February 1st All Events |
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| February 1st, 2008 (February 01 2008) | Event | 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. | |
| February 1st, 2007 (February 01 2007) | Death | Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer (born in 1911) | |
| February 1st, 2007 (February 01 2007) | Death | Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dance choreographer (born in 1937) | An Wang Quotes |
| February 1st, 2007 (February 01 2007) | Death | Whitney Balliett, American jazz critic (born in 1926) | |
| February 1st, 2007 (February 01 2007) | Death | Ray Berres, American baseball player (born in 1907) | |
| February 1st, 2007 (February 01 2007) | Death | Ahmad Abu Laban, Danish Muslim leader (born in 1946) | |
| February 1st, 2006 (February 01 2006) | Death | Dick Bass, American football player (born in 1937) | |
| February 1st, 2006 (February 01 2006) | Death | Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat (born in 1931) | |
| February 1st, 2005 (February 01 2005) | Event | Nepal King Gyanendra exercises Coup d etat to capture the democracy becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers. | |
| February 1st, 2005 (February 01 2005) | Event | Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-sex marriage. | |
| February 1st, 2005 (February 01 2005) | Death | John Vernon, Canadian actor (born in 1932) | |
| February 1st, 2004 (February 01 2004) | Event | 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. | |
| February 1st, 2004 (February 01 2004) | Event | Janet Jackson s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines. | Janet Jackson Quotes |
| February 1st, 2004 (February 01 2004) | Death | May O Donnell, American modern dancer and choreographer (born in 1909) | |
| February 1st, 2003 (February 01 2003) | Event | Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. | |
| February 1st, 2003 (February 01 2003) | Death | Michael P. Andersoncrew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (born in 1959) | |
| February 1st, 2003 (February 01 2003) | Death | David Browncrew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (born in 1956) | |
| February 1st, 2003 (February 01 2003) | Death | Kalpana Chawlacrew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (born in 1961) | |
| February 1st, 2003 (February 01 2003) | Death | Laurel Clarkcrew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (born in 1961) | |
| February 1st, 2003 (February 01 2003) | Death | Rick D. Husbandcrew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (born in 1957) | |
| February 1st, 2003 (February 01 2003) | Death | Willie McCoolcrew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (born in 1961) | |
| February 1st, 2003 (February 01 2003) | Death | Ilan Ramoncrew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) (born in 1954) | |
| February 1st, 2003 (February 01 2003) | Death | Mongo Santamaria, Cuban percussionist and band leader (born in 1922) | |
| February 1st, 2002 (February 01 2002) | Death | Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (born in 1925) | |
| February 1st, 2001 (February 01 2001) | Death | Andre D Allemagne, Quebec teacher, political observer and essayist (born in 1929) | |
| February 1st, 1999 (February 01 1999) | Death | Paul Mellon, American philanthropist (born in 1907) | |
| February 1st, 1999 (February 01 1999) | Death | Bar?s Manco, Turkish singer, composer, television producer and celebrity. (born in 1943) | |
| February 1st, 1998 (February 01 1998) | Event | Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral. | |
| February 1st, 1997 (February 01 1997) | Death | Herb Caen, American newspaper columnist (born in 1916) | |
| February 1st, 1996 (February 01 1996) | Event | The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress. | |
| February 1st, 1992 (February 01 1992) | Event | 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. | |
| February 1st, 1991 (February 01 1991) | Death | Carol Dempster, American actress (born in 1901) | |
| February 1st, 1991 (February 01 1991) | Death | Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born in 1914) | |
| February 1st, 1990 (February 01 1990) | Birth | Laura Marling, British singer-songwriter | |
| February 1st, 1989 (February 01 1989) | Event | The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. | |
| February 1st, 1989 (February 01 1989) | Birth | Hurricane Chris, American rapper | |
| February 1st, 1989 (February 01 1989) | Death | Elaine de Kooning, American artist (born in 1918) | |
| February 1st, 1988 (February 01 1988) | Death | Heather O Rourke, American actress (born in 1975) | |
| February 1st, 1987 (February 01 1987) | Birth | Giuseppe Rossi, Italian/American footballer | |
| February 1st, 1987 (February 01 1987) | Death | Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (born in 1900) | |
| February 1st, 1986 (February 01 1986) | Birth | Lauren Conrad, American TV star | |
| February 1st, 1986 (February 01 1986) | Death | Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1902) | |
| February 1st, 1986 (February 01 1986) | Death | Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (born in 1957) | |
| February 1st, 1985 (February 01 1985) | Birth | Dean Shiels, Northern Irish footballer | |
| February 1st, 1985 (February 01 1985) | Birth | Rachael Scdoris, American dog musher | |
| February 1st, 1985 (February 01 1985) | Birth | Jodi Gordon, Australian actress and model | |
| February 1st, 1984 (February 01 1984) | Birth | Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer | |
| February 1st, 1984 (February 01 1984) | Birth | Lee Thompson Young, American actor | |
| February 1st, 1983 (February 01 1983) | Birth | Kevin Martin, American basketball player | |
| February 1st, 1982 (February 01 1982) | Event | Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia. | |
| February 1st, 1982 (February 01 1982) | Birth | Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer | |
| February 1st, 1981 (February 01 1981) | Birth | Luis Lama, Angolan footballer | |
| February 1st, 1981 (February 01 1981) | Birth | Graeme Smith, South African cricketer | |
| February 1st, 1981 (February 01 1981) | Birth | Rob Austin, British racing driver | |
| February 1st, 1981 (February 01 1981) | Death | Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American aircraft manufacturer (born in 1892) | Donald Douglas Quotes |
| February 1st, 1981 (February 01 1981) | Death | Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (born in 1908) | |
| February 1st, 1980 (February 01 1980) | Birth | Hector Luna, Dominican Republic baseball player | |
| February 1st, 1980 (February 01 1980) | Birth | Moises Munoz, Mexican footballer | |
| February 1st, 1980 (February 01 1980) | Birth | Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (died in 2005) | |
| February 1st, 1980 (February 01 1980) | Death | Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (born in 1930) | |
| February 1st, 1979 (February 01 1979) | Event | Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter. | Jimmy Carter Quotes |
| February 1st, 1979 (February 01 1979) | Event | The Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back into Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile. | |
| February 1st, 1979 (February 01 1979) | Birth | Julie Augustyniak, American soccer player | |
| February 1st, 1979 (February 01 1979) | Birth | Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer | |
| February 1st, 1979 (February 01 1979) | Birth | Valentin Elizalde, Mexican Singer (d.2006) | |
| February 1st, 1978 (February 01 1978) | Event | 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. | Roman Polanski Quotes |
| February 1st, 1977 (February 01 1977) | Birth | Kevin Kilbane, Irish footballer | |
| February 1st, 1976 (February 01 1976) | Birth | Phil Ivey, American poker player | |
| February 1st, 1976 (February 01 1976) | Death | Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1901) | Werner Heisenberg Quotes |
| February 1st, 1976 (February 01 1976) | Death | George Whipple, American scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1878) | |
| February 1st, 1975 (February 01 1975) | Birth | Big Boi, American musician (Outkast) | |
| February 1st, 1975 (February 01 1975) | Birth | Katerina Thanou, Greek sprinter | |
| February 1st, 1974 (February 01 1974) | Event | A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293. | |
| February 1st, 1974 (February 01 1974) | Event | Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory. | |
| February 1st, 1974 (February 01 1974) | Birth | Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist | |
| February 1st, 1974 (February 01 1974) | Birth | David Meca, Spanish long distance swimmer | |
| February 1st, 1973 (February 01 1973) | Birth | Yuri Landman, Experimental musical instrument builder, musician and comic book artist | |
| February 1st, 1973 (February 01 1973) | Birth | Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress | |
| February 1st, 1972 (February 01 1972) | Event | Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. | |
| February 1st, 1972 (February 01 1972) | Birth | Yoshi DeHerrera, American TV personality | |
| February 1st, 1972 (February 01 1972) | Birth | Kami (musician), drummer of Japanese visual kei band Malice Mizer (d.1999) | |
| February 1st, 1971 (February 01 1971) | Birth | Michael C. Hall, American actor | |
| February 1st, 1971 (February 01 1971) | Birth | Jill Kelly, American porn actress | |
| February 1st, 1971 (February 01 1971) | Birth | Ron Welty, American musician | |
| February 1st, 1971 (February 01 1971) | Birth | Zlatko Zahovic, Slovenian footballer | |
| February 1st, 1971 (February 01 1971) | Birth | Ajay Jadeja, Former Indian cricketer | |
| February 1st, 1970 (February 01 1970) | Birth | Malik Sealy, American basketball player (died in 2000) | |
| February 1st, 1970 (February 01 1970) | Birth | Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese racing driver | |
| February 1st, 1970 (February 01 1970) | Death | Alfred Renyi, Hungarian mathematician (born in 1921) | |
| February 1st, 1969 (February 01 1969) | Birth | Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine footballer | |
| February 1st, 1969 (February 01 1969) | Birth | Joshua Redman, American musician | |
| February 1st, 1969 (February 01 1969) | Birth | Brian Krause, American actor | |
| February 1st, 1969 (February 01 1969) | Birth | Patrick Wilson, American musician | |
| February 1st, 1968 (February 01 1968) | Event | 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. | |
| February 1st, 1968 (February 01 1968) | Event | 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. | |
| February 1st, 1968 (February 01 1968) | Event | The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form ill-fated Penn Central Transportation. | |
| February 1st, 1968 (February 01 1968) | Birth | Lisa Marie Presley, American singer and actress | |
| February 1st, 1968 (February 01 1968) | Birth | Pauly Shore, American comedian | |
| February 1st, 1968 (February 01 1968) | Birth | Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 1st, 1968 (February 01 1968) | Birth | Kent Mercker, American baseball player | |
| February 1st, 1967 (February 01 1967) | Birth | Meg Cabot, American author | |
| February 1st, 1967 (February 01 1967) | Birth | Patle Shishupal Natthu, Indian politician | |
| February 1st, 1966 (February 01 1966) | Birth | Michelle Akers, American soccer player | |
| February 1st, 1966 (February 01 1966) | Birth | Rob Lee, English footballer | |
| February 1st, 1966 (February 01 1966) | Death | Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist (born in 1885) | |
| February 1st, 1966 (February 01 1966) | Death | Buster Keaton, American actor (born in 1895) | Buster Keaton Quotes |
| February 1st, 1965 (February 01 1965) | Event | The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| February 1st, 1965 (February 01 1965) | Birth | Sherilyn Fenn, American actress | |
| February 1st, 1965 (February 01 1965) | Birth | Brandon Lee, American actor (died in 1993) | |
| February 1st, 1965 (February 01 1965) | Birth | Princess Stephanie of Monaco | |
| February 1st, 1964 (February 01 1964) | Birth | Mario Pelchat, Quebec singer | |
| February 1st, 1964 (February 01 1964) | Birth | Linus Roache, English actor | |
| February 1st, 1963 (February 01 1963) | Birth | Takashi Murakami, Japanese artist | |
| February 1st, 1963 (February 01 1963) | Death | Fleetwood Lindley, the last living person to see Abraham Lincoln s face (born in 1888) | Abraham Lincoln Quotes |
| February 1st, 1962 (February 01 1962) | Birth | Jose Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (died in 2004) | |
| February 1st, 1962 (February 01 1962) | Birth | Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese guitarist | |
| February 1st, 1961 (February 01 1961) | Birth | Volker Fried, German field hockey player | |
| February 1st, 1960 (February 01 1960) | Event | Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. | |
| February 1st, 1959 (February 01 1959) | Death | Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (born in 1873) | |
| February 1st, 1958 (February 01 1958) | Event | Merger of Egypt and Syria to form the United Arab Republic, which lasted until 1961. | |
| February 1st, 1958 (February 01 1958) | Birth | Jackie Shroff, Indian actor | |
| February 1st, 1958 (February 01 1958) | Birth | Luther Blissett, English footballer | |
| February 1st, 1958 (February 01 1958) | Death | Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1888) | |
| February 1st, 1957 (February 01 1957) | Event | Felix Wankel s first working prototype DKM 54 of the Wankel engine was running at the NSU research and development department Versuchsabteilung TX in Germany | |
| February 1st, 1957 (February 01 1957) | Death | Friedrich Paulus, German general (born in 1890) | Friedrich Paulus Quotes |
| February 1st, 1956 (February 01 1956) | Birth | Brahmanandam, Indian film actor | |
| February 1st, 1956 (February 01 1956) | Birth | Exene Cervenka, American musician | |
| February 1st, 1956 (February 01 1956) | Birth | Mike Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach | |
| February 1st, 1955 (February 01 1955) | Birth | Ernie Camacho, baseball player | |
| February 1st, 1954 (February 01 1954) | Birth | Chuck Dukowski, American musician (Black Flag) | Chuck D Quotes |
| February 1st, 1954 (February 01 1954) | Birth | Bill Mumy, American actor and musician | |
| February 1st, 1953 (February 01 1953) | Birth | Brendan Batson, English former footballer | |
| February 1st, 1953 (February 01 1953) | Birth | Duane Chapman, American TV personality | |
| February 1st, 1951 (February 01 1951) | Birth | Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter | |
| February 1st, 1950 (February 01 1950) | Birth | Mike Campbell, American guitarist and producer | |
| February 1st, 1948 (February 01 1948) | Birth | Rick James, American musician and composer (died in 2004) | |
| February 1st, 1948 (February 01 1948) | Birth | Elisabeth Sladen, British actress | |
| February 1st, 1947 (February 01 1947) | Birth | Mike Brant, Israeli pop singer (died in 1975) | |
| February 1st, 1947 (February 01 1947) | Birth | Normie Rowe, Australian singer | |
| February 1st, 1947 (February 01 1947) | Birth | Jessica Savitch, American journalist (died in 1983) | |
| February 1st, 1946 (February 01 1946) | Event | Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General. | |
| February 1st, 1946 (February 01 1946) | Birth | Chris Clark, Motown Soul singer | |
| February 1st, 1945 (February 01 1945) | Birth | Serge Joyal, French Canadian politician | |
| February 1st, 1944 (February 01 1944) | Birth | Mike Enzi, American politician, senator of Wyoming | |
| February 1st, 1944 (February 01 1944) | Birth | Burkhard Ziese, German football manager | |
| February 1st, 1944 (February 01 1944) | Death | Piet Mondriaan, Dutch painter (born in 1872) | |
| February 1st, 1943 (February 01 1943) | Event | World War II: Vidkun Quisling is appointed Premier of Norway by the Nazi occupiers. | |
| February 1st, 1942 (February 01 1942) | Birth | Terry Jones, Welsh actor and writer | Terry Jones Quotes |
| February 1st, 1942 (February 01 1942) | Birth | Muna Wassef, Wassef is a well known Syrian/Arab movie star and a United Nations Goodwill ambassador. | |
| February 1st, 1941 (February 01 1941) | Birth | Karl Dall, German television host | |
| February 1st, 1941 (February 01 1941) | Birth | Jerry Spinelli, children s author | |
| February 1st, 1940 (February 01 1940) | Birth | Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (died in 1996) | |
| February 1st, 1940 (February 01 1940) | Birth | Herve Filion, Quebec harness racer | |
| February 1st, 1939 (February 01 1939) | Birth | Claude Francois, French singer (died in 1978) | |
| February 1st, 1939 (February 01 1939) | Birth | Paul Gillmor, American politician (died in 2007) | Eric Gill Quotes |
| February 1st, 1939 (February 01 1939) | Birth | Joe Sample, American jazz pianist | |
| February 1st, 1938 (February 01 1938) | Birth | Sherman Hemsley, American comedian and actor | |
| February 1st, 1937 (February 01 1937) | Birth | Don Everly, American musician (Everly Brothers) | |
| February 1st, 1937 (February 01 1937) | Birth | Garrett Morris, American comedian | |
| February 1st, 1937 (February 01 1937) | Birth | Ray Sawyer, American singer (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) | |
| February 1st, 1936 (February 01 1936) | Birth | Azie Taylor Morton, 35th Treasurer of the United States (died in 2003) | |
| February 1st, 1936 (February 01 1936) | Death | Georgios Kondylis, general of the Greek army and Prime Minister of Greece (born in 1878) | |
| February 1st, 1934 (February 01 1934) | Birth | Bob Shane, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio) | |
| February 1st, 1931 (February 01 1931) | Birth | Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of the Russian Federation (died in 2007) | Boris Yeltsin Quotes |
| February 1st, 1931 (February 01 1931) | Birth | Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh | |
| February 1st, 1930 (February 01 1930) | Birth | Shahabuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh | |
| February 1st, 1930 (February 01 1930) | Birth | Mario Beaulieu, Quebec politician (died in 1998) | |
| February 1st, 1930 (February 01 1930) | Birth | Hossain Mohammad Ershad, Bangladeshi politician | |
| February 1st, 1928 (February 01 1928) | Death | Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (born in 1869) | |
| February 1st, 1926 (February 01 1926) | Birth | Stuart Whitman, American actor | |
| February 1st, 1924 (February 01 1924) | Event | The United Kingdom recognizes USSR. | |
| February 1st, 1924 (February 01 1924) | Birth | H. Richard Hornberger, American writer (died in 1997) | Ric Berger Quotes |
| February 1st, 1924 (February 01 1924) | Birth | Ben Weider, Quebec businessman and author | |
| February 1st, 1922 (February 01 1922) | Birth | Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (died in 2004) | |
| February 1st, 1920 (February 01 1920) | Event | The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begins operations. | |
| February 1st, 1918 (February 01 1918) | Event | Russia adopts the Gregorian Calendar. | |
| February 1st, 1918 (February 01 1918) | Birth | Muriel Spark, Scottish author (died in 2006) | |
| February 1st, 1915 (February 01 1915) | Birth | Stanley Matthews, English football player (died in 2000) | |
| February 1st, 1913 (February 01 1913) | Event | New York City s Grand Central Terminal opens as the world s largest train station. | |
| February 1st, 1909 (February 01 1909) | Birth | George Beverly Shea, Canadian singer | |
| February 1st, 1908 (February 01 1908) | Event | King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon. | |
| February 1st, 1908 (February 01 1908) | Birth | George Pal, Hungarian-born director and producer (died in 1980) | |
| February 1st, 1908 (February 01 1908) | Death | King Carlos I of Portugal (born in 1863) | |
| February 1st, 1907 (February 01 1907) | Birth | Gunter Eich, German lyricist (died in 1972) | |
| February 1st, 1907 (February 01 1907) | Birth | Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (died in 1993) | |
| February 1st, 1906 (February 01 1906) | Birth | Hildegarde, American actress and singer (died in 2005) | |
| February 1st, 1905 (February 01 1905) | Birth | Emilio G. Segre, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1989) | |
| February 1st, 1904 (February 01 1904) | Birth | S. J. Perelman, American humorist (died in 1979) | S. J. Perelman Quotes |
| February 1st, 1903 (February 01 1903) | Death | George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (born in 1819) | |
| February 1st, 1902 (February 01 1902) | Birth | Langston Hughes American writer (died in 1967) | |
| February 1st, 1902 (February 01 1902) | Birth | Therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard (died in 1947, by execution) | |
| February 1st, 1901 (February 01 1901) | Birth | Clark Gable, American actor (died in 1960) | |
| February 1st, 1897 (February 01 1897) | Event | Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul. | |
| February 1st, 1897 (February 01 1897) | Death | Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (born in 1826) | |
| February 1st, 1896 (February 01 1896) | Event | The opera La boheme premieres in Turin. | |
| February 1st, 1895 (February 01 1895) | Birth | Conn Smythe, Canadian builder of the National Hockey League (died in 1980) | |
| February 1st, 1894 (February 01 1894) | Birth | John Ford, American director and producer (died in 1973) | |
| February 1st, 1894 (February 01 1894) | Birth | James P. Johnson, American composer (died in 1955) | |
| February 1st, 1893 (February 01 1893) | Event | Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey. | |
| February 1st, 1893 (February 01 1893) | Death | George Henry Sanderson, Mayor of San Francisco (born in 1824) | |
| February 1st, 1887 (February 01 1887) | Birth | Charles Nordhoff, English-born author (died in 1947) | |
| February 1st, 1884 (February 01 1884) | Event | Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. | |
| February 1st, 1884 (February 01 1884) | Birth | Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (died in 1937) | |
| February 1st, 1882 (February 01 1882) | Birth | Louis Stephen St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (died in 1973) | |
| February 1st, 1880 (February 01 1880) | Event | The first edition of theatrical newspaper The Stage is published. | |
| February 1st, 1878 (February 01 1878) | Birth | Milan Hodza, Slovak politician (died in 1944) | |
| February 1st, 1874 (February 01 1874) | Birth | Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (died in 1929) | |
| February 1st, 1873 (February 01 1873) | Birth | Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler (died in 1947) | |
| February 1st, 1873 (February 01 1873) | Birth | John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (died in 1901) | |
| February 1st, 1872 (February 01 1872) | Birth | Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (died in 1949) | |
| February 1st, 1872 (February 01 1872) | Birth | Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (died in 1927) | |
| February 1st, 1862 (February 01 1862) | Event | Julia Ward Howe s "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is published for the first time in the Atlantic Monthly. | Julia Ward Howe Quotes |
| February 1st, 1861 (February 01 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States. | |
| February 1st, 1859 (February 01 1859) | Birth | Victor Herbert, Irish composer (died in 1924) | |
| February 1st, 1856 (February 01 1856) | Event | Auburn University is chartered as the East Alabama Male College. | |
| February 1st, 1851 (February 01 1851) | Birth | Durham Stevens, American diplomat (died in 1908) | |
| February 1st, 1851 (February 01 1851) | Death | Mary Shelley, English author (born in 1797) | |
| February 1st, 1844 (February 01 1844) | Birth | G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (died in 1924) | |
| February 1st, 1832 (February 01 1832) | Death | Archibald Murphey, North Carolina politician (born in 1777) | |
| February 1st, 1820 (February 01 1820) | Birth | George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (died in 1897) | |
| February 1st, 1814 (February 01 1814) | Event | Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people; most devastating eruption of Mayon Volcano. | |
| February 1st, 1801 (February 01 1801) | Birth | Emile Littre, French lexicographer (died in 1881) | |
| February 1st, 1796 (February 01 1796) | Event | The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York. | |
| February 1st, 1796 (February 01 1796) | Birth | Abraham Emanuel Frohlich, Swiss poet (died in 1865) | Abraham Quotes |
| February 1st, 1793 (February 01 1793) | Event | French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. | |
| February 1st, 1793 (February 01 1793) | Death | William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (born in 1717) | |
| February 1st, 1790 (February 01 1790) | Event | In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States attempts to convene for the first time. | |
| February 1st, 1768 (February 01 1768) | Death | Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (born in 1685) | |
| February 1st, 1763 (February 01 1763) | Birth | Thomas Campbell, Irish theologian (died in 1854) | Thomas Campbell Quotes |
| February 1st, 1761 (February 01 1761) | Birth | Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (died in 1836) | |
| February 1st, 1761 (February 01 1761) | Death | Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (born in 1682) | |
| February 1st, 1743 (February 01 1743) | Death | Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (born in 1657) | |
| February 1st, 1734 (February 01 1734) | Death | John Floyer, English physician and writer (born in 1649) | |
| February 1st, 1733 (February 01 1733) | Death | King Augustus II of Poland (born in 1670) | |
| February 1st, 1718 (February 01 1718) | Death | Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (born in 1660) | |
| February 1st, 1713 (February 01 1713) | Event | The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan s order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized. | Tom Ze Quotes |
| February 1st, 1691 (February 01 1691) | Death | Pope Alexander VIII (born in 1610) | Alexander Pope Quotes |
| February 1st, 1690 (February 01 1690) | Birth | Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (died in 1768) | |
| February 1st, 1662 (February 01 1662) | Event | The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. | |
| February 1st, 1635 (February 01 1635) | Birth | Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (died in 1689) | |
| February 1st, 1590 (February 01 1590) | Death | Lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator | |
| February 1st, 1563 (February 01 1563) | Death | Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) | |
| February 1st, 1552 (February 01 1552) | Birth | Edward Coke, English colonial entrepreneur (died in 1634) | |
| February 1st, 1542 (February 01 1542) | Death | Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (born in 1480) | |
| February 1st, 1462 (February 01 1462) | Birth | Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (died in 1516) | |
| February 1st, 1459 (February 01 1459) | Birth | Conrad Celtes, German scholar (died in 1508) | |
| February 1st, 1411 (February 01 1411) | Event | The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). | |
| February 1st, 1328 (February 01 1328) | Death | King Charles IV of France (born in 1294) | |
| February 1st, 1327 (February 01 1327) | Event | Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. | |
| February 1st, 1261 (February 01 1261) | Birth | Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (died in 1326) | |
| February 1st, 1248 (February 01 1248) | Death | Henry II, Duke of Brabant (born in 1207) | |
