February 1 10846 225103542 2008-07-11T22:04:42Z CalendarWatcher 2292203 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 225079247 by [[Special:Contributions/12.150.225.136|12.150.225.136]] ([[User talk:12.150.225.136|talk]]) {| style="float:right;" |- |{{FebruaryCalendar}} |- |{{ThisDateInRecentYears|Month=February|Day=1}} |} {{Day}} ==Events== *[[1327]] - Teenaged [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] is [[coronation|crowned]] [[List of English monarchs|King]] of [[England]], but the country is ruled by his mother [[Isabella of France|Queen Isabella]] and her lover [[Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March|Roger Mortimer]]. *[[1411]] - The [[Peace of Thorn (1411)|First Peace of Thorn]] is signed in [[Toruń|Thorn]], [[Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights]] (Prussia). *[[1662]] - The [[China|Chinese]] general [[Koxinga]] seizes the island of [[Taiwan]] after a [[Siege of Fort Zeelandia|nine-month siege]]. *[[1713]] - The ''Kalabalik'' or ''Tumult in [[Bender, Moldova|Bendery]]'' results from the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[sultan]]'s order that his unwelcome guest, King [[Charles XII of Sweden]], be seized. *[[1790]] - In [[New York City]] the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] attempts to convene for the first time. *[[1793]] - [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[France]] declares war on the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[Netherlands]]. *[[1796]] - The capital of [[Upper Canada]] is moved from [[Niagara, Ontario|Newark]] to [[Toronto, Ontario|York]]. *[[1814]] - [[Mayon Volcano]], in the [[Philippines]], erupts, killing around 1,200 people; most devastating eruption of [[Mayon Volcano]]. *[[1856]] - [[Auburn University]] is chartered as the [[East Alabama Male College]]. *[[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 in the ''[[Atlantic Monthly]]''. *[[1880]] - The 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|motion picture]] studio, the [[Edison's Black Maria|Black Maria]] in [[West Orange, New Jersey]]. *[[1896]] - The opera ''[[La bohème]]'' premieres in [[Turin]]. *[[1897]] - [[Shinhan Bank]], the oldest [[List of Banks in South Korea|bank in South Korea]], opens in [[Seoul]]. *[[1908]] - King [[Carlos I of Portugal]] and his son, [[Prince]] [[Luís Filipe, Duke of Braganza|Luis Filipe]] 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]]. *[[1920]] - The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] begins operations. *[[1924]] - The [[United Kingdom]] recognizes [[Soviet Union|USSR]]. *[[1943]] - [[World War II]]: [[Vidkun Quisling]] is appointed [[List of Prime Ministers of Norway|Premier of Norway]] by the [[Nazism|Nazi]] occupiers. *[[1946]] - [[Trygve Lie]] of [[Norway]] is picked to be the first [[United Nations Secretary General]]. *[[1957]] - [[Felix Wankel]]'s first working prototype DKM 54 of the [[Wankel engine]] was running at the [[NSU Motorenwerke AG|NSU]] research and development department ''Versuchsabteilung TX'' in [[Germany]] *[[1958]] - Merger of [[Egypt]] and [[Syria]] to form the [[United Arab Republic]], which lasted until [[1961]]. *[[1960]] - Four black students stage the first of the [[Greensboro sit-ins]] at a lunch counter in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]. *[[1965]] - The Hamilton River in [[Labrador]], [[Canada]] is renamed the [[Churchill River (Atlantic)|Churchill River]] in honour of [[Winston Churchill]]. *[[1968]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The execution of [[Viet Cong]] officer [[Nguyen Van Lem]] by [[South Vietnam]]ese National Police Chief [[Nguyen Ngoc Loan]] is videotaped and photographed by [[Eddie Adams (photographer)|Eddie Adams]]. This image helped build [[opposition to the Vietnam War]]. * 1968 - [[Canada]]'s three military services of [[Canada]], the [[Royal Canadian Navy]], the [[Canadian Army]] and the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]], are unified into the [[Canadian Forces]]. * 1968 - The [[New York Central Railroad]] and the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] are merged to form ill-fated [[Penn Central Transportation]]. *[[1972]] - [[Kuala Lumpur]] becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]]. *[[1974]] - A fire in the 25-story [[Joelma Building]] in [[Sao Paulo]], [[Brazil]] kills 189 and injures 293. * 1974 - [[Kuala Lumpur]] is declared a [[Federal Territory]]. *[[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. *[[1979]] - Convicted bank robber [[Patty Hearst]] is released from prison after her sentence was commuted by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Jimmy Carter]]. * 1979 - The [[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 [[Sénégambia Confederation|Senegambia]]. *[[1989]] - The [[Western Australia]]n towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the [[Kalgoorlie, Western Australia|City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder]]. *[[1992]] - The Chief Judicial Magistrate of [[Bhopal]] court declares [[Warren Anderson (chairman)|Warren Anderson]], ex-[[CEO]] of [[Union Carbide]], a fugitive under [[India]]n law for failing to appear in the [[Bhopal Disaster]] case. *[[1996]] - The [[Communications Decency Act]] is passed by the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]]. *[[1998]] - Rear Admiral [[Lillian E. Fishburne]] became the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral. *[[2003]] - [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. *[[2004]] - [[Incidents during the Hajj#Failures in crowd control|251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured]] in a stampede at the [[Hajj]] [[pilgrimage]] in [[Saudi Arabia]]. * 2004 - [[Janet Jackson]]'s [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy|breast is exposed]] during the half-time show of [[Super Bowl XXXVIII]], resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to [[FCC]] censorship guidelines. *[[2005]] - [[Nepal]] King [[Gyanendra]] exercises [[Coup d'état]] to capture the democracy becoming [[Chairman]] of the Councils of ministers. * 2005 - [[Canada]] introduces the [[Civil Marriage Act]], making Canada the fourth country to sanction [[same-sex marriage]]. * 2008 - The [[Memphis Grizzlies]] traded [[Pau Gasol]] to the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] for [[Kwame Brown]], [[Javaris Crittenton]], [[Aaron McKie]], [[Marc Gasol]], and first round pick 2008 and 2010. ==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> *[[1261]] - [[Walter de Stapledon]], English bishop (d. [[1326]]) *[[1459]] - [[Conrad Celtes]], German scholar (d. [[1508]]) *[[1462]] - [[Johannes Trithemius]], German cryptographer (d. [[1516]]) *[[1552]] - [[Edward Coke]], English colonial entrepreneur (d. [[1634]]) *[[1635]] - [[Marquard Gude]], German archaeologist (d. [[1689]]) *[[1690]] - [[Francesco Maria Veracini]], Italian composer (d. [[1768]]) *[[1761]] - [[Christian Hendrik Persoon]], South African mycologist (d. [[1836]]) *[[1763]] - [[Thomas Campbell (Restoration movement)|Thomas Campbell]], Irish theologian (d. [[1854]]) *[[1796]] - [[Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich]], Swiss poet (d. [[1865]]) *[[1801]] - [[Émile Littré]], French lexicographer (d. [[1881]]) *[[1820]] - [[George Hendric Houghton]], American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (d. [[1897]]) *[[1844]] - [[G. Stanley Hall]], American psychologist (d. [[1924]]) *[[1851]] - [[Durham Stevens]], American diplomat (d. [[1908]]) *[[1859]] - [[Victor Herbert]], Irish composer (d. [[1924]]) *[[1872]] - [[Jerome F. Donovan]], American politician (d. [[1949]]) * 1872 - [[Andrew Kehoe]], American mass murderer (d. [[1927]]) *[[1873]] - [[Joseph Allard (Fiddler)|Joseph Allard]], Canadian fiddler (d. [[1947]]) * 1873 - [[John Barry (VC)|John Barry]], Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. [[1901]]) *[[1874]] - [[Hugo von Hofmannsthal]], Austrian writer (d. [[1929]]) *[[1878]] - [[Milan Hodža]], Slovak politician (d. [[1944]]) *[[1882]] - [[Louis Stephen St. Laurent]], 12th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. [[1973]]) *[[1884]] - [[Yevgeny Zamyatin]], Russian writer (d. [[1937]]) *[[1887]] - [[Charles Nordhoff]], English-born author (d. [[1947]]) *[[1894]] - [[John Ford (film director)|John Ford]], American director and producer (d. [[1973]]) * 1894 - [[James P. Johnson]], American composer (d. [[1955]]) *[[1895]] - [[Conn Smythe]], Canadian builder of the [[National Hockey League]] (d. [[1980]]) *[[1901]] - [[Clark Gable]], American actor (d. [[1960]]) *[[1902]] - [[Langston Hughes]] American writer (d. [[1967]]) * 1902 - [[Therese Brandl]], Nazi concentration camp guard (d. [[1947]], by [[execution]]) *[[1904]] - [[S. J. Perelman]], American humorist (d. [[1979]]) *[[1905]] - [[Emilio G. Segrè]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (d. [[1989]]) *[[1906]] - [[Hildegarde]], American actress and singer (d. [[2005]]) *[[1907]] - [[Guenter Eich|Günter Eich]], German lyricist (d. [[1972]]) * 1907 - [[Camargo Guarnieri]], Brazilian composer (d. [[1993]]) *[[1908]] - [[George Pál]], Hungarian-born director and producer (d. [[1980]]) *[[1909]] - [[George Beverly Shea]], Canadian singer *[[1915]] - [[Stanley Matthews]], English football player (d. [[2000]]) *[[1918]] - [[Muriel Spark]], Scottish author (d. [[2006]]) *[[1922]] - [[Renata Tebaldi]], Italian soprano (d. [[2004]]) *[[1924]] - [[H. Richard Hornberger]], American writer (d. [[1997]]) * 1924 - [[Ben Weider]], Quebec businessman and author *[[1926]] - [[Stuart Whitman]], American actor *[[1930]] - [[Shahabuddin Ahmed]], [[President of Bangladesh]] * 1930 - [[Mario Beaulieu]], Quebec politician (d. [[1998]]) * 1930 - [[Hossain Mohammad Ershad]], Bangladeshi politician *[[1931]] - [[Boris Yeltsin]], 1st [[President of the Russian Federation]] (d. [[2007]]) * 1931 - [[Iajuddin Ahmed]], President of Bangladesh *[[1934]] - [[Bob Shane]], American folk singer ([[The Kingston Trio]]) *[[1936]] - [[Azie Taylor Morton]], 35th [[Treasurer of the United States]] (d. [[2003]]) *[[1937]] - [[Don Everly]], American musician ([[Everly Brothers]]) * 1937 - [[Garrett Morris]], American comedian * 1937 - [[Ray Sawyer]], American singer ([[Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show]]) *[[1938]] - [[Sherman Hemsley]], American comedian and actor *[[1939]] - [[Claude François]], French singer (d. [[1978]]) * 1939 - [[Paul Gillmor]], American politician (d. [[2007]]) * 1939 - [[Joe Sample]], American jazz pianist *[[1940]] - [[Bibi Besch]], Austrian-American actress (d. [[1996]]) * 1940 - [[Hervé Filion]], Quebec harness racer *[[1941]] - [[Karl Dall]], German television host * 1941 - [[Jerry Spinelli]], children's author *[[1942]] - [[Terry Jones]], Welsh actor and writer *[[1942]] - [[Muna Wassef]], Wassef is a well known Syrian/Arab movie star and a United Nations Goodwill ambassador. * 1944 - [[Mike Enzi]], American politician, [[senator]] of [[Wyoming]] *[[1944]] - [[Burkhard Ziese]], German football manager *[[1945]] - [[Serge Joyal]], French Canadian politician *[[1946]] - [[Chris Clark (singer)|Chris Clark]], Motown Soul singer *[[1947]] - [[Mike Brant]], Israeli pop singer (d. [[1975]]) * 1947 - [[Normie Rowe]], Australian singer * 1947 - [[Jessica Savitch]], American journalist (d. [[1983]]) *[[1948]] - [[Rick James]], American musician and composer (d. [[2004]]) * 1948 - [[Elisabeth Sladen]], British actress *[[1950]] - [[Mike Campbell]], American guitarist and producer *[[1951]] - [[Sonny Landreth]], American guitarist and songwriter *[[1953]] - [[Brendan Batson]], English former footballer * 1953 - [[Duane Chapman]], American TV personality *[[1954]] - [[Chuck Dukowski]], American musician ([[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]) * 1954 - [[Bill Mumy]], American actor and musician *[[1955]] - [[Ernie Camacho]], baseball player *[[1956]] - [[Brahmanandam]], Indian film actor * 1956 - [[Exene Cervenka]], American musician * 1956 - [[Mike Kitchen]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1958]] - [[Jackie Shroff]], Indian actor * 1958 - [[Luther Blissett (footballer)|Luther Blissett]], English footballer *[[1961]] - [[Volker Fried]], German field hockey player *[[1962]] - [[José Luis Cuciuffo]], Argentinian footballer (d. [[2004]]) * 1962 - [[Tomoyasu Hotei]], Japanese guitarist *[[1963]] - [[Takashi Murakami]], Japanese artist *[[1964]] - [[Mario Pelchat]], Quebec singer * 1964 - [[Linus Roache]], English actor *[[1965]] - [[Sherilyn Fenn]], American actress * 1965 - [[Brandon Lee]], American actor (d. [[1993]]) * 1965 - [[Princess Stéphanie of Monaco]] *[[1966]] - [[Michelle Akers]], American soccer player * 1966 - [[Rob Lee]], English footballer *[[1967]] - [[Meg Cabot]], American author * 1967 - [[Patle Shishupal Natthu]], Indian politician *[[1968]] - [[Lisa Marie Presley]], American singer and actress * 1968 - [[Pauly Shore]], American comedian * 1968 - [[Mark Recchi]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1968 - [[Kent Mercker]], American baseball player *[[1969]] - [[Gabriel Batistuta]], Argentine footballer * 1969 - [[Joshua Redman]], American musician * 1969 - [[Brian Krause]], American actor * 1969 - [[Patrick Wilson (musician)|Patrick Wilson]], American musician *[[1970]] - [[Malik Sealy]], American basketball player (d. [[2000]]) *[[1970]] - [[Yasuyuki Kazama]], Japanese racing driver *[[1971]] - [[Michael C. Hall]], American actor * 1971 - [[Jill Kelly]], American porn actress * 1971 - [[Ron Welty]], American musician * 1971 - [[Zlatko Zahovic|Zlatko Zahovič]], Slovenian footballer * 1971 - [[Ajay Jadeja]], Former Indian cricketer *[[1972]] - [[Yoshi DeHerrera]], American TV personality * 1972 - [[Kami (musician)]], drummer of Japanese visual kei band [[Malice Mizer]] (d.[[1999]]) *[[1973]] - [[Yuri Landman]], Experimental musical instrument builder, musician and comic book artist *[[1973]] - [[Makiko Ohmoto]], Japanese voice actress *[[1974]] - [[Roberto Heras]], Spanish cyclist * 1974 - [[David Meca]], Spanish long distance swimmer *[[1975]] - [[Big Boi]], American musician ([[Outkast]]) * 1975 - [[Ekaterini Thanou|Katerina Thanou]], Greek sprinter *[[1976]] - [[Phil Ivey]], American poker player *[[1977]] - [[Kevin Kilbane]], Irish footballer *[[1979]] - [[Julie Augustyniak]], American soccer player * 1979 - [[Juan Silveira dos Santos]], Brazilian footballer *[[1979]] - [[Valentin Elizalde]], Mexican Singer (d.[[2006]]) *[[1980]] - [[Héctor Luna]], Dominican Republic baseball player * 1980 - [[Moisés Muñoz]], Mexican footballer * 1980 - [[Otilino Tenorio]], Ecuadorian footballer (d. [[2005]]) *[[1981]] - [[Luis Lamá]], Angolan footballer * 1981 - [[Graeme Smith]], South African cricketer * 1981 - [[Rob Austin]], British racing driver *[[1982]] - [[Shoaib Malik]], Pakistani cricketer *[[1983]] - [[Kevin Martin (basketball)|Kevin Martin]], American basketball player *[[1984]] - [[Darren Fletcher]], Scottish footballer * 1984 - [[Lee Thompson Young]], American actor *[[1985]] - [[Dean Shiels]], Northern Irish footballer * 1985 - [[Rachael Scdoris]], American dog musher * 1985 - [[Jodi Gordon]], Australian actress and model *[[1986]] - [[Lauren Conrad]], American TV star *[[1987]] - [[Giuseppe Rossi]], Italian/American footballer *[[1989]] - [[Hurricane Chris (rapper)|Hurricane Chris]], American rapper *[[1990]] - [[Laura Marling]], British singer-songwriter <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== *[[1248]] - [[Henry II, Duke of Brabant]] (b. [[1207]]) *[[1328]] - King [[Charles IV of France]] (b. [[1294]]) *[[1542]] - [[Girolamo Aleandro]], Italian Catholic cardinal (b. [[1480]]) *[[1563]] - [[Menas of Ethiopia|Menas]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] (died of fever) *[[1590]] - [[Lawrence Humphrey]],English clergyman and educator *[[1691]] - [[Pope Alexander VIII]] (b. [[1610]]) *[[1718]] - [[Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury]], English politician (b. [[1660]]) *[[1733]] - King [[Augustus II of Poland]] (b. [[1670]]) *[[1734]] - [[John Floyer]], English physician and writer (b. [[1649]]) *[[1743]] - [[Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni]], Italian composer (b. [[1657]]) *[[1761]] - [[Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix]], French historian (b. [[1682]]) *[[1768]] - [[Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet]], British cavalry officer (b. [[1685]]) *[[1793]] - [[William Wildman Shute Barrington]], British statesman (b. [[1717]]) *[[1832]] - [[Archibald Murphey]], North Carolina politician (b. 1777) *[[1851]] - [[Mary Shelley]], English author (b. [[1797]]) *[[1893]] - [[George Henry Sanderson]], Mayor of San Francisco (b. [[1824]]) *[[1897]] - [[Constantin von Ettingshausen]], Austrian geologist (b. [[1826]]) *[[1903]] - [[George Gabriel Stokes]], Irish physicist (b. [[1819]]) *[[1908]] - King [[Carlos I of Portugal]] (b. [[1863]]) *[[1928]] - [[Hughie Jennings]], American baseball player and manager (b. [[1869]]) *[[1936]] - [[Georgios Kondylis]], general of the Greek army and [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. [[1878]]) *[[1944]] - [[Piet Mondriaan]], Dutch painter (b. [[1872]]) *[[1957]] - [[Friedrich Paulus]], German general (b. [[1890]]) *[[1958]] - [[Clinton Davisson]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1888]]) *[[1959]] - [[Madame Sul-Te-Wan]], American actress (b. [[1873]]) *[[1963]] - [[Fleetwood Lindley]], the last living person to see [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s face (b. [[1888]]) *[[1966]] - [[Hedda Hopper]], American gossip columnist (b. [[1885]]) * 1966 - [[Buster Keaton]], American actor (b. [[1895]]) *[[1970]] - [[Alfréd Rényi]], Hungarian mathematician (b. [[1921]]) *[[1976]] - [[Werner Heisenberg]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1901]]) * 1976 - [[George Whipple]], American scientist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1878]]) *[[1980]] - [[Gastone Nencini]], Italian cyclist (b. [[1930]]) *[[1981]] - [[Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.]], American aircraft manufacturer (b. [[1892]]) * 1981 - [[Geirr Tveitt]], Norwegian composer (b. [[1908]]) *[[1986]] - [[Alva Myrdal]], Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1902]]) * 1986 - [[Gino Hernandez]], American wrestler (b. [[1957]]) *[[1987]] - [[Alessandro Blasetti]], Italian film director (b. [[1900]]) *[[1988]] - [[Heather O'Rourke]], American actress (b. [[1975]]) *[[1989]] - [[Elaine de Kooning]], American artist (b. [[1918]]) *[[1991]] - [[Carol Dempster]], American actress (b. [[1901]]) * 1991 - [[Phil Watson]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. [[1914]]) *[[1997]] - [[Herb Caen]], American newspaper columnist (b. [[1916]]) *[[1999]] - [[Paul Mellon]], American philanthropist (b. [[1907]]) * 1999 - [[Barış Manço]], Turkish singer, composer, television producer and celebrity. (b. [[1943]]) *[[2001]] - [[André D'Allemagne]], Quebec teacher, political observer and essayist (b. [[1929]]) *[[2002]] - [[Hildegard Knef]], German actress, singer, and writer (b. [[1925]]) *[[2003]] - [[Michael P. Anderson]] - crew of the [[STS-107|STS-107 Mission]] ([[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]]) (b. [[1959]]) * 2003 - [[David M. Brown|David Brown]] - crew of the [[STS-107|STS-107 Mission]] ([[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]]) (b. [[1956]]) * 2003 - [[Kalpana Chawla]] - crew of the [[STS-107|STS-107 Mission]] ([[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]]) (b. [[1961]]) * 2003 - [[Laurel Clark]] - crew of the [[STS-107|STS-107 Mission]] ([[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]]) (b. [[1961]]) * 2003 - [[Rick D. Husband]] - crew of the [[STS-107|STS-107 Mission]] ([[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]]) (b. [[1957]]) * 2003 - [[William McCool|Willie McCool]] - crew of the [[STS-107|STS-107 Mission]] ([[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]]) (b. [[1961]]) * 2003 - [[Ilan Ramon]] - crew of the [[STS-107|STS-107 Mission]] ([[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster]]) (b. [[1954]]) * 2003 - [[Mongo Santamaria]], Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. [[1922]]) *[[2004]] - [[May O'Donnell]], American modern dancer and choreographer (b. [[1909]]) *[[2005]] - [[John Vernon]], Canadian actor (b. [[1932]]) *[[2006]] - [[Dick Bass]], American football player (b. [[1937]]) * 2006 - [[Bryce Harland]], New Zealand diplomat (b. [[1931]]) *[[2007]] - [[Gian Carlo Menotti]], Italian-born composer (b. [[1911]]) * 2007 - [[Seri Wangnaitham]], Thai dance choreographer (b. [[1937]]) * 2007 - [[Whitney Balliett]], American jazz critic (b. [[1926]]) * 2007 - [[Ray Berres]], American baseball player (b. [[1907]]) * 2007 - [[Ahmad Abu Laban]], Danish Muslim leader (b. [[1946]]) <!-- Duplicate instances of years should not be links. --> ==Holidays and observances== *The start of [[Black History Month]] in the [[United States]]. *[[Imbolc]] - the first day of Spring in [[Ireland]] ([[Irish Calendar]]) and one of the four [[Gaels|Gaelic]] seasonal (and sometimes religious) festivals. Also part of the [[Wicca]]n [[Wheel of the Year]]. *The start of [[LGBT History Month]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. *[[Astina]] *[[St. Brigid]], [[patron saint]] of [[Ireland]]. [[Feast day]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. ==External links== * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/1 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=02|day=01}} * [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Feb&day=01 On This Day in Canada] ---- {{months}} [[Category:February|February 01]] [[af:1 Februarie]] [[ar:1 فبراير]] [[an:1 de febrero]] [[frp:1ér fevriér]] [[ast:1 de febreru]] [[az:1 fevral]] [[bn:ফেব্রুয়ারি ১]] [[zh-min-nan:2 goe̍h 1 ji̍t]] [[be:1 лютага]] [[be-x-old:1 лютага]] [[bs:1. februar]] [[br:1añ C'hwevrer]] [[bg:1 февруари]] [[ca:1 de febrer]] [[cv:Нарăс, 1]] [[ceb:Pebrero 1]] [[cs:1. únor]] [[co:1 frivaghju]] [[cy:1 Chwefror]] [[da:1. februar]] [[de:1. 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