birth of Don Everly in Brownie, Kentucky, USA; singer (The Everly Brothers - "Wake Up Little Susie").
- 1937 - Birth of Garrett Morris in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live, Martin, Carwash).
- 1937 - Birth of Ray Sawyer AKA Dr Hook in Alabama, USA; vocalist (Dr Hook and the Medicine Show - "When You're in Love").
- 1938 - Birth of Sherman Hemsley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (All in the Family, Jeffersons, Amen).
- 1943 - Birth of Tina Sloan in New York, USA; actress (Lillian - Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow).
- 1944 - Birth of Leo Burmester in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Flo, Chiefs, The Abyss, Odd Jobs).
- 1946 - Birth of Bert Braverman in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Bobby - Vega$, Roy - New Odd Couple).
- 1947 - Birth of Jessica Savitch in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA; news anchor (NBC).
- 1949 - Birth of Jimmy Lee Thorpe in Roxboro, North Carolina, USA; PGA golfer (1985 Greater Milwaukee Open).
- 1951 - Birth of Brandis Kemp in Palo Alto, California, USA; actress/comedienne (Fridays).
- 1954 - Birth of Billy Mumy in California, USA; actor (Will Robinson - Lost in Space, Dear Brigitte).
- 1957 - Birth of Donna Adamek Duarte in California, USA; bowler (BWAA Woman of Year 1978-81).
- 1959 - Birth of Carolyn Hill in Santa Monica, California, USA; LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's Classic).
- 1961 - Birth of Daniel M Tani in Ridley Park, Maryland, USA; astronaut.
- 1961 - Birth of Gabrielle Carteris in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; actress (Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1961 - Birth of Gina Hull in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; LPGA golfer (1989 USX Golf Classic-8th).
- 1964 - Birth of Kaitlin Hopkins in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Kelsey - Another World).
- 1965 - Birth of Brandon Lee in Emerson, Colorado, USA; actor (Showdown in Little Tokyo).
- 1965 - Birth of Sherilyn Fenn in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (Two Moon Junction, Twin Peaks).
- 1966 - Birth of Michelle Akers in Santa Clara, California, USA; soccer forward (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Tim Naehring in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; infielder (Boston Red Sox).
- 1968 - Birth of George Quigley Junior in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; skeet (Olympics-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Kent Mercker in Dublin, Ohio, USA; pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles).
- 1968 - Birth of Lisa Marie Presley Keough Jackson in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, daughter of Elvis Presley.
- 1968 - Birth of Pauly Shore in Hollywood, California, USA; comedian (Totally Pauly, Encino Man).
- 1969 - Birth of Bryan Jacob in Palatka, Florida, USA; 59kg (130 pounds) weightlifter (Olympics-1992, 1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Richard Becker in Aurora, Illinois, USA; outfielder (Minnesota Twin).
- 1972 - Birth of [Thomas] Carlton Bruner; American 1500-metre freestyle swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Michael Joyce in Santa Monica, California, USA; tennis star (1989 USTA National Boys' 18).
- 1974 - Birth of Randy Josselyn in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Fever Lake, Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure).
- 1980 - Birth of Courtney Hamilton; Miss Arizona Teen-USA (1996).
- 1986 - Birth of Lauren Conrad; reality star from Laguna Beach and The Hills, fashion designer, Teen Vogue intern.
Deaths on February 1
- 1966 - Buster Keaton [Joseph Francis], US comic (The General), dies at age 69.
- 1966 - Hedda Hopper [Elda Furry], US gossip columnist, dies at age 75.
- 1987 - Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at age 82.
- 1988 - Heather O'Rourke, American actress (Poltergeist), dies of intestinal ailment at age 12 (born 1975).
- 1989 - Death of Elaine de Kooning, American artist (born 1919).
- 1991 - James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at age 84.
- 1992 - Irving R Kaufman, federal judge (Rosenberg Case), dies at age 81.
- 1997 - Death of Herb Caen, American newspaper columnist, at age 80 of lung cancer (born 1916).
- 1999 - Death of Paul Mellon, American philanthropist (born 1907).
- 2002 - Kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is murdered in Karachi, Pakistan.
- 2013 - Death of Ed Koch, American lawyer and politician (born 1924).
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