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 32^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 333 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 19, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,738,368,000 seconds 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 381 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 4,425 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 1 Historical Events

• 1814 –
  Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
• 1835 –
  Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
• 1861 –
  American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
• 1865 –
  President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• 1876 –
  A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the “Molly Maguires”, to disband.
• 1924 –
  The United Kingdom recognizes the USSR.
• 1942 –
  Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States federal government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
• 1942 –
  World 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.
• 2022 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on February 1?

• 1763 –
  Thomas Campbell, Irish theologian (d. 1854)
• 1901 –
  Frank Buckles, last surviving American veteran of World War I (d. 2011)
• 1928 –
  Tom Lantos, American politician (d. 2008)
• 1932 –
  Jan Ramberg, Swedish law professor, and arbitration court judge
• 1937 –
  Don Everly, American musician (Everly Brothers)
• 1953 –
  Brendan Batson, English former footballer
• 1977 –
  Robert Traylor, American basketball player (d. 2011)
• 1979 –
  Julie Augustyniak, American soccer player
• 1979 –
  Rachelle LeFevre, Canadian actress
• 1990 –
  Laura Marling, English singer-songwriter

Who died on February 1?

• 1761 –
  Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)
• 1832 –
  Archibald Murphey, North Carolina politician (b. 1777)
• 1928 –
  Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1958 –
  Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1888)
• 1959 –
  Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (b. 1873)
• 1980 –
  Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (b. 1930)
• 1988 –
  Heather O'Rourke, American actress (b. 1975)
• 1999 –
  Paul Mellon, American philanthropist (b. 1907)
• 2003 –
  Mongo Santamaria, Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. 1922)
• 2004 –
  May O'Donnell, American modern dancer and choreographer (b. 1909)