What are the important events that happened on February 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 1: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 1 is the 32nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 334 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 19, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 474,096 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘triacontadigon’ day.
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 9 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,059 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 1 Historical Events
- 1411 –The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
- 1709 –Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
- 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.
- 1796 –The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
- 1865 –President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- 1968 –The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form the ill-fated Penn Central Transportation.
- 1979 –Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence is commuted by President Jimmy Carter.
- 1986 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- 2003 –Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
Who were born on February 1?
- 1801 –Émile Littré, French lexicographer (d. 1881)
- 1906 –Hildegarde, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
- 1939 –Paul Gillmor, American politician (d. 2007)
- 1944 –Burkhard Ziese, German football manager (d. 2010)
- 1957 –Renae Jacobs, American voice actress
- 1958 –Luther Blissett, English footballer
- 1971 –Jill Kelly, American porn actress
- 1974 –David Meca, Spanish long distance swimmer
- 1975 –Katerina Thanou, Greek sprinter
- 1984 –Lee Thompson Young, American actor
Who died on February 1?
- 1248 –Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1207)
- 1328 –King Charles IV of France (b. 1294)
- 1718 –Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (b. 1660)
- 1733 –King Augustus II of Poland (b. 1670)
- 1743 –Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (b. 1657)
- 1851 –Mary Shelley, English author (b. 1797)
- 1945 –Prince Kiril of Bulgaria, prince of Bulgaria (b. 1895)
- 1987 –Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (b. 1900)
- 2002 –Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (b. 1925)
- 2003 –Crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster): Laurel Clark (b. 1961)
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