1 Februar

The 1st o Februar is the 32nt day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 333 days ti come (334 in lowp years).

 Events 
 1793 - French Revolutionary Wars: Fraunce declares war on Great Breetain an the Netherlands.
 1814 - The Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupts, killin 1,200 fowk.
 1835 - Sclavery is banned in Mauritius.
 1861 - Texas secedes frae the Unitit States.
 1884 - The first volume o the Oxford Inglis Dictionary is published.
 1904 - Iceland gains increased autonomy frae Denmark.
 1908 - Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I o Portugal an Prince Luis Filipe are shot deed in Lisbon.
 1918 - Roushie offeecially adopts the Gregorian calendar.
 1946 - Trygve Lie is chosen tae become the 1st Secretar-General o the Unitit Naitions.
 1948 - The Federation o Malaya is creatit.
 1953 - Floods affect the coasts o the Netherlands, Belgium an Ingland efter a storm in the nicht frae 31 Januar.
 1958 - Egyp an Syria form the Unitit Arab Republic.
 1964 - The Beatles get their first Unitit States Nummer 1 single, wi "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
 1970 - A train collision in Benavidez, Buenos Aires Province, Argentinae, kills 236 fowk.
 1979 - Ayatollah Khomeini returns tae Iran frae exile.
 1980 - The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 cam intae force, decriminalisin homosexuality in Scotland in pairt.
 1982 - Senegal an The Gambie form the loose "Senegambie" federation.
 2003 - The Space Shuttle Columbia blows up ower Texas on re-entry tae the Yird, killin aw 7 astronauts on baird.
 2004 - 251 fowk are kilt in a stampede at the Hajj Stampede in Mecca, Saudi Arabie.
 2009 - Johanna Sigurdardottir becomes Prime meenister o Iceland, as the first naitional leader openly in a same-sex relationship.
 2012 - Violence reupts efter a fitbaa match in Port Said, Egyp, killin at least 72 fowk.
 2013 - The Shard in Lunnon offeecially opens.
 2013 - John Kerry becomes Unitit States Secretar o State.
 2017 - Rex Tillerson becomes Unitit States Secretar o State.
 2021 - Myanmar's militar taks pouer in a coup an detains the kintra's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

 Births 
 1506 - George Buchanan, Scots humanist, philosopher, poet an historian (d. 1582)
 1659 - Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch splorer (d. 1729)
 1707 - Frederick, Prince o Wales (d. 1751)
 1764 - George Duff, Scots naval afficer (d. 1805)
 1874 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrick writer (d. 1929)
 1879 - John Dalrymple, 12t Yerl o Stair, Scots sodger an politeecian (d. 1961)
 1882 - Louis St. Laurent, 12t Prime meenister o Canadae (d. 1973)
 1901 - Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)
 1902 - Langston Hughes, American poet (d. 1967)
 1905 - Emilio Segrè, Italian pheesicist (d. 1989)
 1915 - Sir Stanley Matthews, Inglis fitbawer (d. 2000)
 1918 - Dame Muriel Spark, Scots novelist (d. 2006)
 1921 - Peter Sallis, Inglis actor (d. 2017)
 1931 - Boris Yeltsin, 1st Preses o Roushie (d. 2007)
 1942 - Terry Jones, Welsh actor, comedian, author an screenwriter (d. 2020)
 1946 - Elisabeth Sladen, Inglis actress (d. 2011)
 1951 - John McNally, Scots politeecian
 1952 - Roger Y. Tsien, Cheenese-American biochemist (d. 2016)
 1965 - Princess Stéphanie o Monaco
 1969 - Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine fitbawer
 1971 - Michael C. Hall, American actor
 1972 - Leymah Gbowee, Liberian activist
 1976 - Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime meenister o Iceland
 1984 - Darren Fletcher, Scots fitbawer
 1986 - Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater
 1994 - Harry Styles, Inglis sangster
 1999 - Liam Burt, Scots fitbawer

 Daiths 
 1328 - Charles IV o Fraunce (b. 1294)
 1691 - Pape Alexander VIII (b. 1610)
 1733 - Augustus II the Strang, King o Poland (b. 1670)
 1851 - Mary Shelley, Inglis novelist (b. 1797)
 1908 - Lisbon Regicide:
Carlos I o Portugal (b. 1863)
Luís Filipe, Prince Ryal o Portugal (b. 1887)
 1944 - Piet Mondrian, Dutch airtist (b. 1872)
 1957 - Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1880)
 1958 - Clinton Davisson, American pheesicist (b. 1881)
 1966 - Buster Keaton, American actor (b. 1895)
 1976 - Werner Heisenberg, German pheesicist (b. 1901)
 1986 - Alva Myrdal, Swadish sociologist an politeecian (b. 1902)
 2003 - Astronauts on the Space Shuttle Columbia:
Michael P. Anderson (b. 1959)
David M. Brown (b. 1956)
Kalpana Chawla (b. 1962)
Laurel Clark (b. 1961)
Rick Husband (b. 1957)
William C. McCool (b. 1961)
Ilan Ramon (b. 1954)
 2004 - Ally MacLeod, Scots fitbawer an manager (b. 1931)
 2010 - Bobby Kirk, Scots fitbawer (b. 1927)
 2012 - Wislawa Szymborska, Pols poet (b. 1923)
 2014 - Maximilian Schell, Austrick-Swiss actor (b. 1930)
 2015 - Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-French pianist (b. 1925)

 Halidays 
 Naitional Freedom Day (Unitit States)
 Heroes Day (Rwanda)
 Stairt o Black History Month (Unitit States)
 Stairt o LGBT History Month (Unitit Kinrick)
 Imbolc - Celtic cross-quarter day
 Saunt Brigid's Day (Ireland)

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