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What Happened on February 1st This Day in History

Year	Name
2022	Five-year-old Moroccan boy Rayan Aourram falls into a 32-meter (105 feet) deep well in Ighran village in Tamorot commune, Chefchaouen Province, Morocco, but dies four days later, before rescue workers reached him.
2021	A coup d'état in Myanmar removes Aung San Suu Kyi from power and restores military rule.
2013	The Shard, the sixth-tallest building in Europe, opens its viewing gallery to the public.
2012	Seventy-four people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al Masry and Al Ahly in the city of Port Said.
2009	The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
2005	King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
2004	Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.
2003	Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
2002	Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
1998	Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
1996	The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
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.
1991	A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.
1979	Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
1974	A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
1972	Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
1968	Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
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.
1968	The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
1964	The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
1960	Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
1950	The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
1946	Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
1946	The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
1942	World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.
1942	World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls
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.
1942	Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
1924	Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
1908	Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
1900	Great Britain, defeated by Boers in key battles, has named Lord Roberts commander of British forces in South Africa.
1897	Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
1896	La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
1895	Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
1893	Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
1884	The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
1865	President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1864	Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
1861	American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States and joins the Confederacy a week later.
1835	Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
1814	Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
1796	The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
1793	French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
1713	The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
1662	The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
1411	The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
1327	The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.

Famous People Born on February 1

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Year	Name
1884	Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician (d. 1949)
1939	Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (d. 2014)
1980	Héctor Luna, Dominican baseball player
1923	Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (d. 2008)
1904	S.J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (d. 1979)
1927	Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
1937	Garrett Morris, American actor and comedian
1922	Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano and actress (d. 2004)
1920	Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese-French painter (d. 2013)
1796	Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss minister, poet, and educator (d. 1865)

Famous People Deaths On February 1

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on February 1. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1949	Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880)
1832	Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (b. 1777)
1768	Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (b. 1685)
1733	Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (b. 1670)
2007	Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American playwright and composer (b. 1911)
2014	Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1938)
1907	Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
1222	Alexios Megas Komnenos, first Emperor of Trebizond
2018	Barys Kit, Belarusian rocket scientist (b. 1910)
1803	Anders Chydenius, Finnish economist, philosopher and Lutheran priest (b. 1729)[63]