February 1

Events

481 – Vandal king Huneric organises a conference between Catholic and Arian bishops at Carthage.

1327 – Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.

1329 – King John of Bohemia captures Medvėgalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders

1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).

1662 – The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.

1713 – The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.

1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

1796 – The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.

1814 – Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.

1835 – Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.

1861 – American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.

1864 – Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.

1865 – President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.

1893 – Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.

1895 – Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.

1896 – La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.

1897 – Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.

1908 – King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe, are killed in Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon.

1918 – Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.

1924 – The United Kingdom recognizes the USSR.

1942 – World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.

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.

1942 – Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.

1946 – Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.

1946 – The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.

1953 – North Sea flood of 1953 was caused by a heavy storm which occurred overnight, 31 January-1 February 1953. The floods struck the Netherlands, Belgium and the U.K.

1960 – Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

1964 – The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".

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 Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams.

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.

1968 – The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.

1972 – Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.

1974 – A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.

1979 – Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.

1982 – Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.

1989 – The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder.

1990 – Humanitas publishing house is founded in Bucharest, shortly after the Romanian Revolution, by the philosopher Gabriel Liiceanu.

1991 – A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.

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.

1996 – The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.

1998 – Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.

2002 – Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.

2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.

2004 – Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.

2005 – King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.

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 LGBT head of government.

2012 – At least 72 people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al-Masry and Al-Ahly in the city of Port Said.

2013 – The Shard, the tallest building in the European Union, is opened to the public.

Births

1261 – Walter de Stapledon, English bishop and politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1326)

1402 – Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1445)

1435 – Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (d. 1472)

1447 – Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1504)

1459 – Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (d. 1508)

1462 – Johannes Trithemius, German lexicographer, historian, and cryptographer (d. 1516)

1501 – Queen Munjeong of Korea (d. 1565)

1552 – Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1634)

1635 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (d. 1689)

1648 – Elkanah Settle, English poet and playwright (d. 1724)

1659 – Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d. 1729)

1663 – Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (d. 1748)

1687 – Johann Adam Birkenstock, German violinist and composer (d. 1733)

1690 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1768)

1701 – Johan Agrell, Swedish-German pianist and composer (d. 1765)

1761 – Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (d. 1836)

1763 – Thomas Campbell, Irish minister and theologian (d. 1854)

1764 – George Duff, Scottish captain (d. 1805)

1796 – Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss minister, poet, and educator (d. 1865)

1801 – Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (d. 1881)

1820 – George Hendric Houghton, American clergyman and theologian (d. 1897)

1836 – Emil Hartmann, Danish organist and composer (d. 1898)

1844 – G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (d. 1924)

1851 – Durham Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat (d. 1908)

1858 – Ignacio Bonillas, Mexican diplomat (d. 1942)

1859 – Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)

1872 – Clara Butt, English singer (d. 1936)

1872 – Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1949)

1873 – Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (d. 1947)

1873 – John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1901)

1874 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1929)

1878 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (d. 1955)

1878 – Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (d. 1944)

1881 – Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (d. 1966)

1882 – Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1973)

1884 – Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician (d. 1949)

1884 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (d. 1937)

1887 – Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant, pilot, and author (d. 1947)

1890 – Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1942)

1894 – John Ford, American director and producer (d. 1973)

1894 – James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (d. 1955)

1895 – Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman (d. 1980)

1897 – Denise Robins, English journalist and author (d. 1985)

1898 – Leila Denmark, American pediatrician and author (d. 2012)

1901 – Frank Buckles, American soldier (d. 2011)

1901 – Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)

1902 – Therese Brandl, German concentration camp guard (d. 1947)

1902 – Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (d. 1967)

1904 – S.J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (d. 1979)

1905 – Emilio G. Segrè, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)

1906 – Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1993)

1907 – Günter Eich, German author and songwriter (d. 1972)

1907 – Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 1993)

1908 – George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (d. 1980)

1908 – Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist and banker (d. 1998)

1909 – George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

1910 – Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Chinese general and politician (d. 2009)

1915 – Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)

1917 – José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (d. 2013)

1917 – Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (d. 1944)

1918 – Muriel Spark, Scottish playwright and poet (d. 2006)

1918 – Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012)

1920 – Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (d. 2012)

1921 – Peter Sallis, English actor

1921 – Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano and actress (d. 2004)

1923 – Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (d. 2008)

1924 – Richard Hooker, American novelist (d. 1997)

1924 – Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2012)

1927 – Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (d. 2014)

1928 – Sam Edwards, Welsh physicist and academic (d. 2015)

1928 – Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American academic and politician (d. 2008)

1930 – Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi judge and politician, 12th President of Bangladesh

1930 – Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Indian-Bangladeshi general and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh

1931 – Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (d. 2007)

1932 – Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (d. 2016)

1934 – Nicolae Breban, Romanian author, poet, and playwright

1936 – Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, playwright, and director (d. 2013)

1936 – Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003)

1937 – Don Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1937 – Garrett Morris, American actor and comedian

1937 – Ray Sawyer, American singer and percussionist (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)

1938 – Jimmy Carl Black, American drummer and singer (d. 2008)

1938 – Jacky Cupit, American golfer

1938 – Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (d. 2012)

1939 – Fritjof Capra, Austrian physicist, author, and academic

1939 – Claude François, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 1978)

1939 – Paul Gillmor, American lawyer and politician (d. 2007)

1939 – Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina (d. 2009)

1939 – Del McCoury, American singer and guitarist

1939 – Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (d. 2014)

1941 – Jerry Spinelli, American author

1942 – Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (d. 1996)

1942 – Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter

1942 – David Sincock, Australian cricketer

1944 – Mike Enzi, American soldier, accountant, and politician

1944 – Petru Popescu, Romanian-American director, producer, and author

1944 – Burkhard Ziese, German footballer and manager (d. 2010)

1945 – Serge Joyal, Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Secretary of State for Canada

1946 – Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (d. 2011)

1947 – Adam Ingram, Scottish computer programmer and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces

1947 – Normie Rowe, Australian singer-songwriter and actor

1947 – Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983)

1948 – Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004)

1948 – Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2013)

1950 – Mike Campbell, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

1950 – Ali Haydar Konca, Turkish politician, 4th Turkish Minister of European Union Affairs

1950 – Rich Williams, American guitarist and songwriter (Kansas)

1951 – Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter

1951 – Andrew Smith, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

1952 – Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (d. 2012)

1954 – Chuck Dukowski, American singer-songwriter and bass player

1956 – Exene Cervenka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1957 – Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Saudi Arabian businessman (d. 2007)

1957 – Gilbert Hernandez, American author and illustrator

1958 – Luther Blissett, Jamaican-English footballer and manager

1958 – Eleanor Laing, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

1961 – Volker Fried, German field hockey player and coach

1961 – Daniel M. Tani, American engineer and astronaut

1962 – José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2004)

1962 – Marie-Laure Dougnac, French actress

1962 – Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist

1962 – Takashi Murakami, Japanese painter and sculptor

1964 – Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)

1964 – Mario Pelchat, Canadian singer-songwriter

1964 – Bugge Wesseltoft, Norwegian pianist and record producer

1964 – Linus Roache, English actor

1965 – Stéphanie of Monaco, designer, singer and princess

1965 – Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1993)

1965 – Sherilyn Fenn, American actress

1966 – Michelle Akers, American soccer player

1967 – Meg Cabot, American author and screenwriter

1968 – Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter and actress

1968 – Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1968 – Pauly Shore, American comedian, actor, director, and producer

1969 – Gabriel Batistuta, Argentinian footballer

1969 – Andrew Breitbart, American journalist, author, and publisher (d. 2012)

1969 – Brian Krause, American actor and screenwriter

1969 – Franklyn Rose, Jamaican cricketer

1969 – Patrick Wilson, American drummer

1970 – Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese race car driver

1970 – Malik Sealy, American basketball player and actor (d. 2000)

1971 – Harald Brattbakk, Norwegian footballer and pilot

1971 – Michael C. Hall, American actor and producer

1971 – Ajay Jadeja, Indian cricketer, sportscaster, and actor

1971 – Ron Welty, American drummer

1972 – Kami, Japanese drummer (d. 1999)

1973 – Andrew DeClercq, American basketball player and coach

1973 – Óscar Pérez Rojas, Mexican footballer

1974 – Walter McCarty, American basketball player and coach

1975 – Big Boi, American rapper and producer

1975 – Martijn Reuser, Dutch footballer

1976 – Phil Ivey, American poker player

1976 – Mat Rogers, Australian rugby player

1977 – Lari Ketner, American football player (d. 2014)

1977 – Kevin Kilbane, English-Irish footballer and sportscaster

1977 – Robert Traylor, American basketball player (d. 2011)

1978 – Tim Harding, Australian singer and actor

1979 – Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2006)

1979 – Jason Isbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1979 – Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer

1980 – Héctor Luna, Dominican baseball player

1980 – Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer

1980 – Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)

1981 – Rob Austin, English race car driver

1981 – Hins Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter

1981 – Christian Giménez, Argentinian footballer

1981 – Graeme Smith, South African cricketer

1982 – Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby player

1982 – Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer

1983 – Kevin Martin, American basketball player

1983 – Anna Suzuki, Japanese actress and model

1983 – Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgian cyclist

1983 – Andrew VanWyngarden, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1984 – Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer

1985 – Dean Shiels, Irish footballer

1986 – Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater

1986 – Lauren Conrad, American fashion designer and author

1987 – Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer

1987 – Moises Henriques, Portuguese-Australian cricketer

1987 – Austin Jackson, American baseball player

1987 – Ronda Rousey, American mixed martial artist and actress

1987 – Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer

1988 – Brett Anderson, American baseball player

1989 – Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer

1990 – Dan Gosling, English footballer

1990 – Laura Marling, British singer-songwriter

1991 – Blake Austin, Australian rugby league player

1991 – Luca Caldirola, Italian footballer

1991 – Kyle Palmieri, American hockey player

1992 – Mao Ichimichi, Japanese actress and model

1993 – Diego Mella, Italian footballer

1994 – Joe Boyce, Australian rugby league player

1994 – Anna-Lena Friedsam, German tennis player

1994 – Skylar Laine, American singer-songwriter

1994 – Cameron McInnes, Australian rugby league player

1994 – Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter

Deaths

583 – Kan B'alam I, ruler of Palenque (b. 524)

772 – Pope Stephen III (b. 720)

850 – Ramiro I, king of Asturias

992 – Jawhar as-Siqilli, Fatimid statesman

1222 – Alexios Megas Komnenos, first Emperor of Trebizond

1248 – Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1207)

1328 – Charles IV of France (b. 1294)

1501 – Sigismund of Bavaria (b. 1439)

1542 – Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (b. 1480)

1563 – Menas of Ethiopia (b. 1559)

1590 – Lawrence Humphrey, English theologian and academic (b. 1527)

1691 – Pope Alexander VIII (b. 1610)

1718 – Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1660)

1733 – Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (b. 1670)

1734 – John Floyer, English physician and author (b. 1649)

1743 – Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (b. 1657)

1750 – Bakar of Georgia (b. 1699)

1761 – Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French priest and historian (b. 1682)

1768 – Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (b. 1685)

1793 – William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1717)

1832 – Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (b. 1777)

1851 – Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)

1871 – Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)

1893 – George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)

1897 – Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)

1903 – Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Irish-English physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)

1907 – Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)

1908 – Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)

1922 – William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)

1924 – Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)

1928 – Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)

1936 – Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)

1940 – Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)

1940 – Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist and critic (b. 1877)

1944 – Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (b. 1872)

1949 – Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880)

1949 – Herbert Stothart, American conductor and composer (b. 1885)

1957 – Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)

1958 – Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)

1959 – Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (b. 1873)

1966 – Hedda Hopper, American actress and journalist (b. 1885)

1966 – Buster Keaton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1895)

1970 – Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)

1976 – Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

1976 – George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)

1979 – Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist and activist (b. 1929)

1981 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American engineer and businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (b. 1892)

1981 – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1908)

1986 – Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

1987 – Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1900)

1988 – Heather O'Rourke, American child actress (b. 1975)

1989 – Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (b. 1918)

1992 – Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (b. 1909)

1996 – Ray Crawford, American race car driver, pilot, and businessman (b. 1915)

1997 – Herb Caen, American journalist and author (b. 1916)

1999 – Barış Manço, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1943)

1999 – Paul Mellon, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1907)

2001 – André D'Allemagne, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1929)

2002 – Aykut Barka, Turkish geologist and academic (b. 1951)

2002 – Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (b. 1925)

2003 – crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia

– Michael P. Anderson, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1959)

– David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1956)

– Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American engineer and astronaut (b. 1961)

– Laurel Clark, American captain, surgeon, and astronaut (b. 1961)

– Rick Husband, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1957)

– William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1961)

– Ilan Ramon, Israeli colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1954)

2003 – Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer and bandleader (b. 1922)

2004 – Suha Arın, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)

2005 – John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1932)

2007 – Ahmad Abu Laban, Egyptian-Danish religious leader, founded The Islamic Society in Denmark (b. 1946)

2007 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American playwright and composer (b. 1911)

2008 – Beto Carrero, Brazilian actor and businessman (b. 1937)

2010 – Jack Brisco, American wrestler and manager (b. 1941)

2012 – Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (b. 1936)

2012 – Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)

2013 – Ed Koch, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (b. 1924)

2013 – Shanu Lahiri, Indian painter and educator (b. 1928)

2013 – Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)

2014 – Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1938)

2014 – Vasily Petrov, Russian marshal (b. 1917)

2014 – Rene Ricard, American poet, painter, and critic (b. 1946)

2014 – Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)

2015 – Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-French pianist (b. 1925)

2015 – Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1935)

2015 – Monty Oum, American animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1981)

2016 – Murray Louis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1926)

2016 – Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, Guatemalan general and politician, 27th President of Guatemala (b. 1930)

2017 – Desmond Carrington, British actor and broadcaster (b. 1926)

Holidays and observances

Abolition of Slavery Day (Mauritius)

Air Force Day (Nicaragua)

Christian feast day:

Astina (Syrian Church)

Blessed Candelaria of San José

Brigid, patron saint of Ireland

Verdiana

February 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which Constitution Day can fall, while February 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in February. (Mexico)

Earliest day on which National Wear Red Day can fall, while February 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday in February. (United States)

Federal Territory Day (Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, Malaysia)

Heroes Day (Rwanda)

Imbolc (Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, and some Neopagan groups in the Northern hemisphere)

Memorial Day of the Republic (Hungary)

National Freedom Day (United States)

The start of Black History Month (United States and Canada)

The start of LGBT History Month (United Kingdom)

The start of National Bird-Feeding Month (United States)

World Hijab Day