February 01

Sunday 01, 2004:

Janet Jackson exposes her breast on American television.

Saturday 01, 2003:

Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas upon reentry killing all seven astronauts onboard.

Monday 01, 1999:

North Dakota Public Radio is launched.

Thursday 01, 1996:

Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress

Wednesday 01, 1995:

Manic Street Preachers lyricist Richey James Edwards goes missing from the Embassy Hotel in London, UK.

Tuesday 01, 1994:

In Portland, Oregon Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly pleads guilty for his role in attacking figure skater Nancy Kerrigan.

Saturday 01, 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.

Monday 01, 1982:

Senegal and Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.

Thursday 01, 1979:

Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back into Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.

Wednesday 01, 1978:

Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Friday 01, 1974:

1974 - Kuala Lumpur declared a Federal Territory.

Thursday 01, 1968:

Vietnam War: Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem is executed by Nguyen Ngoc Loan a South Vietnamese National Police Chief. The execution was videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams and helped sway public opinion against the war.

Monday 01, 1960:

Four black students stage a sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Saturday 01, 1958:

Merger of Egypt and Syria to form the United Arab Republic, which lasted until 1961.

Friday 01, 1946:

Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General.

Monday 01, 1943:

World War II: Vidkun Quisling appointed Premier of Norway by the Nazi occupiers.

Friday 01, 1929:

Frenchman Charles Rigoulet is the first weightlifter to lift over 400 pounds (181 kg) in the "clean and jerk" method.

Friday 01, 1924:

United Kingdom recognizes USSR.

Sunday 01, 1920:

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begin operations.

Saturday 01, 1919:

The first Miss America is crowned (New York City).

Friday 01, 1918:

Russia adopts the Gregorian Calendar.

Saturday 01, 1913:

New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens as the world's largest train station.

Saturday 01, 1908:

King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon.

Saturday 01, 1896:

The opera La bohème premieres (Turin).

Wednesday 01, 1893:

Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio (West Orange, New Jersey).

Friday 01, 1884:

Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.

Sunday 01, 1880:

First edition of theatrical newspaper The Stage is published.

Saturday 01, 1862:

Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic is published for the first time (Atlantic Monthly).

Friday 01, 1861:

American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.

Tuesday 01, 1814:

Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people; most devastating eruption of Mayon Volcano.

Monday 01, 1796:

The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.

Friday 01, 1793:

France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

Monday 01, 1790:

In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.

Friday 01, 1788:

Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patent the steamboat.

Wednesday 01, 1713:

The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.

Wednesday 01, 1662:

The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.

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