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

• 1790 –
  In New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
• 1793 –
  French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
• 1861 –
  American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
• 1876 –
  A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the “Molly Maguires”, to disband.
• 1897 –
  Shinhan 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 Paco, Lisbon.
• 1968 –
  Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War.
• 1998 –
  Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
• 2004 –
  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.
• 2041 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rooster in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on February 1?

• 1884 –
  Bradbury Robinson, who threw the first forward pass in American football history in 1906 (d. 1949)
• 1928 –
  Stuart Whitman, American actor
• 1932 –
  Jan Ramberg, Swedish law professor, and arbitration court judge
• 1941 –
  Jerry Spinelli, children’s author
• 1947 –
  Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983)
• 1956 –
  Exene Cervenka, American musician
• 1969 –
  Brian Krause, American actor
• 1973 –
  Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress
• 1975 –
  Katerina Thanou, Greek sprinter
• 1986 –
  Lauren Conrad, American reality TV personality

Who died on February 1?

• 1248 –
  Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1207)
• 1563 –
  Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) (b. 1559)
• 1590 –
  Lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator
• 1793 –
  William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717)
• 1949 –
  Herbert Stothart, American composer, song writer (b. 1885)
• 1968 –
  Jacob van der Hoeden, Dutch-Israeli veterinary scientist (b. 1891)
• 1981 –
  Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1892)
• 2003 –
  Crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster): David Brown (b. 1956)
• 2003 –
  Crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster): Willie McCool (b. 1961)
• 2007 –
  Ray Berres, American baseball player (b. 1907)