All Events

Historical Events on February 1

  • American Civil War

    1861

    American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.

  • Abraham Lincoln

    1865

    President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

  • Edison's Black Maria

    1893

    Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.

  • Soviet Union

    1924

    The United Kingdom recognizes the USSR.

  • Josef Terboven

    1942

    World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.

  • Yan'an Rectification Movement

    1942

    Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.

  • Ruhollah Khomeini

    1979

    Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.

  • Bhopal disaster

    1992

    The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.

  • Space Shuttle Columbia disaster

    2003

    Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.

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