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February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 333 days remain until the end of the year (334 in leap years).

Events[]

  • 481Vandal king Huneric organises a conference between Catholic and Arian bishops at Carthage.
  • 1327 – Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
  • 1329 – King John of Bohemia captures Medvėgalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders
  • 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
  • 1662 – The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
  • 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.
  • 1793French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
  • 1796 – The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
  • 1814Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
  • 1835Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
  • 1861American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
  • 1865 – President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • 1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • 1893Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
  • 1895Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
  • 1897Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
  • 1908 – King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe, are killed in Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon.
  • 1918 – Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
  • 1924 – The United Kingdom recognizes the USSR.
  • 1942World 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–Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
  • 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.
  • 1946Trygve 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.
  • 1953North Sea flood of 1953 was caused by a heavy storm which occurred overnight, 31 January-1 February 1953. The floods struck the Netherlands, Belgium and the U.K.
  • 1960 – Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • 1964The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
  • 1965 – The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill.
  • 1968Vietnam 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.
  • 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.
  • 1972Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
  • 1974A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
  • 1974 – Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory.
  • 1979 – The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
  • 1981 – The Underarm bowling incident of 1981 occurred when Trevor Chappell bowls underarm on the final delivery of a game between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
  • 1982Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.
  • 1989 – The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder.
  • 1990Humanitas publishing house is founded in Bucharest, shortly after the Romanian Revolution, by the philosopher Gabriel Liiceanu.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1996 – The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
  • 1998 – Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
  • 2001Putrajaya, the Malaysian administrative city, is declared a Federal Territory.
  • 2002Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
  • 2003Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
  • 2004Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.
  • 2005 – King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
  • 2008Suicide bombings in Baghdad occur.
  • 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 LGBT head of government.
  • 2010Suicide bombing in Baghdad occurs.
  • 2012 – 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.
  • 2013The Shard, the tallest building in the European Union, is opened to the public.

Births[]

  • 1261Walter de Stapledon, English bishop and politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1326)
  • 1402Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1445)
  • 1459Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (d. 1508)
  • 1462Johannes Trithemius, German lexicographer, historian, and cryptographer (d. 1516)
  • 1501Queen Munjeong of Korea (d. 1565)
  • 1552Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1634)
  • 1635Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (d. 1689)
  • 1648Elkanah Settle, English poet and playwright (d. 1724)
  • 1659Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d. 1729)
  • 1663Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (d. 1748)
  • 1687Johann Adam Birkenstock, German violinist and composer (d. 1733)
  • 1690Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1768)
  • 1701Johan Agrell, Swedish-German pianist and composer (d. 1765)
  • 1761Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (d. 1836)
  • 1763Thomas Campbell, Irish minister and theologian (d. 1854)
  • 1764George Duff, Scottish captain (d. 1805)
  • 1796Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss minister, poet, and educator (d. 1865)
  • 1801Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (d. 1881)
  • 1820George Hendric Houghton, American clergyman and theologian (d. 1897)
  • 1836Emil Hartmann, Danish organist and composer (d. 1898)
  • 1844G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (d. 1924)
  • 1851Durham Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat (d. 1908)
  • 1858Ignacio Bonillas, Mexican diplomat (d. 1942)
  • 1859Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)
  • 1872Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1949)
  • 1872 – Andrew Kehoe, American murderer (d. 1927)
  • 1873Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (d. 1947)
  • 1873 – John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1901)
  • 1874Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1929)
  • 1878Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (d. 1955)
  • 1878 – Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (d. 1944)
  • 1881Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (d. 1966)
  • 1882Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1973)
  • 1884Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician (d. 1949)
  • 1884 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (d. 1937)
  • 1887Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant, pilot, and author (d. 1947)
  • 1890Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1942)
  • 1894John Ford, American director and producer (d. 1973)
  • 1894 – James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (d. 1955)
  • 1895Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman (d. 1980)
  • 1897Denise Robins, English journalist and author (d. 1985)
  • 1898Leila Denmark, American pediatrician and author (d. 2012)
  • 1901Frank Buckles, American soldier (d. 2011)
  • 1901 – Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)
  • 1902Therese Brandl, German concentration camp guard (d. 1947)
  • 1902 – Langston Hughes, American poet and author (d. 1967)
  • 1904S.J. Perelman, American author and screenwriter (d. 1979)
  • 1905Joan Morgan, English actress (d. 2004)
  • 1905 – Emilio G. Segrè, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
  • 1906Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1993)
  • 1907Günter Eich, German author and songwriter (d. 1972)
  • 1907 – Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 1993)
  • 1908George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (d. 1980)
  • 1908 – Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist and banker (d. 1998)
  • 1909George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
  • 1910Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Chinese general and politician (d. 2009)
  • 1915Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
  • 1917José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (d. 2013)
  • 1917 – Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (d. 1944)
  • 1918Muriel Spark, Scottish-Italian author and poet (d. 2006)
  • 1918 – Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012)
  • 1920Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (d. 2012)
  • 1921Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano and actress (d. 2004)
  • 1923Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (d. 2008)
  • 1924Richard Hooker, American surgeon and author (d. 1997)
  • 1924 – Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2012)
  • 1927Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
  • 1928Sam Edwards, Welsh physicist and academic (d. 2015)
  • 1928 – Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American academic and politician (d. 2008)
  • 1930Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi judge and politician, 12th President of Bangladesh
  • 1930 – Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Indian-Bangladeshi general and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh
  • 1930 – Peter Tapsell, English soldier and politician
  • 1931Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (d. 2007)
  • 1932Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (d. 2016)
  • 1934Nicolae Breban, Romanian author, poet, and playwright
  • 1936Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, playwright, and director (d. 2013)
  • 1936 – Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003)
  • 1937Garrett Morris, American actor
  • 1937 – Ray Sawyer, American singer-songwriter
  • 1938Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (d. 2012)
  • 1939Fritjof Capra, Austrian physicist, author, and academic
  • 1939 – Claude François, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 1978)
  • 1939 – Paul Gillmor, American lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
  • 1939 – Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina (d. 2009)
  • 1939 – Del McCoury, American singer and guitarist
  • 1939 – Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (d. 2014)
  • 1941Jerry Spinelli, American author
  • 1942Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (d. 1996)
  • 1942 – Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1942 – Masa Saito, Japanese wrestler and manager
  • 1944Mike Enzi, American soldier, accountant, and politician
  • 1944 – Petru Popescu, Romanian-American director, producer, and author
  • 1944 – Burkhard Ziese, German footballer and manager (d. 2010)
  • 1945Serge Joyal, Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Secretary of State for Canada
  • 1946Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (d. 2011)
  • 1947Adam Ingram, Scottish computer programmer and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
  • 1947 – Normie Rowe, Australian singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1947 – Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983)
  • 1948Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
  • 1948 – Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
  • 1950Mike Campbell, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1950 – Ali Haydar Konca, Turkish politician, 4th Turkish Minister of European Union Affairs
  • 1951Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1951 – Andrew Smith, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
  • 1952Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (d. 2012)
  • 1954Chuck Dukowski, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1956Exene Cervenka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1957Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Saudi Arabian businessman (d. 2007)
  • 1957 – Gilbert Hernandez, American author and illustrator
  • 1958Luther Blissett, Jamaican-English footballer and manager
  • 1958 – Eleanor Laing, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
  • 1958 – Jackie Shroff, Indian actor, singer, and producer
  • 1961Volker Fried, German field hockey player and coach
  • 1961 – Daniel M. Tani, American engineer and astronaut
  • 1962José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2004)
  • 1962 – Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1962 – Takashi Murakami, Japanese painter and sculptor
  • 1964Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
  • 1964 – Mario Pelchat, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • 1964 – Bugge Wesseltoft, Norwegian pianist and record producer
  • 1964 – Linus Roache, English actor
  • 1966Michelle Akers, American soccer player
  • 1967Meg Cabot, American author and screenwriter
  • 1968Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1968 – Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1968 – Pauly Shore, American comedian, actor, director, and producer
  • 1969Gabriel Batistuta, Argentinian footballer
  • 1969 – Andrew Breitbart, American journalist, author, and publisher (d. 2012)
  • 1969 – Brian Krause, American actor and screenwriter
  • 1969 – Patrick Wilson, American drummer
  • 1970Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese race car driver
  • 1970 – Malik Sealy, American basketball player and actor (d. 2000)
  • 1971Harald Brattbakk, Norwegian footballer and pilot
  • 1971 – Michael C. Hall, American actor and producer
  • 1971 – Ajay Jadeja, Indian cricketer, sportscaster, and actor
  • 1971 – Ron Welty, American drummer
  • 1972Kami, Japanese drummer (d. 1999)
  • 1973Andrew DeClercq, American basketball player and coach
  • 1973 – Óscar Pérez Rojas, Mexican footballer
  • 1974Walter McCarty, American basketball player and coach
  • 1975Big Boi, American rapper and producer
  • 1975 – Martijn Reuser, Dutch footballer
  • 1976Mat Rogers, Australian rugby player
  • 1977Lari Ketner, American football player (d. 2014)
  • 1977 – Kevin Kilbane, English-Irish footballer and sportscaster
  • 1977 – Robert Traylor, American basketball player (d. 2011)
  • 1978Tim Harding, Australian singer
  • 1979Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
  • 1979 – Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
  • 1980Héctor Luna, Dominican baseball player
  • 1980 – Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer
  • 1980 – Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)
  • 1981Rob Austin, English race car driver
  • 1981Hins Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter
  • 1981 – Christian Giménez, Argentinian footballer
  • 1981 – Graeme Smith, South African cricketer
  • 1982Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby player
  • 1982 – Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1983Kevin Martin, American basketball player
  • 1983 – Anna Suzuki, Japanese actress and model
  • 1983 – Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgian cyclist
  • 1983 – Andrew VanWyngarden, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1984Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer
  • 1985Dean Shiels, Irish footballer
  • 1986Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater
  • 1986 – Lauren Conrad, American fashion designer and author
  • 1987Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer
  • 1987 – Moises Henriques, Portuguese-Australian cricketer
  • 1987 – Austin Jackson, American baseball player
  • 1987 – Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
  • 1988Brett Anderson, American baseball player
  • 1989Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer
  • 1990Dan Gosling, English footballer
  • 1991Luca Caldirola, Italian footballer
  • 1991 – Kyle Palmieri, American hockey player
  • 1992Mao Ichimichi, Japanese actress and model
  • 1993Diego Mella, Italian footballer
  • 1994Anna-Lena Friedsam, German tennis player
  • 1994 – Skylar Laine, American singer-songwriter
  • 1994 – Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter
  • 1995Marcelo Hermes, Brazilian footballer
  • 1995 – Jay Lelliott, English swimmer
  • 1995 – Márton Lorentz, Hungarian footballer

Deaths[]

  • 772Pope Stephen III (b. 720)
  • 1248Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1207)
  • 1328Charles IV of France (b. 1294)
  • 1542Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (b. 1480)
  • 1563Menas of Ethiopia (b. 1559)
  • 1590Lawrence Humphrey, English theologian and academic (b. 1527)
  • 1691Pope Alexander VIII (b. 1610)
  • 1718Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1660)
  • 1733Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (b. 1670)
  • 1734John Floyer, English physician and author (b. 1649)
  • 1743Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (b. 1657)
  • 1750Bakar of Georgia (b. 1699)
  • 1761Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French priest and historian (b. 1682)
  • 1768Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (b. 1685)
  • 1793William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1717)
  • 1832Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (b. 1777)
  • 1851Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)
  • 1871Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
  • 1893George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
  • 1897Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
  • 1903Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Irish-English physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
  • 1907Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
  • 1908Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
  • 1922William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
  • 1924Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
  • 1928Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
  • 1936Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
  • 1940Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)
  • 1940 – Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist and critic (b. 1877)
  • 1944Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (b. 1872)
  • 1949Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880)
  • 1949 – Herbert Stothart, American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
  • 1957Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)
  • 1958Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
  • 1959Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (b. 1873)
  • 1966Hedda Hopper, American actress and journalist (b. 1885)
  • 1966 – Buster Keaton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
  • 1970Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
  • 1976Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
  • 1976 – George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
  • 1979Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist and activist (b. 1929)
  • 1981Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American engineer and businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (b. 1892)
  • 1981 – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1908)
  • 1986Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
  • 1987Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
  • 1989Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (b. 1918)
  • 1992Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (b. 1909)
  • 1996Ray Crawford, American race car driver, pilot, and businessman (b. 1915)
  • 1997Herb Caen, American journalist and author (b. 1916)
  • 1999Barış Manço, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1943)
  • 1999 – Paul Mellon, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1907)
  • 2001André D'Allemagne, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1929)
  • 2002Aykut Barka, Turkish geologist and academic (b. 1951)
  • 2002 – Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (b. 1925)
  • 2003 – crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia
    • Michael P. Anderson, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1959)
    • David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1956)
    • Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American engineer and astronaut (b. 1962)
    • Laurel Clark, American captain, surgeon, and astronaut (b. 1961)
    • Rick Husband, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1957)
    • William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1961)
    • Ilan Ramon, Israeli colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1954)
  • 2003 – Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer and bandleader (b. 1922)
  • 2004Suha Arın, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
  • 2005John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1932)
  • 2007Ahmad Abu Laban, Egyptian-Danish religious leader, founded The Islamic Society in Denmark (b. 1946)
  • 2007 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American playwright and composer (b. 1911)
  • 2008Beto Carrero, Brazilian actor and businessman (b. 1937)
  • 2010Jack Brisco, American wrestler and manager (b. 1941)
  • 2012Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (b. 1936)
  • 2012 – Angelo Dundee, American boxing trainer (b. 1921)
  • 2012 – Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
  • 2013Ed Koch, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (b. 1924)
  • 2013 – Shanu Lahiri, Indian painter and educator (b. 1928)
  • 2013 – Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
  • 2014Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1938)
  • 2014 – Vasily Petrov, Russian marshal (b. 1917)
  • 2014 – Rene Ricard, American poet, painter, and critic (b. 1946)
  • 2014 – Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
  • 2015Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-French pianist (b. 1925)
  • 2015 – Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1935)
  • 2015 – Monty Oum, American animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1981)
  • 2016Murray Louis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1926)
  • 2016 – Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, Guatemalan general and politician, 27th President of Guatemala (b. 1930)
  • 2016 – Dušan Velkaverh, Slovenian lyricist (b. 1943)

Holidays and observances[]

  • Abolition of Slavery Day (Mauritius)
  • Air Force Day (Nicaragua)
  • Christian feast day:
    • Astina (Syrian Church)
    • Blessed Candlemas of San José
    • Brigid, patron saint of Ireland
    • February 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Earliest day on which Constitution Day can fall, while February 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in February. (Mexico)
  • Earliest day on which National Wear Red Day can fall, while February 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday in February. (United States)
  • Federal Territory Day (Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, Malaysia)
  • Heroes Day (Rwanda)
  • Imbolc (Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, and some Neopagan groups in the Northern hemisphere)
  • Memorial Day of the Republic (Hungary)
  • National Freedom Day (United States)
  • The start of Black History Month (United States and Canada)
  • The start of LGBT History Month (United Kingdom)
  • The start of National Bird-Feeding Month (United States)
  • World Hijab Day

External links[]

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