February 1 in history
Events on February 1
Notable events that happened on February 1 in past years.
- 2022
Five-year-old Moroccan boy Rayan Aourram falls into a 32-meter (105 feet) deep well in Ighran village in Tamorot commune, Chefchaouen Province, Morocco, but dies four days later, before rescue workers reached him.
Wikipedia article: Death of Rayan Aourram - 2009
The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
Wikipedia article: First cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir - 2004
Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.
Wikipedia article: Incidents during the Hajj - 1998
Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
Wikipedia article: Lillian E. Fishburne - 1991
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Hindu Kush region, killing at least 848 people in Afghanistan, Pakistan and present-day Tajikistan.
Wikipedia article: 1991 Hindu Kush earthquake - 1974
A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
Wikipedia article: Joelma Building fire - 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.
Wikipedia article: Royal Canadian Navy - 1957
Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashes on Rikers Island in New York City, killing 20 people and injuring 78 others.
Wikipedia article: Northeast Airlines Flight 823 - 1942
World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1942
Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
Wikipedia article: Mao Zedong - 1897
Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
Wikipedia article: Shinhan Bank - 1884
The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
Wikipedia article: Oxford English Dictionary - 1835
Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
Wikipedia article: Abolitionism - 1793
French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
- 1327
The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
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