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01 Feb 0481
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Vandal king Huneric organises a conference between Catholic and Arian bishops at Carthage. |
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01 Feb 0772
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Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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01 Feb 1327
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Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. |
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01 Feb 1329
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King John of Bohemia captures Medvėgalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders |
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01 Feb 1411
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The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). |
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01 Feb 1539
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Emperor Karel and King Francois I sign anti-English treaty
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01 Feb 1587
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English Queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence
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01 Feb 1662
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Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders for Chinese pirates
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01 Feb 1662
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The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. |
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01 Feb 1669
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French King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion
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01 Feb 1709
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Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez
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01 Feb 1713
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The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized. |
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01 Feb 1720
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Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty
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01 Feb 1732
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Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions
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01 Feb 1742
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Sardinia and Austria sign alliance
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01 Feb 1783
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William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex
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01 Feb 1788
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1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet
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01 Feb 1789
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Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
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01 Feb 1790
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Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)
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01 Feb 1793
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France declares war on England and Netherlands
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01 Feb 1793
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Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, NY, for oiled silk and linen
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01 Feb 1793
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French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. |
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01 Feb 1796
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The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York. |
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01 Feb 1809
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Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system
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01 Feb 1810
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1st insurance co managed by blacks (American Insurance Co of Philadelphia)
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01 Feb 1810
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Seville, Spain surrenders to French
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01 Feb 1810
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US Population: 7,239,881, Black population: 1,377,808 (19%)
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01 Feb 1814
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Volcano Mayon on Luzon Philippines erupts killing 1,200
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01 Feb 1814
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Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano. |
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01 Feb 1835
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Slavery is abolished in Mauritius. |
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01 Feb 1840
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Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated
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01 Feb 1860
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1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of New York City
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01 Feb 1861
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Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands
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01 Feb 1861
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Texas becomes 7th state to secede
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01 Feb 1861
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American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States. |
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01 Feb 1862
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Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
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01 Feb 1864
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2nd German-Danish war begins
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01 Feb 1864
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Austrian / Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk / Holstein
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01 Feb 1865
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13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day)
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01 Feb 1865
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JS Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Ct, admitted to bar
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01 Feb 1865
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President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
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01 Feb 1867
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Bricklayers start working 8-hour days
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01 Feb 1871
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Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Reps (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
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01 Feb 1876
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A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband. |
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01 Feb 1881
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US Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri authorized
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01 Feb 1883
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French Lieutenant Colonel Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger
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01 Feb 1884
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1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published
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01 Feb 1884
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The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. |
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01 Feb 1887
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Harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California and starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood)
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01 Feb 1892
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Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite
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01 Feb 1893
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Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey. |
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01 Feb 1895
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Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger. |
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01 Feb 1897
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Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul. |
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01 Feb 1898
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1st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Company
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01 Feb 1902
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Hermann Sudermanns "Es lebe das Leben, " premieres in Berlin
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01 Feb 1905
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Hague soccer team ADO froms
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01 Feb 1905
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Hungarian Premier Tisza resigns
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01 Feb 1906
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1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas
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01 Feb 1908
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King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe, are killed in Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon. |
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01 Feb 1909
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US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens
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01 Feb 1910
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1st British labour exchange opens
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01 Feb 1910
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Dragoumis government forms in Greece
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01 Feb 1914
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New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt
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01 Feb 1914
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Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed
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01 Feb 1914
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Tanganyika Railway opens
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01 Feb 1917
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Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war
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01 Feb 1918
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Russia adopts Gregorian calender (becomes February 14)
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01 Feb 1918
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Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar. |
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01 Feb 1919
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Dodgers trade Jake Daubert to Reds for Tommy Griffith Daubert
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01 Feb 1920
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1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul Minn)
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01 Feb 1920
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police
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01 Feb 1920
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Soccer team Quick Boys forms
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01 Feb 1923
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Allied ultimatum on Lithuanian occupation of Memel
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01 Feb 1923
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Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini
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01 Feb 1924
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New British MacDonald government recognizes USSR
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01 Feb 1924
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Soccer team VSV Tonido forms in Voorburg
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01 Feb 1924
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Soviet Union formally recognized by Britain
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01 Feb 1924
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The United Kingdom recognizes the USSR. |
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01 Feb 1926
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Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR
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01 Feb 1926
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Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch
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01 Feb 1933
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Colonial government arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname
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01 Feb 1933
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Dutch bishops forbid membership in non-catholic unions
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01 Feb 1933
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German Parliament disolves, General Ludendorf predicts catastrophe
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01 Feb 1934
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Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his
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01 Feb 1935
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1st "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol
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01 Feb 1935
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James T Farrell finishes his "Studs Lonigan" trilogy
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01 Feb 1937
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Stapleton, Staten Island becomes a customs-free port
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01 Feb 1940
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Russia begins new offensive against Finland
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01 Feb 1941
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner
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01 Feb 1942
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2nd Norwegian government of Quisling forms
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01 Feb 1942
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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. |
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01 Feb 1942
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World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls–Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater. |
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01 Feb 1942
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World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government. |
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01 Feb 1943
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German occupiers make Vidkun Quisling Norwegian Premier
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01 Feb 1943
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Mussert forms pro Nazi shadow cabinet (Neth)
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01 Feb 1944
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US 7th Infantry / 25th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein / Roi / Namur
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01 Feb 1945
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US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie
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01 Feb 1946
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Republic of Hungary proclaimed, Zolt n Tildy as communist President
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01 Feb 1946
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Trygve Lie, a Norwegian socialist, becomes 1st Secretary General of UN
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01 Feb 1946
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The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic. |
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01 Feb 1946
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Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General. |
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01 Feb 1947
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Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian government of Christian-dems and communists
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01 Feb 1947
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Dmitri Shostakovitch named Professor at Conservatory of Leningrad
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01 Feb 1948
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Federation Malaysia forms from 9 sultanates
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01 Feb 1948
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Palestine Post building in Jerusalem bombed
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01 Feb 1949
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200" (5.08-m) Hale telescope 1st used
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01 Feb 1949
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RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm)
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01 Feb 1950
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Urko Kekkonen elected President of Finland
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01 Feb 1950
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USSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes
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01 Feb 1951
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1st telecast of atomic explosion
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01 Feb 1951
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1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated
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01 Feb 1951
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Alfred Krupp and 28 other German war criminals freed
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01 Feb 1952
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General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia
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01 Feb 1953
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"General Electric Theater" premieres on CBS TV; Reagan later hosts
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01 Feb 1953
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"You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television
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01 Feb 1953
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Dr A de Waal appointed as Netherlands 1st female Assistant Secretary of State
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01 Feb 1953
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Flooding in the Netherlands, kills 1,835
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01 Feb 1953
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WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Feb 1953
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North Sea flood of 1953 (Dutch, Watersnoodramp, literally "flood disaster") was a major flood caused by a heavy storm, that occurred on the night of Saturday, 31 January 1953 and morning of Sunday, 1 February 1953. The floods struck the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom. |
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01 Feb 1954
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1st TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres
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01 Feb 1954
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Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire
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01 Feb 1954
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Soccer team The County froms in Doetinchem
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01 Feb 1955
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HC Hansen appointed Premier of Denmark
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01 Feb 1956
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Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking
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01 Feb 1956
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WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Feb 1957
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1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline
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01 Feb 1957
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Gijsbert of Hall appointed Mayor of Amsterdam
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01 Feb 1957
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Felix Wankel's first working prototype (DKM 54) of the Wankel engine runs at the NSU research and development department Versuchsabteilung TX in Germany |
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01 Feb 1958
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1st US satellite (Explorer I) launched
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01 Feb 1958
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Egypt and Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic
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01 Feb 1958
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WFTV TV channel 9 in Orlando, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting
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01 Feb 1959
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Swiss males vote against voting rights for women
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01 Feb 1959
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Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)
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01 Feb 1959
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US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
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01 Feb 1959
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Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Havana Golf Tournament
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01 Feb 1959
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WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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01 Feb 1959
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Zack Wheat unanimously elected to baseball Hall of Fame
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01 Feb 1960
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34th Australian Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats J Lehane (75 62)
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01 Feb 1960
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4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth
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01 Feb 1960
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48th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats N Fraser (57 36 63 86 86)
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01 Feb 1960
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Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender
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01 Feb 1960
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Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. |
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01 Feb 1961
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1st full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful
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01 Feb 1961
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British Minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive
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01 Feb 1962
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NL releases its 1st 162-game schedule
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01 Feb 1963
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Nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes self-governing under Hastings Banda
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01 Feb 1964
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"Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances
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01 Feb 1964
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Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity
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01 Feb 1964
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Suriname River dammed
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01 Feb 1964
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The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand." |
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01 Feb 1965
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Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam
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01 Feb 1965
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Martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma Ala
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01 Feb 1965
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NL adopts emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster
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01 Feb 1965
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The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill. |
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01 Feb 1967
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Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million and 60 lives
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01 Feb 1967
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WCLP TV channel 18 in Chatsworth, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Feb 1968
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Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to head
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01 Feb 1968
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Former VP Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President
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01 Feb 1968
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Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of Green Bay Packers
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01 Feb 1968
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World trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi
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01 Feb 1968
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The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation. |
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01 Feb 1968
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Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces. |
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01 Feb 1968
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Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War. |
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01 Feb 1969
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Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert
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01 Feb 1969
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WPGH TV channel 53 in Pittsburgh, PA (IND) begins broadcasting
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01 Feb 1970
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Ford Frick, Earle Combs and Jesse Haines elected to Hall of Fame
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01 Feb 1970
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Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die
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01 Feb 1970
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West-Germany and the USSR sign gas contract
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01 Feb 1970
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WMAA TV channel 29 in Jackson, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Feb 1972
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1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)
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01 Feb 1972
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Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in the UK
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01 Feb 1972
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Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. |
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01 Feb 1973
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Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame
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01 Feb 1974
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"Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV
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01 Feb 1974
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Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory. |
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01 Feb 1974
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A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293. |
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01 Feb 1975
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"Hoppy, Gene & Me" by Roy Rogers peaks at #65
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01 Feb 1975
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"Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater NYC after 5 performances
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01 Feb 1975
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1st successful Washington Cap penalty shot, Ken Lockett vs. Vancouver Canucks
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01 Feb 1975
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Lorne Henning scores on 3rd Islander penalty shot
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01 Feb 1975
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Otis Francis Tabler is 1st open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department
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01 Feb 1976
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"Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV
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01 Feb 1976
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East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Michigan State University after he is warned not to
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01 Feb 1976
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Sonny and Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce
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01 Feb 1977
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Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives
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01 Feb 1977
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Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball
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01 Feb 1978
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Harriet Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a US postage stamp
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01 Feb 1978
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Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. |
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01 Feb 1979
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 yrs in exile
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01 Feb 1979
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Patricia Hearst is released from a SF prison for bank robbery
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01 Feb 1979
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The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile. |
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01 Feb 1980
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Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System
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01 Feb 1980
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Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run
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01 Feb 1981
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11th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 21-7
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01 Feb 1981
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31st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-120 at Cleveland
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01 Feb 1981
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Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies, " premieres in New York City
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01 Feb 1981
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Dutch Antilles census is 231,932
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01 Feb 1981
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French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq
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01 Feb 1981
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Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek
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01 Feb 1981
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Trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final MCG
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01 Feb 1982
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"Late Night With David Letterman, " debuts on NBC-TV
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01 Feb 1982
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Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia. |
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01 Feb 1984
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China and Netherlands regain diplomatic relations
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01 Feb 1984
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Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner
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01 Feb 1984
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Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203)
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01 Feb 1985
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Cards trade D Green, Jose Uribe, Dave LaPoint to Giants for Jack Clark
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01 Feb 1985
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Tiffany Chin
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01 Feb 1986
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KHJ-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KRTH
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01 Feb 1986
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Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland
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01 Feb 1987
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163 day strike against Deere and Co ends, workers accept wage freeze
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01 Feb 1987
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38,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago at Detroit
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01 Feb 1987
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Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
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01 Feb 1987
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NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 10-6
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01 Feb 1989
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Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion
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01 Feb 1989
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Princess Diane of England visits New York City
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01 Feb 1989
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The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder. |
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01 Feb 1990
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Humanitas publishing house is founded in Bucharest, shortly after the Romanian Revolution, by the philosopher Gabriel Liiceanu. |
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01 Feb 1991
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Afghanistan / Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
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01 Feb 1991
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Craig McDermott takes 8-97 vs. England at the WACA
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01 Feb 1991
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President F W de Klerk, says he would repeal all apartheid laws
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01 Feb 1991
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US Air and Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32
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01 Feb 1991
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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. |
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01 Feb 1992
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"Crazy He Calls Me" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 7 performances
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01 Feb 1992
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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. |
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01 Feb 1993
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New York Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman
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01 Feb 1993
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Soyuz TM-16 lands
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01 Feb 1993
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Gary Bettman becomes the NHL's first commissioner |
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01 Feb 1994
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Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.03 seconds)
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01 Feb 1994
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Large meteorite falls near Kusaie, Pacific Ocean
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01 Feb 1994
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Punk rock band Green Day releases their album Dookie, which would eventually sell over 20 million copies worldwide. |
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01 Feb 1995
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Amtrak NY-Tampa run ends
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01 Feb 1995
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Andy and Grant Flower make 269 stand vs. Pak, brotherly record
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01 Feb 1996
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The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress. |
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01 Feb 1998
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"Street Corner Symphony, " closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 79 performances
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01 Feb 1998
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86th Australian Mens Tennis: Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (62 62 62)
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01 Feb 1998
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Australian Mixed: J Gimelstob and V Williams beat Suk and Sukova (62 61)
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01 Feb 1998
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NFL Pro Bowl Game, AFC beats NFC 29-24
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01 Feb 1998
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Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral. |
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01 Feb 2001
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Putrajaya, the Malaysian administrative city, is declared a Federal Territory. |
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01 Feb 2002
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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. |
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01 Feb 2003
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Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107 disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. |
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01 Feb 2004
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Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines. |
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01 Feb 2004
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251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. |
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01 Feb 2005
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King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers. |
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01 Feb 2009
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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 LGBT head of government. |
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01 Feb 2012
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At least 72 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. |
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01 Feb 2013
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The Shard, the tallest building in the European Union, is opened to the public. |
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