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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, 1998 (February 01 1998) | Event | Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral. | |
| February 1st, 1988 (February 01 1988) | Death | Heather O Rourke, American actress (born in 1975) | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 1938 (February 01 1938) | Birth | Sherman Hemsley, American comedian and actor | |
| February 1st, 1928 (February 01 1928) | Death | Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (born in 1869) | |
| 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, 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, 1878 (February 01 1878) | Birth | Milan Hodza, Slovak politician (died in 1944) | |
| February 1st, 1768 (February 01 1768) | Death | Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (born in 1685) | |
| February 1st, 1718 (February 01 1718) | Death | Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (born in 1660) | |
| February 1st, 1328 (February 01 1328) | Death | King Charles IV of France (born in 1294) | |
| February 1st, 1248 (February 01 1248) | Death | Henry II, Duke of Brabant (born in 1207) | |
