About February 1
February 1, 2023 is the 32nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 333 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Aquarius is the sun 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 374 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On February 1
- 1327 –Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
- 1662 –The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
- 1709 –Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
- 1790 –In New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
- 1796 –The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
- 1835 –Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
- 1876 –A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the “Molly Maguires”, to disband.
- 1893 –Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
- 1908 –King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon.
- 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.
- 1946 –Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General.
- 1965 –The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill.
- 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.
- 1979 –Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence is commuted by President Jimmy Carter.
- 1982 –Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.
- 1986 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- 1991 –A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the death of 34 persons, and the injury of 30 others.
- 2003 –Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
- 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.
- 2005 –King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
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