1 February

February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 333 days remain until the end of the year.

We have some interesting facts & historic events all about February 1^st, including areas in religion, crime, health and more.

Keep reading for more interesting facts about February 1^st in history!

Global Celebrations

National Baked Alaska Day
Car Insurance Day
Decorating With Candy Day
National Serpent Day

Historic Events

What Happened On This Day – February 1

2003: Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates on its way back to Earth

All 7 astronauts were killed in the disaster.

1979: Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exileHis triumphant return marked the beginning of the Iranian Revolution.

1968: Eddie Adams takes one of the Vietnam War’s best-known pictures

The image of the execution of a Vietcong officer in Saigon helped build opposition to the war.

1960: Four black students start the Greensboro sit-ins

Their refusal to leave a “whites only” lunch counter was a milestone in the fight against racial segregation in the United States.

1884: The first fascicle of the “Oxford English Dictionary” is published

The book contained entries A to Ant.

1969: Al Fatah fighters in training near Amman, Jordan, 1969.

1960: Gasping for breath, James Bevel and John Lewis are trapped inside a restaurant, a White Tower burger joint, filled with insecticide gas when the manager turns on a fumigating machine to disrupt a sit-in. Nashville, Tennessee, United States. February 1960.

Gasping for breath, James Bevel and John Lewis are trapped inside a restaurant, a White Tower burger joint, filled with insecticide gas when the manager turns on a fumigating machine to disrupt a sit-in. Nashville, Tennessee, United States. February 1960.

1937: “Broke, baby sick, and car trouble!” – Dorothea Lange’s photo of a Missouri family of five in the vicinity of Tracy, California (20 miles SW of Stockton) February 1937