1 February
Notable Births
Brian Brobbey
b. 2002
Dutch footballer (born 2002)
Talanoa Hufanga
b. 2000
American football player (born 2000)
Mohamed Abdelmonem
b. 1999
Egyptian footballer (born 1999)
Drew Eubanks
b. 1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Jihyo
b. 1997
South Korean singer (born 1997)
Ahmad Abughaush
b. 1996
Jordanian taekwondo athlete
Doyoung
b. 1996
South Korean singer (born 1996)
Anna-Lena Friedsam
b. 1994
German tennis player (born 1994)
Julia Garner
b. 1994
American actress (born 1994)
Harry Styles
b. 1994
English singer, songwriter and actor (born 1994)
Sean Manaea
b. 1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Blake Austin
b. 1991
GB, England & Portugal international rugby league footballer
Tyler Myers
b. 1990
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Brett Anderson (baseball)
b. 1988
American baseball player (born 1988)
Sebastian Boenisch
b. 1987
Polish footballer (born 1987)
Moises Henriques
b. 1987
Australian international cricketer
Austin Jackson (baseball)
b. 1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Heather Morris
b. 1987
American actress, dancer, and singer
Giuseppe Rossi
b. 1987
Italian-American footballer (born 1987)
Victor Herbert
b. 1859
Irish-American composer (1859–1924)
Notable Deaths
Horst Köhler
d. 2025
President of Germany from 2004 to 2010
Fay Vincent
d. 2025
American baseball commissioner (1938–2025)
Dustin Diamond
d. 2021
American actor and comedian (1977–2021)
Jeremy Hardy
d. 2019
English comedian (1961–2019)
Clive Swift
d. 2019
English actor and songwriter (1936–2019)
Barys Kit
d. 2018
Belarusian-American rocket scientist
Desmond Carrington
d. 2017
British broadcaster and actor (1926–2017)
Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores
d. 2016
Guatemalan military officer and politician
Aldo Ciccolini
d. 2015
Italian pianist (1925–2015)
Udo Lattek
d. 2015
German football player and coach (1935–2015)
Monty Oum
d. 2015
American animator and voice actor (1981–2015)
Luis Aragonés
d. 2014
Spanish football player and manager (1938–2014)
Vasily Petrov (marshal)
d. 2014
Russian military official (1917–2014)
Rene Ricard
d. 2014
American poet (1946–2014)
Maximilian Schell
d. 2014
Swiss actor, filmmaker, and theatre director (1930–2014)
Helene Hale
d. 2013
American politician (1918–2013)
Ed Koch
d. 2013
Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989
Shanu Lahiri
d. 2013
Indian painter (1928–2013)
Don Cornelius
d. 2012
American TV host and producer (1936–2012)
Wisława Szymborska
d. 2012
Polish poet and Nobel laureate (1923–2012)
On This Day in History
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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.
Death of Rayan Aourram
2021
A coup d'état in Myanmar removes Aung San Suu Kyi from power and restores military rule.
2021 Myanmar coup d'état
2013
The Shard, the sixth-tallest building in Europe, opens its viewing gallery to the public.
The Shard
2012
Seventy-four 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.
Port Said Stadium riot
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.
First cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
2007
The National Weather Service in the United States switches from the Fujita scale to the new Enhanced Fujita scale to measure the intensity and strength of tornadoes.
National Weather Service
2005
King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
Gyanendra of Nepal
2004
Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.
Incidents during the Hajj
2004
Double suicide attack in Erbil on the offices of Iraqi Kurdish political parties by members of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
2004 Erbil bombings
2003
Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
Space Shuttle Columbia
2002
Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, kidnapped on January 23, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
Daniel Pearl
1998
Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
Lillian E. Fishburne
1996
The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
Communications Decency Act
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.
Bhopal
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.
1991 Los Angeles runway collision
1991
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Hindu Kush region, killing at least 848 people in Afghanistan, Pakistan and present-day Tajikistan.
1991 Hindu Kush earthquake
1982
The Intel 80286 is released, which introduced protected mode memory. The IBM PC/AT and its clones used this CPU.
Intel 80286
1981
The Underarm bowling incident of 1981 occurred when Trevor Chappell bowls underarm on the final delivery of a game between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Underarm bowling incident
1979
Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
Iran
1974
A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
Joelma Building fire