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February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in theGregorian calendar.There are 333 days remaining until the end of the year(334 inleap years).

Events

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Up to 1900

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1327–Edward III is crownedKing of England.
1329– KingJohn of Bohemia captures Medvegalis, an importantfortress of thepagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders.
1662– TheChinese pirateKoxinga seizes the island ofTaiwan after a nine–month siege.
1709–Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being stranded on one of theJuan Fernandez Islands (now belonging toChile). This inspires the story ofRobinson Crusoe byDaniel Defoe.
1713– TheKalabalik orTumult inBendery results from theOttoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, KingCharles XII of Sweden, be seized.
1788–Isaac Briggs andWilliam Longstreet patent thesteamboat.
1790– InNew York City theSupreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
1793–France declares war on theUnited Kingdom and theNetherlands.
1796– The capital ofUpper Canada is moved fromNewark toYork.
1814– TheMayon Volcano, in thePhilippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people. This is the most devastating eruption of the Mayon Volcano.
1835–Slavery is banned inMauritius.
1861–American Civil War:Texas secedes from theUnited States.
1862–Julia Ward Howe's "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is published for the first time (Atlantic Monthly).
1865–Abraham Lincoln signs theThirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, banning slavery and slave keeping.
1880– The first edition of theatricalnewspaperThe Stage is published.
1884– Volume 1 of the first edition of theOxford English Dictionary is published.
1893–Thomas Edison finishes construction of the firstmovie studio (West Orange, New Jersey).
1895– Fountains Valley,Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve inAfrica, is proclaimed by PresidentPaul Kruger.
1896– The operaLa bohème premieres (Turin).
1897– The ShinhanBank opens inSeoul. It is the oldestbank in what is nowSouth Korea.

1901– 1950

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1904–Iceland gets increasedautonomy fromDenmark.
1908– KingCarlos I of Portugal and his son, PrinceLuis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon.
1913–New York City'sGrand Central Terminal opens as the world's largesttrain station.
1915–Photographs are required inUnited Kingdom passports for the first time.
1918–Russia adopts theGregorian calendar.
1919– The firstMiss America is crowned (New York City).
1920– TheRoyal Canadian Mounted Police begin operations.
1924– TheUnited Kingdom recognizes theUSSR.
1929– FrenchmanCharles Rigoulet is the firstweightlifter to lift over 400 pounds (181 kg) in the "clean and jerk" method.
1933–Paul von Hindenburg dissolves theReichstag under recommendation fromAdolf Hitler.
1942–World War II:Vidkun Quisling is appointed Premier ofNorway by theNazi occupiers.
1942–Voice of America begins broadcasting.
1946–Trygve Lie ofNorway is picked to be the firstUnited Nations Secretary–General.
1946–Hungary is declared arepublic withZoltan Tildy asPresident.
1948– TheFederation of Malaya is founded.

1951– 2000

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1953– In the night followingJanuary 31 large parts of theNetherlands,Belgium, and the southeasternUnited Kingdom areflooded after heavy storms.
1958– Merger ofEgypt andSyria to form theUnited Arab Republic, which lasted until1961.
1959–Neuchatel andVaud become the firstcantons of Switzerland to allow women to vote.
1960– Four black students stage asit-in at a lunch counter inGreensboro, North Carolina.
1964–The Beatles have their firstUS Number One – "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
1965– Hamilton River inLabrador, Canada, is renamed Churchill River, afterWinston Churchill, who had died just over a week earlier.
1968–Vietnam War:NLF officerNguyen Van Lem is executed byNguyen Ngoc Loan aSouth Vietnamese National Police Chief. The execution was videotaped and photographed byEddie Adams and helped sway public opinionagainst the war.
1970– Twotrains collide in Benavidez,Buenos Aires Province,Argentina. With 236 people being killed, this is the deadliest accident in Argentine rail travel.
1972–Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by RoyalCharter.
1974–Kuala Lumpur is declared a federalterritory ofMalaysia.
1974– InSão Paulo,Brazil, a fire in a 25–story office building kills 189 and injures 293.Kuala Lumpur declared a Federal Territory.
1978– DirectorRoman Polanski skipsbail and flees toFrance after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13–year–old girl.
1978– InFinland,Urho Kekkonen is elected to a fifth term in–a–row asPresident.
1979– Convicted bank robberPatty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence was commuted byPresident Jimmy Carter.
1979–Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back intoTehran,Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
1982–Senegal and TheGambia form a loose confederation known asSenegambia.
1985–Aeroflot Flight 7841 crashes shortly after take–off fromMinsk, killing 58 people.
1989–Boulder andKalgoorlie inWestern Australia form thecity of Kalgoorlie–Boulder.
1991–USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 collide on the runway atLos Angeles InternationalAirport, killing 34 people.
1992– The Chief Judicial Magistrate ofBhopal court declaresWarren Anderson, ex–CEO ofUnion Carbide, a fugitive underIndian law for failing to appear in theBhopal Disaster case.
1993–Gary Bettman becomes the first commissioner of theNHL.
1994– InPortland, Oregon Tonya Harding's ex–husband Jeff Gillooly pleads guilty for his role inattacking figure skaterNancy Kerrigan.
1995–Manic Street Preachers lyricistRichey James Edwards goes missing from the Embassy Hotel inLondon,UK.
1996– TheCommunications Decency Act is passed by theU.S. Congress.
1998–Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the firstfemale African American to be promoted to the rank ofRear Admiral.
1999–North Dakota Public Radio is launched.

From 2001

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2002– Having been taken hostage, Americanjournalist Daniel Pearl is killed by his captors.
2003–Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates overTexas upon reentry killing all sevenastronauts on board.
2004– At least 244 people are trampled to death in a stampede at theHajj pilgrimage inSaudi Arabia.
2004– At theSuper Bowl half–time show, part ofJanet Jackson's breast is exposed during a routine withJustin Timberlake. This started the 'Nipplegate'scandal.
2009–Johanna Sigurdardottir becomesPrime Minister ofIceland. She is the world's first national head of government in asame-sex relationship.
2012– Violence following afootball match inPort Said,Egypt, results in 74 deaths.
2013–John Kerry becomesUnited States Secretary of State.
2013–The Shard inLondon, theEU's tallest building, opens to the public.
2014–Janet Yellen becomes the first woman to serve as Head of theUnited States Federal Reserve, succeedingBen Bernanke.
2016– TheZika virus, spread bymosquitoes and causing deformities in newborn babies inSouth America andCentral America, is declared a major world health emergency by theWorld Health Organization.
2017–Rex Tillerson is confirmed asUnited States Secretary of State.
2021– Thecoup d'état in Myanmar happens.

Births

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Up to 1900

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1261–Walter de Stapledon, Englishbishop (d.1326)
1394–Ikkyu, JapaneseZen master andpoet (d.1481)
1435–Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (d.1472)
1459–Conrad Celtis, Germanpoet (d.1508)
1462–Johannes Trithemius, Germanlexicographer,historian, and cryptographer (d.1516)
1501–Queen Munjeong ofKorea (d.1565)
1552–Edward Coke, English jurist and politician (d.1634)
1648–Elkanah Settle, Englishpoet andplaywright (d.1724)
1659–Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d.1729)
1673–Alessandro Marcello, Italianpoet,composer, andphilosopher (d.1747)
1687–Johann Adam Birkenstock, German composer, andviolinist (d.1733)
1690–Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (d.1768)
1701–Johan Agrell, Swedish–born German composer (d.1765)
1761–Christian Hendrik Persoon, mycologist (d.1836)
1801–Thomas Cole, English–born American painter (d.1848)
1807–William B. Campbell, 16thGovernor ofTennessee (d.1867)
1825–James W. Throckmorton, 25thGovernor ofTexas (d.1894)
1844–G. Stanley Hall, psychologist (d.1844)
1851–Durham Stevens, Americandiplomat (d.1908)
1858–Ignacio Bonillas, Mexicandiplomat (d.1942)
1859–Victor Herbert, composer (d.1924)
1872–Clara Butt, Englishcontralto (d.1936)
1873–Joseph Allard, Canadianfiddler (d.1947)
1874–Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (d.1929)
1878–Alfred Hajos, Hungarianswimmer andarchitect (d.1955)
1878–Milan Hodza,Slovakian politician (d.1944)
1878–Hattie Wyatt Caraway,United States Senator (d.1950)
1879–Henry Chrétien, Frenchastronomer,professor, andinventor (d.1956)
1882–Louis Stephen St. Laurent, twelfthPrime Minister of Canada (d.1973)
1882–Prince Andrew of Greece (d.1944)
1884–Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (d.1937)
1885–Camille Chautemps,Prime Minister of France (d.1963)
1887–Charles Nordhoff, English–born writer (d.1947)
1888–Charles January, Americansoccer player (d.1970)
1894–John Ford, American director and producer (d.1973)
1894–James P. Johnson, pianist, composer (d.1955)
1894–Lucian Grigorescu, Romanian painter (d.1965)
1896–Anastasio Somoza Garcia,President ofNicaragua (d.1956)
1898–Leila Denmark, Americanphysician andsupercentenarian (d.2012)

1901– 1925

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1901–Frank Buckles, AmericanWorld War I veteran andsupercentenarian (d.2011)
1901–Clark Gable, American actor (d.1960)
1902–Langston Hughes, American writer (d.1967)
1904–Franciska Gaal, Jewish–Hungariancabaret artist and actress (d.1973)
1904–S. J. Perelman, humorist, writer (d.1979)
1905–Emilio G. Segré, Italianphysicist (d.1989)
1906–Adetokunbo Ademola, Chief Justice ofNigeria (d.1993)
1907–Günter Eich, lyricist (d.1972)
1908–George Pal, director, producer (d.1980)
1909–George Beverly Shea, Canadian–Americansinger-songwriter (d.2013)
1910–Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme,Tibetan politician (d.2009)
1915–Stanley Matthews, Englishfootballer (d.2000)
1915–Alicia Rhett, American actress (d.2014)
1915–Victor Shem-Tov, Bulgarian–Israeli politician (d.2014)
1917–Eiji Sawamura, Japanesebaseball player
1918– DameMuriel Spark, Scottish writer (d.2006)
1921–Peter Sallis, English actor (d.2017)
1921–Ann Z. Caracristi, Americancryptanalyst (d.2016)
1921–Winton M. Blount,United States Postmaster General (d.2002)
1922–Renata Tebaldi, Italiansoprano (d.2004)
1924–Richard Hooker, American writer (d.1997)
1924–Emmanuel Scheffer, German–born Israelifootballer andcoach (d.2012)
1925–Alfred Grosser, political scientist and publicist

1926– 1950

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1927–Galway Kinnell, Americanpoet and academic (d.2014)
1927–Günter Guillaume, German spy (d.1995)
1928–Tom Lantos, American politician (d.2008)
1928 (or1929) –Stuart Whitman, American actor
1930–Maria Helena Walsh, Argentinewriter andjournalist (d.2011)
1930–Shahabuddin Ahmed, formerPresident of Bangladesh
1930–Hussein Muhammad Ershad, formerPresident of Bangladesh
1931–Iajuddin Ahmed, formerPresident of Bangladesh (d.2012)
1931–Boris Yeltsin,President of Russia (d.2007)
1932–Hassan al-Turabi, Sudanese religious and political leader (d.2016)
1933–Wendell R. Anderson, formerGovernor ofMinnesota
1934–Nicolae Breban, Romanian writer
1934–Ninan Koshy, Indian thinker,theologian and social analyst (d.2015)
1934–Bob Shane, American singer
1935–Dieter Kühn, writer
1936–Azie Taylor Morton, American politician, 36thTreasurer of the United States (d.2003)
1937–Don Everly, American musician
1937–Garrett Morris, American comedian
1938–Sherman Hemsley, American comedian and actor (d.2012)
1939–Ekaterina Maximova, Russianballerina (d.2009)
1939–Fritjof Capra, Austrianphysicist,philosopher andwriter
1939–Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (d.2014)
1939–Claude François, Frenchsinger andcomposer (d.1978)
1939–Yuri Rost, Russianphotographer,journalist and traveller
1940–Bibi Besch, Austrian–American actress (d.1996)
1941–Jerry Spinelli, American writer
1941–Teofil Codreanu, Romanianfootballer (d.2016)
1942–Terry Jones, British actor and writer (Monty Python's Flying Circus) (d.2020)
1942–Muna Wassef,Syrian actress
1943–Rosemarie Frankland, Welshactress andmodel (d.2000)
1944–Petru Popescu, Romanian–American writer, director, movie producer and writer
1944–Dick Snyder, Americanbasketball player
1944–Mike Enzi,United States Senator forWyoming (d.2021)
1946–Bart Braverman, American actor
1946–Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (d.2011)
1947–Adam Ingram, Scottish politician
1947–Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d.1983)
1948–Rick James, American musician, composer (d.2004)
1949–Franco Causio, Italianfootballer
1950–Mike Campbell, Americanguitarist andproducer
1950–Ali Haydar Konca, Turkish politician
1950–Alan Moller, Americanmeteorologist, storm chaser andphotographer (d.2014)

1951– 1975

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1951–John McNally, Scottishpolitician
1951–Andrew Smith, Englishpolitician
1952–Roger Y. Tsien, Chinese–Americancell biologist andNobel Prize winner (d.2016)
1953–Periko Alonso, Spanishfootballer
1954–Bill Mumy, American actor and musician
1955–Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih,Indonesian politician (d.2012)
1955–Ernie Camacho, Americanbaseball player
1956–Brahmanandam, Indian actor
1956–Exene Cervenka, American musician (X)
1956–Mike Kitchen, Canadianice hockey player
1957–Renae Jacobs, American voice actress
1957–Walter Schachner, Austrianfootballer
1958–William Dufris, American voice actor and audiobook narrator (d.2020)
1958–Ryo Horikawa, Japaneseguitarist
1958–Margie Abbott, wife ofPrime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott
1958–Eleanor Laing, Scottishlawyer andpolitician
1961–Daniel M. Tani, Americanengineer andastronaut
1962–Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi politician
1962–Tomoyasu Hotei,Japanese rock guitarist
1963–Takashi Murakami, Japanese artist
1964–Linus Roache, British actor
1964–Jani Lane, American musician (d.2011)
1965–Brandon Lee, American actor (d.1993)
1965–Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
1965–Sherilyn Fenn, American actress
1966–Vasilis Dimitriades, Greekfootballer
1966–Michelle Akers, Americansoccer player
1966–Adnan Siddiqui, Best UAE based Pakistani Lawyer
1968–Lisa Marie Presley, American actress
1968–Pauly Shore, American comedian
1969–Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine footballer
1969–Joshua Redman, American jazz musician
1969–Brian Krause, American actor
1969–Nino Salukvadze, Georgian sports shooter
1969–Andrew Breitbart, American conservative publicist and journalist (d.2012)
1971–Jill Kelly, erotic actress
1971–Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenianfootballer
1971–Michael C. Hall, American actor
1972–Leymah Gbowee,Liberian peace activist andNobel Peace Prize winner
1972–Christian Ziege, Germanfootballer
1972–Johan Wadem, Belgianfootballer
1973–Oscar Perez, Mexican footballer
1974–Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist
1974–Walter McCarty, Americanbasketball player
1975–Katerina Thanou, Greek athlete
1975–Big Boi, American musician (Outkast)

From 1976

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1976–Katrin Jakobsdottir, Icelandic politician,Prime Minister ofIceland
1977–Kevin Kilbane, English–Irishfootballer
1977–Libor Sionko, Czechfootballer
1978–K'naan, Somali singer
1978–Julie Roberts, American country music singer
1979–Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilianfootballer
1980–Otilino Tenorio,Ecuadorean footballer (d.2005)
1980–Mike Ribeiro, Canadianice hockey player
1980–Héctor Luna,Dominican baseball player
1981–Graeme Smith, South Africancricketer
1982–Daisy Betts, Australianactress
1982–Gavin Henson, Welshrugby player
1982–Shoaib Malik,Pakistani cricketer
1982–Kim Jong-wook, South Korean singer
1983–Andrew VanWyngarden, Americanmusician
1984–Darren Fletcher, Scottishfootballer
1984–Lee Thompson Young, American actor (d.2013)
1985–Karine Sergerie, Canadiantaekwondo world champion
1985–Dean Shiels, Northern Irishfootballer
1986–Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater
1986–Lauren Conrad, Americantelevision personality
1986–Johan Vonlanthen, Swissfootballer
1987–Giuseppe Rossi, Italianfootballer
1987–Heather Morris, American actress and dancer
1987–Sebastian Boenisch, Polishfootballer
1987–Ronda Rousey, American mixed martial artist,judoka and actress
1989–Alfred Finnbogason, Icelandicfootballer
1990–Dan Gosling, Englishfootballer
1990–Laura Marling, Englishsinger-songwriter
1994–Harry Styles, English singer (One Direction)
1994–Skylar Laine, Americansinger-songwriter
1995–Oliver Heldens, DutchDJ,musician andproducer
1996–Dionne Bromfield, Englishsinger-songwriter
1997–Jihyo, South Koreansinger
2000–Paris Smith, Americanactress andsinger

Deaths

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Up to 1900

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772–Pope Stephen III (b.720)
1248–Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b.1207)
1328–Charles IV of France (b.1294)
1542–Girolamo Aleandro, Italiancardinal (b.1480)
1563–Menas,Emperor of Ethiopia
1691–Pope Alexander VIII (b.1610)
1733–Augustus III of Poland (b.1670)
1734–John Floyer, Englishphysician andwriter (b.1649)
1743–Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (b.1657)
1750–Bakar of Georgia,Georgian prince andpolitician (b.1699)
1793–William Wildman Shute Barrington, Englishstatesman (b.1717)
1851–Mary Shelley, British writer ofFrankenstein (b.1797)
1871–Alexander Serov, Russiancomposer (b.1820)
1873–Matthew Fontaine Maury, American naval officer (b.1806)
1893–George Henry Sanderson,Mayor ofSan Francisco (b.1824)
1897–Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austriangeologist andbotanist (b.1826)

1901– 2000

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1903–George Gabriel Stokes, Irishphysicist (b.1819)
1908– KingCarlos I of Portugal (b.1863)
1908–Luis Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (b.1887)
1922–William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b.1872)
1928–Hughie Jennings, Americanbaseball player and manager (b.1869)
1936–Georgios Kondylis, Greek general andPrime Minister (b.1878)
1941–Walter Abbott, Englishfootballer (b.1877)
1944–Piet Mondrian, Dutch artist (b.1872)
1945–Prince Kiril of Bulgaria (b.1895)
1949–Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanianjournalist,novelist,critic andactivist (b.1880)
1957–Friedrich Paulus, German general (b.1890)
1958–Clinton Davisson, Americanphysicist (b.1888)
1966–Buster Keaton, American actor (b.1895)
1976–Werner Heisenberg, German physicist (b.1901)
1976–George Whipple, American doctor, won the 1934Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.1878)
1980–Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (b.1930)
1981–Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (b.1908)
1986–Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician anddiplomat (b.1902)
1987–Alessandro Blasetti, Italiandirector (b.1900)
1988–Heather O'Rourke, American child actress (b.1975)
1989–Elaine de Kooning, American painter (b.1918)
1995–Richey James Edwards, Welsh singer and musician (b.1967)
1999–Baris Manco, Turkish musician (b.1943)

From 2001

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2002–Hildegard Knef, German actress (b.1925)
2002–Daniel Pearl, Americanjournalist
2003– Deaths in theSpace Shuttle Columbia disaster:
- Michael P. Anderson, Americanastronaut (b.1959)
- David M. Brown, American astronaut (b.1956)
- Kalpana Chawla, Indian astronaut (b.1961)
- Laurel Clark, American astronaut (b.1961)
- Rick D. Husband, American astronaut (b.1957)
- Willie McCool, American astronaut (b.1961)
- Ilan Ramon, Israeli astronaut (b.1954)
2004–Ally MacLeod, Scottishfootballer (b.1931)
2007–Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian–borncomposer (b.1911)
2007–Ahmed Abu Laban, Danish Muslim leader (b.1946)
2009–Lukas Foss, German–born composer (b.1922)
2010–Steingrimur Hermannsson,Prime Minister ofIceland (b.1928)
2010–Justin Mentell, American actor (b.1982)
2012–Wislawa Szymborska, Polishpoet (b.1923)
2012–Angelo Dundee, Americanboxing trainer (b.1921)
2012–Don Cornelius, American TV host (b .1936)
2013–Ed Koch, 105thMayor ofNew York City (b.1924)
2013–Barney, petdog ofGeorge W. Bush (b.2000)
2013–Robin Sachs, British actor (b.1951)
2014–Luis Aragonés, Spanishfootballer and manager (b.1938)
2014–Maximilian Schell, Austrian–Swissactor,director andscreenwriter (b.1930)
2014–Vasily Ivanovich Petrov, Marshal of theSoviet Union (b.1917)
2014–Rene Ricard, American poet (b.1946)
2015–Aldo Ciccolini, Italian–French pianist (b.1925)
2015–Ann Mara,American football team owner (b.1929)
2015–Monty Oum, American animator (b.1981)
2016–Thomas Tigue, American politician (b.1945)
2016–Paul Pholeros, Australianarchitect (b.1953)
2017–E. Ahamed, Indian politician (b.1938)
2017–Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, Brazilianarchbishop (b.1930)
2017–Sandy Gandhi, Indian–Australian comedian (b.1958)
2017–Desmond Carrington, English actor (b.1926)
2017–Stig Grybe, Swedish actor (b.1928)
2017–Ken Morrison, English businessman (b.1931)
2017–Cor van der Hoeven, Dutchfootballer (b.1921)
2017–Asim Basu, Indian theatre director (b.1935)
2017–Lars-Erik Berenett, Swedish actor (b.1942)
2017–Ken Morrison, English businessman (b.1931)
2017–Edward Tipper, AmericanWorld War II veteran (b.1921)
2018–Niranjan Bhagat, Indianpoet (b.1926)
2018–Hazar Khan Bijarani, Pakistani politician (b.1946)
2018–Dennis Edwards, American singer (b.1943)
2018–Barys Kit, Belarussianmathematician,physicist,chemist androcket scientist (b.1910)
2018–Su Bai, Chinesearchaeologist (b.1922)
2018–Omar Aggad, Palestinian–Saudi businessman (b.1927)
2018–John Jacob Lavranos, South Africanbotanist (b.1926)

Observances

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Start of Black HistoryMonth (Canada andUnited States)
Start ofLGBT HistoryMonth (UK)
Freedom Day (United States)
Heroes Day (Rwanda)
Imbolc, a cross–quarter day in theCeltic calendar
St. Brigid's Day (Ireland)
Basque region – Thealluvial Pheasant Island is controlled bySpain from this date untilJuly 31

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