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
- 1327 –Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
- 1796 –The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
- 1876 –A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the “Molly Maguires”, to disband.
- 1918 –Russia adopts the Gregorian Calendar.
- 1957 –Felix Wankel’s first working prototype DKM 54 of the Wankel engine runs at the NSU research and development department Versuchsabteilung TX in Germany
- 1958 –Egypt and Syria merge to form the United Arab Republic, which lasted until 1961.
- 1965 –The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill.
- 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.
- 1998 –Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
- 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?
- 1859 –Victor Herbert, Irish composer (d. 1924)
- 1872 –Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (d. 1949)
- 1878 –Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (d. 1944)
- 1917 –Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player (d. 1944)
- 1924 –Ben Weider, Canadian businessman and author (d. 2008)
- 1930 –Shahabuddin Ahmed, former President of Bangladesh
- 1951 –Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1976 –Phil Ivey, American poker player
- 1985 –Dean Shiels, Northern Irish footballer
- 1994 –Harry Styles, Member of British/Irish boy band One Direction
Who died on February 1?
- 1761 –Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)
- 1980 –Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (b. 1930)
- 1981 –Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1892)
- 1981 –Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (b. 1908)
- 1986 –Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1902)
- 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): David Brown (b. 1956)
- 2003 –Crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster): Laurel Clark (b. 1961)
- 2006 –Dick Bass, American football player (b. 1937)
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